Rock sculptures from the Huangze Monastery
The rock sculptures of the Huangze Monastery ( Chinese 皇泽寺 摩崖 造像 , Pinyin Huángzé Sì Móyá Zàoxiàng , English Huangze Temple Cliffside Sculptures ), also Huangze Monastery and Thousand Buddha Rock Statues of Guangyuan ( 广 元 皇泽寺 和 千佛崖 , Guǎngyuán Huángzé Sì hé Qiānfóyá , English called Huangze Temple and Thousand-Buddha Cliffside Sculptures ) are located in the area of the city of Guangyuan , Sichuan Province , China, on the west bank of the Jialing Jiang River at the foot of the Wulongshan Mountain .
The monastery was built in the time of Empress Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty and during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Its original name was Wunu Monastery (Wunu si 乌 奴 寺), it was also called Chuanzhu Temple (Chuanzhu miao 川 主 庙). The current monastery building dates from the Qing Dynasty.
Behind the monastery there are several dozen grottos with artistically valuable sculptures from the time of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Sui Dynasty and Song Dynasty in the rock wall.
Since 1961, the sites Huangze si moya zaoxiang and Guangyuan Qianfoya moya zaoxiang have been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China in Sichuan (1-43 and 1-44).
Overview
- Great Buddha Hall (DaFo lou 大佛 楼)
- Zetian Hall (Zetian dian 则 天 殿)
- Little Southern Lake (Xiao nan hai 小 南海)
- Lüzu-Halle (Lüzu ge 吕祖 阁)
- Central Pillar Grotto (Zhongxin zhu shiku 中心 柱 石窟)
- Shrine of the Five Buddha Pavilion (WuFo ting shiku 五 佛 亭 石 龛)
- Zetian Palace Shrine (Zetian dian shiku 则 天 殿 石 龛)
- Yinghui lou shikan 迎 辉 楼 石 龛
literature
- Zhongguo da baike quanshu : Kaoguxue (Great Chinese Encyclopedia: Volume Archeology). Beijing: Zhongguo da baike quanshu chubanshe, 1986
Web links
- Guangyuan Huangzesi shike (chin.)
Coordinates: 32 ° 26 ′ 29 ″ N , 105 ° 48 ′ 39 ″ E