Wenshushan Grottoes
The Wenshushan Grottoes ( Chinese 文殊 山 石窟 , Pinyin Wénshū shān shíkū ) are Buddhist cave temples in the Hexi Corridor from the time of the Northern Dynasties to the Xixia period in the Wenshu Shan Mountains , which belongs to the Qilian Shan . They are located in the large community of Qifeng in the Yugur Sunan Autonomous County , which belongs to the prefecture -level city of Zhangye in the Chinese province of Gansu .
The Wenshushan Grottoes have been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (5-471) since 2001 .
See also
literature
- Angela F. Howard: “Liang Patronage of Buddhist Art in the Gansu Corridor during the Fourth Century and the Transformation of a Central Asian Style,” in Between Han and Tang, Religious Art and Archeology of a Transformative Period , Wu Hung ed., ( Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing House, 2000): 92-107.
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