In 490 AD, the northern year was the fourteenth year of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the southern year was the eighth year of the Southern Dynasty Qi Yongming
In this year, Empress Feng of Northern Wei died, and Emperor Xiaowen was able to take the throne personally, and four years later moved the capital to Luoyang
Empress Feng was buried in the Fangshan Yonggu Mausoleum north of Datong, and the excavated stone tomb door was collected in the National Museum
【Datong Fangshan Yonggu Mausoleum】
【Aerial view of Fangshan Yonggu Mausoleum】
【Guobo Fangshan Yonggu Tomb Stone Door Frame】
【Stone door frame details】
Look at a few statues from 490 with clear inscriptions
The Bronze Buddha Statue of the 14th Year of the Northern Wei Dynasty was excavated from Zhucheng, Shandong
【Bronze Statue of Zhucheng Taihe 14th Year】
The statue of Fan Tian□ in the fourteenth year of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Fourteenth Year was excavated from the Longhua Temple in Boxing, Shandong
【Boxing Longhua Temple Taihe 14th Year Statue】
The statues of one Buddha and two bodhisattvas in the eighth year of the Southern Qi Yongming were unearthed in Chengdu
【Southern Qi Yongming Eight-Year Statue】
Around the tenth year of the Northern Wei Dynasty (486), Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei implemented a Sinicization policy, and there were also changes in clothing, and the Buddhist clothes of the Yungang Grottoes began to appear in addition to the shoulder-length and right-wing styles influenced by the West, but the implementation of the New Deal required a process, compared with several Buddha statues in 490 AD, the north still adopted the shoulder-length coat, which was all in the style of the belt. Since then, the belt has gradually occupied the mainstream in the north