Quantitative Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Tibetan Buddhist Religious Space with Monasteries as the Carrier: A Case Study of U-Tsang, China

Quantitative Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Tibetan Buddhist Religious Space with Monasteries as the Carrier: A Case Study of U-Tsang, China | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Quantitative Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Tibetan Buddhist Religious Space with Monasteries as the Carrier: A Case Study of U-Tsang, China Subin Fang, Yaolong Zhao, Xinxin Liu, Yao Yang This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3875378/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Published Journal Publication published 19 Mar, 2024 Read the published version in npj Heritage Science → Version 1 posted 7 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Tibetan Buddhism has an inseparable connection with the spatial characteristics, development process, and human-natural environment of the Tibetan Plateau. This paper takes monasteries as carriers of Tibetan Buddhist culture in U-Tsang region which is one of the traditional geographical units of Tibet. Using geospatial analysis methods, this study explores the spatial quantification characteristics of Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and qualitatively and quantitatively analyzes the factors that influence the spatial distribution of monasteries. The results indicate that: (1) Political activities of human society influence the pattern of political power. Under the unique context of Tibetan theocracy system, the scope of political authority has a significant influence and affects the religious spatial pattern in the U-Tsang region throughout history. The distribution of monasteries in the U-Tsang region shows significant spatial differences at three sub-regional scales. (2) The religious spatial pattern in the U-Tsang is the result of the diverse interaction of human-natural factors. The results indirectly endorse that religious space is an inevitable product of the interaction between humans and the environment. (3) The religious spatial distribution patterns in the three major Tibetan regions have distinct characteristics, closely related to the superior conditions of their respective historical and geographical environments. Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries Spatial Distribution Characteristics Quantification Influencing Factors Tibetan Regions Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Published Journal Publication published 19 Mar, 2024 Read the published version in npj Heritage Science → Version 1 posted Editorial decision: Revision requested 04 Feb, 2024 Reviews received at journal 29 Jan, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 21 Jan, 2024 Reviewers invited by journal 21 Jan, 2024 Submission checks completed at journal 19 Jan, 2024 Editor assigned by journal 19 Jan, 2024 First submitted to journal 18 Jan, 2024 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. 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