Abstract:
The research paper "Philosophy Arts Culture Tradition and the Way of Life
of Lanchang Kingdom"had three main purposes: 1)to study the Philosophy of
Lanchang kingdom 2) to study the Arts Culture and Tradition of Lanchang kingdom 3)
to study the Way of Life of Lanchang kingdom
The research results were as follows:
The philosophical concepts of the Lanchang kingdom was the pluralistic or
multicultural concepts system, as a combination of ideas between spirits (ghosts),
Brahmin and Buddhism together. The spirit is the original concepts of the Lanchang
Kingdom, while Brahman and Buddhism come later, from then, the Lanchang people
brought these three systems together harmoniously. In which these three systems
appear in the form of traditions or rituals of the Lanchang people. But the concepts
that has the most influence on the Lanchang society is Buddhism. The concepts of
Buddhism has deepened the minds of the Lanchang people, until it became a way of
life of the Lan Chang kingdom, which appears in the style of art, culture, tradition and
lifestyle of the Lanchang Kingdom.
The origins of the art, culture and traditions of the Lanchang Kingdom came
from the philosophical concepts of the Lanchang people. Especially the Buddhist
concepts that is considered to have an influence on various arts in terms of
architecture, sculpture and painting, called the Buddhist arts of Lanchang. The
cultural parts of the Lanchang kingdom was a material culture, moral culture, legal
culture and social culture, in which these cultures were expressed in the form of the
Lanchang tradition, called the Heat Sipsong or Twelve months tradition, which is a tradition that the Lanchang people carry on in various occasions both twelve months
of each years, it was a tradition that expressed in accordance with Buddhist principles,
and some traditions have a combination of rituals related to spirits (ghosts),
Brahminism and Buddhism.
The life of Lancang Kingdom is based on the concepts or traditions that the
predecessors of the ancestors have well organized. These guidelines have became
part of the way of life of the Lanchang people. The Kingdom of Lanchang has divided
the society into 2 classes: the ruling class (kings) and class under rule. The ruling class
will sponsor religious institutions by promoting Buddhism in all aspects. The monks
help the society by using Buddhist principles as a help to teach the Lanchang people
to behave in the right way. While those under the rule will act as agricultural
products. In addition, the Lanchang Kingdom has set the framework for the Lanchang
people to have a harmonious way of life in 3 ways, as a Religious life, legal life style
and the way of life in myths and literature, the these 3 guidelines were considered to
set the framework for the Lanchang people to use as a guideline for conducting
together.