The paper mainly discusses a unique scene——Buddhist Temples, which often appear in Tang novels. On one hand, it investigates the relationship between these religious places and story source of Tang novels, concluding that in Tang novels, especially those which have Buddhist shade, a lot of source materials are related to Buddhist temples or monks. On the other hand, it analyses the functions of Buddhist temples in Tang novels with such respective functions as scenes for plot background, scenes where stories happen and develop and scenery construction. Finally, it talks about the social and cultural implications through various stories which happen in this unique scene——Buddhist temples. And through the above analysis, it shows that how Buddhist culture influenced the writers and their works in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
