Bafeng cliff

Bafeng cliff

It is close to the West Mountain in the south, tianziping in the north, eight peaks connecting with the sky, beautiful grass in front of the cliff, ancient caves covered with pines, streams murmuring, the scenery is very beautiful. Among the eight peaks, there is a peak with a relative height of more than 200 meters. On the mountainside, there is a natural cave with a height of about 15 meters and a length of about 60 meters. There are 14 original temples and more than 200 statues in the cave. In 1960, due to a fire, all the wooden buildings were destroyed. Now, only 90 statues and some murals are left. There are one stone tablet in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty and five stone tablets in Qing Dynasty. There are 14 niches in bafengya grottoes, which are divided into upper and lower layers, with 10 niches in the upper layer and 4 niches in the lower layer. There are statues of song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. In particular, the statue of Maitreya Buddha in Ming Dynasty, which is about 4 meters high in the 10th niche, is exquisite, vivid and well preserved, which can be compared with Maijishan's works of Zhou Dynasty!

Brief introduction of Bafeng cliff

Bafeng cliff is 32 kilometers southeast of Xihe County, on the west side of Shixia Town, facing Qiuchi mountain. On the mountainside of the main peak of Bafeng cliff, there are rare natural grottoes. On his way from QinZhou to Tonggu (now Chengxian county), Du Fu, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, once toured the marvelous scenery of Bafeng cliff and wrote the poem "stone niche": bear bottom roars in the East, tiger and leopard roars in the West. The ghosts behind me howl, and the ghosts in front of me cry again. The day is cold and dark, the mountain is far away and the road is lost. Driving under the niches, you can see the rainbow in the middle of winter. Who is the bamboo cutter? The elegy goes up the ladder. He collected beautiful arrows for an official and offered them to Liang Qi at the age of five. The bitter cloud is straight and dry. But how to ride the fishing sun, the rustling startles the steaming Li. Bafeng cliff is a beautiful scenic spot, which is close to the West Mountain in the south, tianziping in the north, cloud and sky in the eight peaks, majestic and towering, surrounded by clouds and fog, long grass in front of the cliff, light fragrance in the wild, pine in the ancient cave, murmuring water in the stream, Pinus tabulaeformis, gorgeous green willows, thousands of animals in the deep forest, and the spirit singing to the sun. Here, the eight stone peaks that stand aloof and pierce the sky. The peaks enter the clouds and stand like the stars, like a gathering of immortals. The main peak is Xifeng, which is 160 meters away from the ground. There is a natural cave about 15 meters high and 60 meters long. There is no road from top to bottom, left to right, and only one suspended plank road is connected. 14 temples and more than 200 statues were built in the original cave. Unfortunately, the fire in 1960 destroyed the wooden structure. Now there are only more than 90 clay statues and some murals. There are also one stone tablet in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty and five stone tablets in Qing Dynasty. There are 14 niches in the cave, which are divided into upper and lower layers, with 10 niches in the upper layer and 4 niches in the lower layer. Among the existing statues are bodhisattvas of the Song Dynasty, the third Buddha of the Yuan Dynasty, Maitreya Buddha of the Ming Dynasty, and Puxian Bodhisattva of the Qing Dynasty. The statues of different generations are vivid and lifelike, with high artistic value.

Art miracle

Who has quietly created the artistic miracle in the mountains? It's still a mystery! According to folklore, the grottoes were first built in the kingdom of Qiu Chi. The king believed in Buddhism. During the reign of Yuankang in the Western Jin Dynasty, when Qiu Chi suffered a severe drought, Yang maosou, the king of Di, built a temple in the Siwan at the foot of today's Bafeng cliff to pray for rain. Torrential rain, flash floods broke out, the temple was destroyed overnight. Later, it was found that the temple in Siwan was completely moved to the cliff 100 feet above the ground, forming the bafengya grottoes. According to expert research, bafengya grottoes were built in Dunhuang thousand Buddha cave and Datong Yungang Grottoes. Xihe county is Longnan Grottoes statue resort. There are bafengya Grottoes in the South and fajingsi Grottoes in the north, both of which are grottoes of the Jin Dynasty and the southern and Northern Dynasties. These exquisite grotto art tells us that Xihe is the earliest area where Buddhism spread in Longnan, and also the earliest area of grotto statues.

Address: Shixia Town, Xihe County, Longnan City

Longitude: 105.38742691003

Latitude: 33.77967178

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Chinese PinYin : Ba Feng Ya