Five Temple Caves
The Five Temple Caves (
Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level.[4]
Caves
There are four caves with murals:[1][2]
| Cave | Construction | Modification | Subject matter | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cave 1 | Northern Wei/Northern Zhou | Western Xia or Yuan | Tejaprabhā Buddha, Twelve Signs and Twenty-Eight Mansions of the zodiac | central pillar |
| Cave 2 | Northern Wei/Northern Zhou | honeysuckle pattern; fire-damaged | rectangular, with front (collapsed) and rear chambers | |
| Cave 3 | Northern Zhou | Western Xia | Mañjuśrī, Avalokiteśvara |
rectangular, with front (collapsed) and rear chambers |
| Cave 4 | Five Dynasties |
Western Xia | Samantabhadra, Thousand Buddhas | rectangular, with front (collapsed) and rear chambers |
One Temple Cave
A further five kilometres to the south, on the east bank of the Danghe, is a site known as the One Temple Cave (simplified Chinese: 一个庙石窟; traditional Chinese: 一個廟石窟; pinyin: Yīgèmiào shíkū) (39°35′59″N 94°48′48″E / 39.599790°N 94.813462°E). One cave with murals survives, showing donor figures and dated to the tenth century.[1]
See also
- Major National Historical and Cultural Sites (Gansu)
- Principles for the Conservation of Heritage Sites in China
- Tiantishan Caves
References
- ^ ISBN 978-9004250420.
- ^ a b 肃北五个庙石窟 [Five Temple Caves, Subei] (in Chinese). Dunhuang Academy. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ISBN 978-1606064894.
- State Administration of Cultural Heritage. Archived from the originalon 8 October 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
External links
- (in Chinese) Five Temple Caves (Dunhuang Academy)
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