北魏朝廷上下奉佛,以建功德造像立寺为主。正像杨街之在《洛阳伽蓝记》中所说:“王侯贵族,弃象马如脱屣;庶士豪家,舍资财若遗迹。于是招提栉比,宝塔骈罗。争写天上之姿,竞摹山中之影。金刹与灵台比高,高殿共阿房等壮。岂直木衣绨绣,土被朱紫而已哉”。如宣武帝元恪立瑶光、景明、永明诸寺。瑶光寺有五层浮图,去地五十丈,尼房五百余间;景明寺“东西南北五百步,前望嵩山,少室却 The Northern Wei Dynasty Buddha up and down, to build a merit-based statue Temple based. As Yang Street in the “Luoyang Ganyan Kee,” said: “princely nobility, abandoned like a horse such as 屣; Shu Shi Hao home, if the relics of homes, then strode together pagodas Miluo striving for the attitude of heaven, Gold Mountain and Lingtai than high, a total of high ground atrium Zhuang strong. Qi straight clothes embroidered wood, soil is purple and only zai. ” Such as Xuanwu Emperor Yuan Ke Li Yao light, King Ming, Yong Ming Temple. Yao Guang Temple has five layers of floating map, to 50 feet, the Ni room of more than 500 rooms; King Ming Temple "north-south five hundred paces, look forward to Songshan, less room but