Wan'an Temple Grottoes

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 village, Shuanglong Town, 40 km west of Huangling County, Yan'an City

Longitude: 108.94368609786

Latitude: 35.667310441676

Tel: 8:00-18:00

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