Bingling Grottoes in Gansu Province of China

Pro Xiayong Jing County, located in 35 km southwest of the small Jishishan. Starting from Lanzhou line 75 km ride to the boat transfer Liujiaxia dam, 54 km through the boundless plateau Pinghu, the West turned into Gap, over Sisters, you can reach.
Binglin first called "Tang stated Cave", is the Qiang language "Ghost Cave" was intended. After the calendar has Longxing, Lingyansi said. Ming Yongle, take in Tibetan, "hundreds of thousands of Buddha" of transliteration, which means "Binglingsi" or "ice Ling Monastery" in the name. Binglin Longxing Temple in the Tang Dynasty as the Song called Lingyansi, built in the early period of the 16 countries. Points on the Temple Cave, the hole trench, three under the Temple, located in the Abbey red sandstone on both sides of the trench, cave layers, the spiral winding path along the cliff. The following main Binglingsi, founded in Xiqin, after the Northern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui, Tang, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties expansion, dating back over 1,600 years of history. The existing 183 Kukan, nearly 800 statues, sub-clay and clay stone three tires, about 900 square meters of murals. 169 drilled in a natural cave Cave, the largest. Relief Spire 25. Bingling Temple statue 776 footer, footer 694 which stone, clay 82 footer, the main characters are Buddha, Bodhisattva, Amitayus Buddha, Maitreya Buddha and various bodhisattvas, the Buddha and so on. General shape, concise way, half-naked body, dress uninhibited, elegant posture, static in action, in proportion, and fully reflects the deep and rugged northwest of the charm.