Longshan Grottoes
The Longshan Grottoes ( Chinese 龍山 石窟 / 龙山 石窟 , Pinyin Lóngshān shíkū , English Longshan Grottoes ) are located in the area of the city of Taiyuan , Shanxi Province , China, on the summit of Longshan Mountain ("Dragon Mountain"), about twenty Kilometers southeast of Taiyuan.
The grottoes are one of the few Daoist cave complexes in China. They were created by the Daoist monk Song Defang宋德芳 (1183–1247), the Quanzhen patriarch, in the early years of the Mongol period , and in some cases earlier. There are nine caves inside with over forty statues and inscriptions on the walls from the Mongol era.
The Longshan Grottoes have been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China in Shanxi (4-192) since 1996 .
literature
- Stephen Eskildsen: The Teachings and Practices of the Early Quanzhen Taoist Masters. State University of New York Press, New York NY 2006, ISBN 0-7914-6046-0 ( Suny Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture ).
- Zhang Mingyuan 张明远: Taiyuan Longshan daojiao shiku yishu yanjiu太原 龙山 道教 石窟 艺术 研究 [Exploring the works of art in the Taoist Dragon Mountain Grottoes of Taiyuan]. Shanxi kexue jishu chubanshe, Taiyuan 2002, ISBN 7-5377-1980-2 ( Shanxi daxue nainian xiaoqing xueshu congshu )
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Coordinates: 37 ° 43 ′ 56 " N , 112 ° 25 ′ 46" E