Arjai grottoes
The Arjai Grottoes or Arjai Caves ( Chinese 阿爾 寨 石窟 / 阿尔 寨 石窟 , Pinyin Ā'ěrzhài shíkū ; English Arjai Grotto, Arjai Caves, etc.) or Baiyanyao Grottoes ( 百 眼 窑 石窟 , Bǎiyǎnyáo shíkū ) are a Buddhist cave temple in the Arbus Mountains (A'erbasi Shan 阿尔巴斯 山) of Inner Mongolia in the People's Republic of China . It is the largest cave temple complex in Inner Mongolia. He is in the area of the Otog banner . It was founded after Genghis Khan's death and, according to Chinese archaeologists, contains numerous Buddhist murals and scenes from his life.
The site is also known as the "Dunhuang of the Steppe" ( Caoyuan Dunhuang ).
The Arjai Grottoes have been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (5-520) since 2001 .
literature
- Isabelle Charleux : On Worshiped Ancestors and Pious Donors: Some Notes on Mongol Imperial and Royal Portraits. ( Online ; PDF; 8.4 MB)
- Isabelle Charleux: Padmasambhava's Travel to the North: The Pilgramage to the Monastery of the Caves and the Old Schools of Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia ( Online ; PDF; 426 kB)
- Batujirghal & Yang Haiying: Aerzhai shiku - Chengjisi han de fojiao jiniantang xingshuai shi. [Arjai Grottoes - Rise and Fall of a Buddhist Memorial to Genghis Khan]. Tokyo: Fukyosha Pub. 2005 (Batu Jirigala 巴圖吉 日 嘎拉 (Batujirghal) & Yang Haiying 楊海英, Aerzhai shiku - Chengjisi han de fojiao jiniantang xingshuai shi 阿爾 寨 石窟 - 成吉思汗 的 佛教 紀念堂 興衰 史)
- Luo Wenhua 羅 文化, «“ Aerzhai shiku xueshu yanjiuhui ”shuping» “阿尔 寨 石窟 学术研讨会” 述评, Gugong bowuyuan yuankan 故宮 博物院 院 刊 128 (2006-6): 137-150