Check in the Qianling Temple Grottoes, the first batch of key national cultural relics protection units announced by the State Council in 1861. Come over with the group speedboat, the stay time is too short, there is no time to visit the special cave. [Fun] Religious belief [Cost-effective] High!
MoreLocated in the upper reaches of Liujiaxia Reservoir, on the north bank of the Yellow River in Sigouxia, southwest of Yongjing County. On the steep and dangerous red sandstone cliffs 2 kilometers long from north to south, the cave shrines are lined up one after another, and the plank roads are suspended in the air. It is magnificent and spectacular. It is one of the three largest caves in Gansu and one of the five largest caves in my country.
Bingling Temple was formerly known as "Tangshu Cave", which means "ghost cave" in Qiang language. It was called "Longxing Temple" in Tang Dynasty, "Lingyan Temple" in Northern Song Dynasty, and "Bingling Temple" after the Yongle Period of Ming Dynasty. Bingling is called "Benlang" in Tibetan language, which means "one hundred thousand Buddhas".
Bingling Temple Grottoes were first built in the first year of Jianhong in the Western Qin Dynasty (420 AD). Since the Sixteen Kingdoms period, it has gone through the Northern Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, with a history of more than 1,600 years. During the period when the Western Qin Dynasty built its capital in Linxia, the king personally visited the grottoes and wrote inscriptions, the originals of which are still preserved on the rock walls. From the time the grottoes were carved in 420 AD to the Song Dynasty, the grottoes had a great influence on Han Buddhism, Pure Land Buddhism, Huayan Buddhism and Zen Buddhism. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Yellow School (Gelug School) of Tibetan Buddhism was introduced to Bingling Temple.
Bingling Temple Grottoes, based on the inheritance of folk art from previous generations, absorbed foreign Buddhist art and created vivid sculpture and painting art with a brand-new attitude and concise approach. Its relief pagodas and Tantric murals are as famous as those of Mogao Grottoes and Maijishan Grottoes.
The grottoes are divided into three parts: the upper temple, the cave ditch and the lower temple. The lower temple is more spectacular. They are distributed on a cliff 200 meters long and 60 meters high. There are 196 caves and niches in Bingling Temple Grottoes, 694 stone statues, 82 clay sculptures, and more than 900 square meters of murals. The larger Maitreya Buddha statue from the Tang Dynasty is 27 meters high, and the smaller statue is 10 centimeters high. Among them, there are 2 caves and 1 niche excavated in the Western Qin Dynasty, 8 caves and 25 niches excavated in the Northern Wei Dynasty, 2 caves in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, 2 caves in the Sui Dynasty, and 20 caves and 113 niches in the Tang Dynasty.
The artistic achievements of Tang Dynasty works were quite high, and there were more than 3,000 monks at that time. The ink inscription of the famous monk Faxian in the first year of Jianhong in the Western Qin Dynasty (420 AD) in this cave is the earliest chronological inscription preserved in the caves in China. It provides a mark for the dating of other ancient caves in the country and has very important historical value.
The main body of the cave statues and murals is composed of the large seated Buddha in the natural cave No. 169 and all the small and medium-sized caves in the cliff face. Cave No. 169 was formerly known as Tangshu Cave, and is now called "Tianqiao Cave". It is 15 meters high, 8 meters deep and 20 meters wide. It is one of the earliest and best preserved caves in my country. There are three types of shapes in the cave: Buddha niches, stone carvings, and stone-based clay sculptures. Niche No. 171, located on the cliff of the cave, has a large seated Maitreya Buddha statue made of stone-based clay from the Tang Dynasty. It is carved against the mountain and is 27 meters high, majestic and solemn. The Western Qin "Manjusri Bodhisattva Asking about Illness" in the cave is one of the earliest Vimalakirti Sutra Transformations seen in my country. The original Cave No. 16 is now located in the Sleeping Buddha Hall opposite the cave group. The 8.6-meter-long clay sculpture of Bingling Temple Reclining Buddha is a reclining Buddha from the Northern Wei Dynasty, which has very important research value. The 25-cm-tall maid statue from the Tang Dynasty is one of the more precious existing cave statues in my country, and fully embodies the style of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
Next to the cliff at the entrance of Bingling Temple stands the steep Sister Peak, surrounded by scenic spots such as the Mandarin Duck Cave and the Medicine Spring, with green mountains and clear waters, dangerous peaks and strange rocks.
Check in the Qianling Temple Grottoes, the first batch of key national cultural relics protection units announced by the State Council in 1861. Come over with the group speedboat, the stay time is too short, there is no time to visit the special cave. [Fun] Religious belief [Cost-effective] High!
The Qianling Temple Grottoes, one of China's four largest grottoes, are located on the cliffs on the north bank of the Yellow River in Yongjing County. The grottoes were built in Xijin. The largest grotto is a natural cave. In addition to several Buddhas, the most striking inside is the natural Buddha built in the Tang Dynasty.
The world cultural heritage scenic spot of Qianling Temple is the core of Qianling Temple Grottoes, and the core of the Grottoes is the Big Buddha of Qianling Temple. The Big Buddha is the largest cave in the Grottoes. It is magnificent and the statue belongs to the early Grottoes style. It is beautiful and not like the Hanization image of the middle and late Tang Dynasty. In addition, there is a sleeping Buddha on the other side, which is a statue wrapped in layers of different dynasties, which is very special.
特别壮观,值得一去
炳灵寺石窟 中国六大石窟之一,又被誉为中国石窟的百科全书。西秦古人1600年在前开凿,石窟雕塑多多,最大的是卧佛。参观了刘家峡水电站,乘快艇1个多小时,我们来到了炳灵寺。这里的山水风景特苍莽浑厚,峰险石奇。炳灵寺石窟,位于甘肃省临夏回族自治州永靖县西南约四十公里处的积石山的大寺沟西侧的崖壁上,西晋初年(约公元3世纪)开凿在黄河北岸大寺沟的峭壁之上,正式建立于西秦建弘元年(420年),上下四层。最早称为唐述窟,是羌语“鬼窟”之意,唐代称龙兴寺,宋代称灵岩寺,明朝永乐年后称炳灵寺,“炳灵”为藏语“仙巴炳灵”的简化,是“千佛”“十万弥勒佛洲”之意。存有窟龛183个,共计石雕造像694身,泥塑82身,壁画约900平方米,分布在大寺沟西岸长约200米,高60米的崖面上。石窟以位于悬崖高处的唐代“自然大佛”(169窟)以及崖面中段的众多中小型窟龛构成其主体。炳灵寺的艺术价值仅次于敦煌莫高窟。一座座佛像造型概括,手法简练,衣裙飞动,姿态优雅,静中有动,比例协调,充分体现西北浑厚粗犷之神韵。第169窟,它是炳灵寺规模最大、时代最早、内容最丰富的洞窟,是炳灵寺石窟的精华所在。由于这里自然条件相对良好,人为破坏又少,所以至今炳灵寺石窟保存得仍比较完整。炳灵寺所在积石山山岩的地质结构系细黄沙岩,易于开凿雕造,但不耐风化潮解。由于该地气候干燥,加之峭壁的高处,岩层往往突出如屋檐,对部分窟龛起着遮蔽风雨和太阳曝晒的作用,因而许多窟龛造像虽经千百年的岁月,至今仍得以相当完整地保存着。我们赞叹不已,陶醉在这奇山美窟之间。