水陆法会始于南北朝,历经隋唐五代,宋代时形成规模,元明时期达到鼎盛,清代晚期逐渐衰落。新中国成立之后,除了港澳台地区,基本已消声灭迹。二十世纪后期,随着国内宗教政策的改变,一些寺院又开始举办水陆法会,但已不完全按照古代仪轨。举行水陆法会活动的时间较长,最少七天,多则可达四十九天,参加法事的僧人有几十人,甚至上百人,规模盛大。水陆法会上所用水陆画并无一定幅数,依法事活动规模而定,少则二十四幅、三十二 The law of water and land began in Northern and Southern Dynasties, after the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties and formed scale in the Song Dynasty. It reached its peak during the Yuan and Ming Dynasties and gradually declined in the late Qing Dynasty. After the founding of New China, in addition to Hong Kong, Maucao and Taiwan, the basic has been silenced. In the late twentieth century, with the change of religious policy in China, some monasteries started to hold land and water law conventions again, but they did not completely follow the ancient rituals. It takes a long time, a minimum of seven days and a maximum of forty-nine days for the holding of the Law Society. There are dozens of monks or even hundreds of monks participating in the practice of law, which are grand in scale. There is not a certain number of water and land paintings used at the Law Society, depending on the scale of law and order activities, with a minimum of 24 pieces and 32 pieces