Thousand-Buddha Cliffside Sculptures

Thousand-Buddha Cliffside Sculptures

The statues on thousand Buddha cliff are Buddhist sculptures in Tang Dynasty. Thousand Buddha cliff is in Liubu, Jinan.

Qianfo cliff, located 40 kilometers southeast of Jinan City, Shandong Province, is the main remains of Buddhist stone sculptures of Tang Dynasty in Shandong Province.

The origin of history

Qianfo cliff statues in Jinan, Shandong Province are Buddhist sculptures of the Tang Dynasty. Thousand Buddha cliff is in Liubu, Jinan.

Liubu is located 40 kilometers southeast of Jinan City, Shandong Province. The statues are concentrated in the northwest of simenta and the east foot of Baihu. It is the main remains of Buddhist stone sculptures of Tang Dynasty in Shandong Province. On the cliffs, 65 meters long and 8.5 meters high, are mainly cliff niches.

Layout structure

There are 6 small caves in Qianfo cliff. There are 214 statues of different sizes and 45 inscriptions. Among them, 10 are inscribed with the year names of Wude, Zhenguan, Xianqing, Yongchun and Wenming. For example, there are members of the Tang royal family, such as Princess Nanping, Li Fu, the king of Zhao, and Liu Xuanyi, the son-in-law of Zhao. There are also ordinary bureaucrats, monks and nuns, and the public. One Buddha is engraved in the cave, with a full and serene face, fine and flowing clothing patterns, and skillful carving techniques. Excavated in 657, the cave was built by Princess Nanping to pray for the deceased Emperor Taizong. Liu Xuanyi's statue niche, whose husband was the governor of Qizhou at that time, is located in the south of the central part of Qianfo cliff. The niche is decorated with Yingluo lintel and engraved with some magic beasts such as Lishi and lion. Most of them are carved in the early Tang Dynasty, and some of them are later works, which are basically well preserved.

There are two caves in the north of Qianfo cliff. In the south of the cave, there is a stone pillar in the middle of the door. Two giant Buddhas with a height of nearly 3 meters are engraved in the caves. They were created by Emperor Taizong in the third year of Xianqing by Zhao Wangfu, the 13th son of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty. This group of sculptures was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit in 1988.

Statue Art

The content and form of Qianfo cliff statues are very simple. Apart from the two niches, all the other niches are the Buddha of Amitabha and Sakyamuni. The combination of one Buddha, two disciples and two Bodhisattvas has only one niche. The largest one is 2.8 meters, and the smaller one is only tens of centimeters. However, the carving is exquisite, delicate and realistic. The secularization tendency is obvious, which is a typical style of Tang Dynasty. For example, the statue of Nanping Princess Chang has a plump body, a round face, a slight smile, and a gentle and honest manner, just like a lady. The 73rd niche Buddha, 2.2 meters high, has a slightly long but plump face, eyes like squint, eyes down, nose straight and moderate, lips delicate and clear, and looks like contemplation, which makes people feel reserved and strict in a gentle and kind manner. It is well preserved and of high artistic value.

tourist guide

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Accommodation facilities

Luyuan Hotel: located in the north of Pingyang square, Linfen, Shanxi Province, it is a three-star hotel with national standard. With a construction area of 11000 square meters, it is located in the center of postal and telecommunication hub, across the road from the railway station and bus station. The hotel is in good condition with complete supporting service facilities such as food, accommodation, transportation, tourism, shopping and entertainment. Lvyuan hotel has a total of 110 guest rooms (with the theme of green environmental protection), which are divided into single room, standard room, single room, double room and deluxe room. The room is equipped with advanced facilities, such as central air conditioning, small freezer, password safe, IC card electronic lock, Phoenix TV film station, Chinese channel 24-hour broadcast, International (DDD), domestic direct dial telephone, etc. At the same time, powerful broadband access network for you to access the Internet free of charge. The conference service function of Lvyuan hotel is perfect, the medium-sized conference room is wide and generous, and the facilities are complete, which can accommodate more than 100 people to hold the conference; the small conference room has unique decoration, elegant and generous. The two kinds of meeting rooms can provide sound, projection, writing and other functions.

climate change

Linfen city is located in semi-arid and semi humid monsoon climate zone, which belongs to temperate continental climate with four distinct seasons and the same period of rain and heat. However, due to the influence of topography, the climate of Pingchuan is quite different. The general characteristics of temperature in Linfen City are cold in winter and hot in summer. The annual and daily temperature ranges are large. The best travel time: spring and autumn.

Folk Art

I don't know how many folk sculptors have done their best to form this scale. Among the group sculptures, the largest one is 5.5 meters high. It was carved during the reign of Changqing of Tang Dynasty. It is the main Buddha in the stone carving group of thousand Buddha cliff.

Other small Buddhas are three bodies and one niche (one Buddha and two Bodhisattvas or one Buddha and two disciples) or one Buddha and four Bodhisattvas, with one Buddha and one niche, or sitting or standing. Look or kindness, or piety, or innocence, or joy Rich and vivid, lifelike, all the same.

The sculpture art of thousand Buddha cliff has an obvious trend of folk custom, "writing the spirit with the form" and "combining the spirit with the form". It is rich in realism and eclectic. It embodies the rich imagination and vivid exaggeration in folk art, and embodies the original spirit of Folk Buddhist sculpture art and the unique style of artistic nationalization of ancient Chinese sculpture art in absorbing foreign culture.

Fushan paper cutting: Fushan County is known as the "hometown of paper cutting". The folk paper-cut art here is like brilliant flowers, which can be found all over the county, towns, villages, and villages. Fushan paper cutting has a long history of hundreds of years. Paper cutting artists will pass on their superb skills from generation to generation, keep improving, and constantly innovate.

The content of paper-cut is very rich, including characters, flowers and plants, animals, birds, fish and insects, mountains and rivers, pavilions, fables, folklore and so on. Some of these folk arts and crafts with local flavor are bold and unconstrained, some are rich and simple, some are delicate and beautiful, and some are exquisite and clear. The unique decorative style and simple artistic temperament reflect the aesthetic taste of the people in Taiyue Mountain area.

geographical position

Address: Qianfo Mountain scenic spot, No.18, Jingxi Road, Lixia District, Jinan City

Longitude: 117.035071026

Latitude: 36.6378077482

Ticket information: no ticket required. Included in the ticket of Qianfo Mountain scenic spot.

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