Bäzäklik Thousand Buddha Caves
| Uighur name | |
|---|---|
| Latin (Yengi Yeziⱪ) : | Bezəklik ming'өyi |
| other spellings: | Bäzäklik, Bezeklik |
| Chinese name | |
| Abbreviation : | 柏孜克里 千佛洞 |
| Transcription in Pinyin : | Bózīkèlǐ qiānfódòng |
| Wade-Giles transcription : | Po-tzŭ-k'o-li |
The Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves (caves also Bezeklik, chin. Bozikeli Qianfodong柏孜克里克千佛洞) are a complex of Buddhist cave temples from the 5th to 9th centuries by the ancient people of the Tocharer was built .
location
The site is located 30 km east of the city of Turpan (Turfan) and 50 km west of Shanshan ( Loulan ) in the northeast of the Taklamakan Desert near the ruins of Gaochang , Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region , China .
The grottos are located at the top of a steep wall in the rock on the west side of the Mutou Valley below the Flaming Mountains .
meaning
Significant Buddhist wall paintings can be seen in the approximately 60 well-preserved caves .
At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, the place was the destination of German ( Albert von Le Coq ), English ( Aurel Stein ), Japanese and Russian expeditions.
The site was added to the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China in Xinjiang (2-14) in 1982.
View of caves
View of valley
Frescoes of Buddhas
Frescoes of Buddhas
A Uighur prince
Uighur princes in Chinese costume, wall fresco from cave 9, approx. 8–9. AD, today in the Museum of Asian Art , Berlin-Dahlem
Uyghur princesses, wall fresco from cave 9, approx. 8–9. AD, Museum of Asian Art
A Tochariach monk (left) and a Uighur monk (right)
See also
Web links
- (Grünwedel)
- Site on the Silk Road (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Internet Archive: The Tarim mummies: ancient China and the mystery of the earliest peoples from the West . New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 2000 (archive.org [accessed November 23, 2019]).
Coordinates: 42 ° 57 ′ 19.9 ″ N , 89 ° 32 ′ 22.6 ″ E