Zhongshan Grottoes are located 15 kilometers west of Zichang County, Shaanxi Province, also known as Wanfoyan, Puji Temple, Dapuji Zen Temple and Shigong Temple were built during the Taihe period of the Jin Dynasty (366-370 AD). After more than a thousand years of digging, the en

Zhongshan Grottoes are located 15 kilometers west of Zichang County, Shaanxi Province

also known as Wanfoyan, Puji Temple, Dapuji Zen Temple, Shigong Temple

was first built during the Taihe period of Jin Dynasty (366-370 AD)

calendar After more than a thousand years of digging and building

The entire cave is built along the mountain and is built to the east with Qingfeng Mingyue Theater

The south is the water of Xiuyan River, and the west is overlooking the Ancient City of Anding

is the only way to pass the northern line of the Silk Road in China

Zhongshan Grottoes are an important birthplace of the spread of Buddhism in Northwest China

Grottoes are magnificent in scale and magnificent

In 1988, it was announced as

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There are more than 10,000 Buddha statues in it

Helmet Buddha statues are arranged in an orderly manner, with fine workmanship

An expert also calls it the "second Dunhuang"

It believes that it has extremely high historical, scientific and artistic value

Helmet it has a very high historical, scientific and artistic value

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Walking into Zhongshan Grottoes is like traveling through a three-dimensional space-time gallery.

The ruins of various eras are superimposed on the stone cliffs.

It makes people like communicating with ancestors of various dynasties.

It seems to have peeked at the long history and vicissitudes of this mountain and this temple.

archway of Qing Dynasty , mountain gate of Song Dynasty

brick pagoda of Ming Dynasty, grottoes of Northern Song Dynasty

Although the times have experienced changes, folk craftsmen still depict the world of Buddha with their skillful skills

till people paint the world of Buddha

Four columns and three floor archways

Take people into ancient times

The front engraving of the archway

Hold people into ancient times

Hold the front of the archway

Hold the connection

Hold the front of the archway

"Open the convenient door and reach the place of joy"

Horizontal draft "Jiuling Flying"

Back engraved

"Since the world of success since the Han Dynasty and Tang Dynasties, we have been passed down for thousands of years, and we have been the god and Buddha for billions of years for eternal imperial map"

Horizontal "Fenchuan Shengjing"

It seems to be brought into the

The quiet and mysterious world of Buddha

Hold in the vast mystery

Pass through the archway and into the mountain gate

The three words "Shigong Temple" on the lintel are clearly visible

On the mountain gate is Sanguan Tower, with majestic

The architectural level of the ancients

is the more people see it, the more impressed it is.

The vertical axis layout of Zhongshan Grottoes

Square, archway, Sanguan Tower, mountain gate

Incense altar, Wanfo Rock Main Cave, Wanfo Pagoda, etc.

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The natural skills show the superb wisdom

According to historical records, there are 18 caves in Zhongshan Grottoes

Mainly Cave No. 3 Ten Thousand Buddha Rocks

It is named after more than tens of thousands of Buddha statues in it. On the stent of the waist-shaped lotus stern

The image is very solemn

The four walls of the main cave and the stone pillar walls

The carvings of the thousand Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, disciples, etc.

or recite scriptures with eyes, or suddenly think deeply, or look at

or bow your eyebrows, or smile, or glar at

or chant sutras with your eyes, or suddenly think deeply, or look at

or lower your eyebrows, or smile, or glar at

One by one, one is vivid and extraordinary, with distinctive personality

. At the bottom of the rock wall are 6 caves arranged in a slightly arc shape.

Cave 1 is called the Guanyin Bodhisattva Hall by the locals

and some murals on the walls of Cave 2. People also call it "Arhat Hall"