This study examines the process of the introduction of stupa, which has originated in India, to the Xinjiang Uyghur region and the features of the stupas in the Xinjiang Uyghur region in detail. This study examines the layout of the buildings in temple compounds and the types, structural elements, and construction methods of the stupas in the Xinjiang Uyghur region in particular by looking into the content of the Da Tang Xi Yu Ji and remaining stupas, which provide examples of stupas at the time. This study finds that due to the characteristics of dry deserts, stupas in Xinjiang Uyghur region, where assimilation between Eastern and Western cultures is seen, were mostly made by pressing clay into a mold and had no interior spaces. Also, construction materials and techniques had been developed and improved in a way that enabled stupas to combat the challenging desert conditions. However, the stupas in this region differed significantly from the wooden tower-like stupas discovered in central China(zhongyuan 中原). The shape of the dome of most stupas in Xinjiang Uyghur region was chosen under the influence of the Gandharan style. Some of the stupas in the region have taken the general forms of the wooden stupas and the others have taken many forms, from cylindrical drums to towers. Also, there have been forests of stupas and stupas similar in form to chaityas and stupas of Vajrayana. Such different forms were transformed and modified through regional history and it was related to the peoples and cultures that produced and used stupas. Stupas evolved into distinct forms in Xinjiang Uyghur region in this way.

Abstract
1. 불탑연구의 목적과 필요성
2. 연구의 내용과 방법, 기왕의 연구
    2-1. 연구의 내용 및 방법, 의의
    2-2. 아시아지역 불탑에 대한 기왕의 연구
3. 현장의 신장지역 순례길
4. 신장의 지리적 특징과 불교문화의 전래
    4-1. 신장의 역사, 지리적 특징
    4-2. 신장의 불교문화 전래
5. 『대당서역기』에 나타난 인도의 대표적인 불탑형식
    5-1. 복발형식 불탑
    5-2. 목조누각식 불탑
    5-3. 적층형 증축탑(積層形增築塔)
6. 신장지역의 불탑형식
    6-1. 낮은 방형기단 위 복발형(覆鉢形) 불탑
    6-2. 서역양식 불탑(신장양식 불탑)
    6-3. 십자형평면 불탑
    6-4. 중심주형(中心柱形) 불탑
    6-5. 탑림형불탑(塔林形佛塔, 만다라식 불탑, 百塔)
    6-6. 탑전형불탑:대장탑(台藏塔)
    6-7. 다각형불탑(리덴트식 불탑, 밀교식 불탑)
7. 신장지역 불탑의 구성요소
    7-1. 기단부
    7-2. 탑신부(軸部)
    7-3. 복발(覆鉢)
    7-4. 불탑의 배치형식
    7-5. 재료와 구법
8. 결 어
참고문헌

• 천득염(전남대학교 명예교수, 한국학호남진흥원장) | Cheon Deuk-Youm
• 정지윤(국립문화재연구원 연구원) | Jung Ji-Youn Corresponding Author
• 신규나(제주시립미술관 학예사) | Shin Gyu-Na