Horseshoe Temple, Western West Famous Caves West, Westward Traveling

The next afternoon of the Grand Ring Line of Gansu, Xinjiang, and Qinghai, from the Shandan Army Racecourse to one of the three famous caves of the Hexi Corridor. In the afternoon, the roads around the township, county roads, and national roads are picturesque. The scenery of the road is picturesque, the northern edge of the Qilian Mountain, and a piece of green mountains in the sea of ​​rapeseed flowers, making the car's scenery feel very beautiful. Through the national road from Qinghai to Zhangye, under the guidance of the roadside signs, he came to the Horseshoe Temple that depended on the mountains of Qilian County, Qinghai.

Horseshoe Temple is located in the Southern Yugu Autonomous County. It is a tourist area that integrates the art of grotto, the scenery of the Qilian Mountains and the Yugu ethnic group. The grotto was built in Beiliang, consisting of seven places of Shengguo Temple, Puoguang Temple, Qianfo Cave, Jinta Temple, upper, middle, and lower Guanyin Caves, with a total of more than 70 caves. Horseshoe Temple Grottoes are a large -scale grotto group. It includes seven small grotto groups, nearly 30 kilometers, and is a national cultural relics protection unit. Folklore: When he was in the horse, he fell on a rock here and stepped on a hoof seal, and the temple was named. Horseshoe Temple Grottoes, including Qianfo Cave, North and South Horseshoe Temple, upper and middle -level Guanyin Cave, and Jinda Temple seven small grotto groups. There are more than thirty caves in each small cave group, two caves, and a total of more than 70 caves. The earliest was built in the Jin Dynasty in these caves. It was chipped by the Dunhuang people Guo Yan and his disciples. They were first added to Guo's livelihood. Later generations added statue Buddhas. During the heyday, more than 300 monks were once.

Entering the gate of Horseshoe Temple, a Chinese -style temple building became the first landscape. This was founded in the North Liang Cave built in the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. temple. Qianfo Cave is divided into three parts: northern, southern and middle sections. The northern section is an relief stone tower forest. I saw dozens of stone towers with different sizes on the steep red sandstone. This is where the ascetic monks live or store them. Treasure. The south and middle sections are mainly Buddhist caves. Walking in the courtyard, the eaves of the Fansha -type wooden structure under the blue sky and white clouds show the beauty of architecture.

On the way to the thirty -three days of the core grotto of the Horseshoe Temple, you can feel the wonderful scenery of the Horseshoe Temple snuggling the Qilian Mountains, the temple buildings, the beautiful valley, the towering euphratica, and the quiet mountain road. Essence

On a hillside platform that walks 33 days of cave, the Tibetan temple building Baita stands on the edge of the cliff. On the cliff.

The magnificent thirty -three -day cave grotto is the classic of Puoguang Temple in the Horseshoe Temple. This piece has a total of seven layers of the pagoda -shaped grottoes that are dug on the cliff. Above the cliff, it is amazing. In the Buddhist scriptures, there are Shi Emperor in the center of the top of Sumi. There are eight days on each of the four mountains and four mountains. Where. Entering the thirty -three -day cave of Puguang Temple, the top and 21 caves of the top and below, the pagoda is arranged, there are Buddha temples inside, there are corridors outside, and there are as many as 49 holes in the inside and outside. Thirteen days of caves are dedicated to the Tibetan Buddhist style. The most exquisite is the Green Mother Hall. In the highest grotto, the small cave sky, the statue and layout are sighing.

Looking at the window of the grotto, each direction is the beautiful scenery of the Horseshoe Temple. Danxia cliffs, grottoes, mountains, and wilderness have become a natural and humanistic picture in the stare.

The cave next to the thirty -three days of cave was severely damaged. In the traces of the remaining caves, you can find it here that it is a Han Buddhist temple. In the historical changes, it has gradually evolved into a trace of temples that combine Tibetan and Chinese Buddhism. Essence

Leaving the Horseshoe Temple in the setting sun, looking back, admiring the natural beauty of the Horseshoe Temple of the three famous caves of the Hexi Corridor, and lamenting the severe destruction of the Horseshoe Temple, I bless this precious historical site in the enlightenment of cultural heritage under the Qilian Mountain.

Photo: Xin Qiuping

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