Wan'an Temple Grottoes

Wan'an Temple Grottoes scenic area, also known as thousand Buddha cave and ten thousand Buddha Temple, is located in Shuanglong Zhenyu village, 47 kilometers west of Huangling County. Huangling County is located in the Loess Plateau in the middle reaches of the Yellow River. It is located in the middle of Shaanxi Province and the south end of Yan'an City. It is adjacent to Luochuan County in the East, Yijun County in the south, Zhengning County in Gansu Province in the West and Fuxian County in the North. It is known as the "south gate of Northern Shaanxi". It is the mausoleum of Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, the ancestor of the Chinese nation, and one of the strategic places for economic development in Shaanxi Province.

Wan'an Temple Grottoes

Located in the west of Yucun village, Shuanglong Township, Huangling County, Shaanxi Province. It is also called Shuanglong grottoes and Shikong temple. It was first chiseled in the second year of Shaosheng (1095) of the Northern Song Dynasty, and was expanded in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Single cave, facing Southeast. At the entrance of the cave, there are three wooden eaves with a width of 5.04 meters. Mingjian is 2.02 meters wide. Octagonal eaves column, eaves carved four shop for Dou Gong, Su Fang, etc. The lotus column base is covered with treasure. The plane of the cave is in the shape of "convex", which is divided into corridor and cave room. The corridor is 3.75 meters long, 2.75 meters wide and 3 meters high. The chamber is 9.2 meters wide, 8.4 meters deep and 5.3 meters high.

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Material and cultural heritage national key cultural relics protection unit grottoes, Wan'an Chanyuan grottoes, Shaanxi Province vi-867

brief introduction

Wan'an Temple grottoes are located in the west of Yucun village, Shuanglong Township, Huangling County, Shaanxi Province. It is also called Shuanglong grottoes and Shikong temple. It was first chiseled in the second year of Shaosheng (1095) of the Northern Song Dynasty, and was expanded in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Single cave, facing Southeast. At the entrance of the cave, there are three wooden eaves with a width of 5.04 meters. Mingjian is 2.02 meters wide. Octagonal eaves column, eaves carved four shop for Dou Gong, Su Fang, etc. The lotus column base is covered with treasure. The plane of the cave is in the shape of "convex", which is divided into corridor and cave room. The corridor is 3.75 meters long, 2.75 meters wide and 3 meters high. The chamber is 9.2 meters wide, 8.4 meters deep and 5.3 meters high. There is a top screen on the central altar. Three standing Buddhas and one pharmacist Buddha are carved on the left and right walls of the altar, 2.55-3.15 meters high. The front, back and screen walls are embossed with 500 Arhats, 100 disciples, thousands of hands and thousands of eyes, including Avalokitesvara, Manjusri, Puxian, dizang, Avalokitesvara, the three sages of the west, and ten Buddhas. The two walls of the corridor are carved with sunlight, moonlight Bodhisattva and nirvana. Inside and outside the grottoes are inscriptions of the song, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

It was founded in the Song Dynasty

Wan'an Chanyuan grottoes, located in Yucun village, Shuanglong Town, Huangling County, is a national key cultural relic protection unit. It was first built in the second year of Shisheng (1095) of the Northern Song Dynasty and completed in the fifth year of Zhenghe (1115). There is only one large cave, with more than 1000 statues of different sizes, and more than 10 pieces of travel notes, inscriptions and inscriptions. The grottoes are built on the mountain and face east in the West. The plane of the cave is in a "t" shape. Although the scale of Qianfo cave is small, it has fine carvings, rich themes and a clear excavation date. It is an important material for the study of Buddhist statues in the Song Dynasty in Shaanxi Province. On August 6, 1956, it was announced as the first batch of provincial key cultural relics protection units by Shaanxi Provincial People's Committee; on May 25, 2006, it was announced as the Sixth Batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council. In August this year, Huangling County formulated the "master plan for the protection of Wan'an Temple Grottoes in Shuanglong town of Huangling County", which was approved by provincial experts, and strengthened the management of Wan'an temple in Shuanglong town.

Address: West of Yucun, Shuanglong Town, 40 km west of Huangling County, Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province

Longitude: 108.95933471948

Latitude: 35.671979873356

Traffic information: self driving route: Huangling County can be reached directly through Xiyan expressway, 165 km from Xi'an in the South and 125 km from Yan'an in the north. After arriving at Huangling County, you need to take a direct bus to Diantou town at Huangling County passenger station, then take a bus to Shuanglong town in Diantou Town, and get off at Wan'an Zen courtyard, or remind the driver to get off at Wan'an Zen courtyard.

Bus route: there is a bus directly to Huangling County at Xi'an Chengbei passenger station, which takes about two and a half hours. EMU: there are direct trains to Huangling at Xi'an north railway station, which takes about 50 minutes.

Opening hours: 8:30-17:30

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