Xiangtangshan Grottoes

Xiangtangshan Grottoes ( Chinese 响堂山石窟 , Pinyin Xiǎngtángshān Shíkū , English Xiangtangshan Grottoes ) is a collective name for several Buddhist cave temples in Handan邯郸, Hebei Province, China, from the time of the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi to the Yuan Dynasties . The earliest were dug in the Gao Yang (550-559) reign of Emperor Wenxuan of the Northern Qi Dynasty , with later additions. In the rock caves of the three sites of Nanxiangtang南响堂, Beixiangtang北响堂 and Xiaoxiangtang小响堂, important Buddhist sculptures have been preserved.

Since 1961, the sites of the Xiangtangshan Grottoes have been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China in Hebei (1-40).

literature

Zhongguo da baike quanshu : Wenwu. Bowoguan [Great Chinese Encyclopedia: Volume of Cultural Assets . Museums]. Beijing: Zhongguo da baike quanshu chubanshe, 1993

Cihai ["Sea of Words"]. Shanghai: Shanghai cishu chubanshe 2002; ISBN 7-5326-0839-5