Among the four major grottoes, the mountains of Yungang, Longmen and Mogao Grottoes are not high, but the Maijishan Grottoes are the most precipitous. Maiji Mountain is located on the north side of the west end of the Qinling Mountains, and is a solitary peak in the Xiaolong Mountain, with a height of 1

Among the four major grottoes, the mountains of Yungang, Longmen and Mogao Grottoes are not high, but the Maijishan Grottoes are the most precipitous. Maiji Mountain is located on the north side of the west end of the Qinling Mountains, is a solitary peak in Xiaolong Mountain, 142 meters high, because the mountain resembles a farmer's wheat stack and gets its name. Starting from the Sixteen Kingdoms after Qin, Maijishan Grottoes have gone through more than 10 dynasties such as the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, and the Five Dynasties, and more than 1600 years of excavation and repair, with 221 existing cave niches, 3938 statues of all kinds and 10632 bodies, and 979.54 square meters of murals. Compared with the other three major grottoes, the clay sculptures of Maijishan Grottoes are more brilliant, and there are many murals, which are known as the "Oriental Sculpture Exhibition Hall". Among them, the 44th cave is one of the characteristic grottoes, the main Buddha on the main wall here has the name of "the smile of the East", only to see the Bodhisattva low eyebrows, silently, laughing at all beings. Some studies believe that it is based on the image of Empress Yi Fu of Emperor Wen of the Western Wei Dynasty, which was shaped by King Wudu to commemorate his mother, so his temperament is particularly kind and feminine. However, many of the special caves in Maijishan Grottoes have to charge an additional fee, and if you read them all, it is said to cost more than 2,000 yuan. #感受石窟艺术# #最美石窟#