The West Cave of the Xiaonanhai Grottoes of the Northern Qi Dynasty (550-577 A.D.)

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The West Cave of the Xiaonanhai Grottoes of the Northern Qi Dynasty (550-577 A.D.) Zhang, Yi; Li, Lan

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The West Cave of the Xiaonanhai Grottoes is well preserved with delicate carvings. The shape of the cave is approximately in square, with the width of 1.4 meters, the depth of 1.8 meters, and the height of the cave is 1 meter. The arched door of the cave is decorated with lotus flower on the top; dragons, Garuda birds and two guards on the two sides of the outside door. A Buddha statue and two desciples were placed on the rear wall. Three statues of bodhisattvas and disciples were on the lefe and right walls in the cave. Figures of donors were carved on the left cliff outside the cave door.

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Title	The West Cave of the Xiaonanhai Grottoes of the Northern Qi Dynasty (550-577 A.D.)
Creator	Zhang, Yi; Li, Lan
Contributor	From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued	2018-07-19
Description	The West Cave of the Xiaonanhai Grottoes is well preserved with delicate carvings. The shape of the cave is approximately in square, with the width of 1.4 meters, the depth of 1.8 meters, and the height of the cave is 1 meter. The arched door of the cave is decorated with lotus flower on the top; dragons, Garuda birds and two guards on the two sides of the outside door. A Buddha statue and two desciples were placed on the rear wall. Three statues of bodhisattvas and disciples were on the lefe and right walls in the cave. Figures of donors were carved on the left cliff outside the cave door.
Subject	Xiaonanhai Grottoes; Cave Temples; Buddhism; Northern Qi dynasty
Geographic Location	Anyang Xian (China); Anyang Shi (China); 36.0389467592593; 114.106111111111
Type	Still Image
Language	zxx
Series	Cluster 3.2: Historical Reality through the Reflections between Image and Text
Date Available	2019-11-19
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0385553
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/72326
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Graduate
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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