Explanation of Dunhuang Stone Caves
Also known as "Dunhuang Grottoes". Including the Mogao Grottoes, West Thousand Buddha Caves, Yulin Grottoes and Shuixiakou Small Thousand Buddha Caves that were part of Dunhuang in ancient times. Generally refers to Mogao Grottoes, commonly known as Thousand Buddha Cave. At the foothills of Mingsha Mountain in Dunhuang County, Gansu Province. There is the Sanjie Temple there. There are more than a thousand stone chambers next to the temple, and there are many murals and statues (mostly Buddha statues). From the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, they were all built. In the twenty-sixth year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (AD 1900), a Buddhist scripture room was discovered in the compound wall. It contained an extremely rich collection of handwritten Buddhist scriptures and art works. The earliest manuscript is from the second year of Yixi (AD 406) of Emperor An'an of Jin Dynasty, and the latest is from the third year of Zhidao by Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty (AD 997), with the most from the Tang and Five Dynasties. The British Stein and the French Pelliot and others went there one after another and looted a large number of fine products. The stone chamber manuscripts have been compiled and printed. After the liberation of the country, it was listed as one of the key cultural relics protection units.
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Explanation of Dunhuang. Ancient county name. The place of governance is today's Dunhuang County, Gansu Province. In the Western Han Dynasty, Yuanding was established in the sixth year BC, and in the Northern Wei Dynasty it was changed to Dunhuang Town, and later to the county. In the first year of the fifth year of Duke Wude of the Tang Dynasty, it was changed to Xisha Prefecture. In the seventh year of Zhenguan AD, it was changed to Shazhou. In the first year of Tianbao AD, it was still in existence. "Zuo Zhuan·The 14th Year of Duke Zhuang" "The ancestor Huan Gong ordered my ancestor to be the Dianshi Zong'er." Du Yu of Jin Dynasty noted: "Zong'er is the main stone chamber hidden in the ancestral temple.
"Li Daoyuan of the Northern Wei Dynasty" "Shui Jing Zhu·He Shui IV": "Also southeast of the tomb of Sima Zichang, there is a temple in front of the tomb.