A brief introduction to the travel guide of Mackey Cliff Buddha in Dunhuang Cliff Buddha

The Shandong Giant Buddha in McKee, Gansu Province is a characteristic giant Buddha with a strong sense of history. With a very long history and years of baptism, it has become the most popular tourist attraction in the local area. Let's introduce it in detail below.

When you arrive at the scenic spot, you need to take the scenic spot battery car to the core scenic spot.

After the rear of the battery car came down, we walked along a slow steep slope to the hiking trail, with mountains on one side and shops on the other. This peeling technology of fresh walnuts is the first time I have seen it.

In a gap, the figure of Maijishan Grottoes clearly appeared before our eyes. Maiji Mountain is only 142 meters above sea level, but its unique shape and isolated peaks stand out like a pile of wheat, so people call it Maiji Mountain. The southwest of the mountain is a cliff with grottoes carved on it, some twenty or thirty meters away from the foot of the mountain, and some seventy or eighty meters away.

Ruiying Temple on Maijishan Square was built at the end of Qin Dynasty. It is the earliest Buddhist temple in McKee, and still retains the original ancient buildings such as the mountain gate, the Heavenly King Hall, the Ursa Major Hall, the Bell and Drum Tower, and the left and right side halls. But the gate is closed and we can't get in.

Overlooking the 98th cave on the cliff in the west, among the "Three Sages of the West" are Amitabha Buddha, Guanyin Bodhisattva on the left and Bodhisattva on the right. The main Buddha in the middle is 13 meters high, and the bodhisattvas on both sides are 9 meters high. However, due to the erosion of years, Guanyin Bodhisattva only has the wooden beam rebuilt in the Song Dynasty.

Maijishan Grottoes were built in the late Qin Dynasty, with caves of 22 1, clay sculptures 10632 and murals 1300 square meters. It is famous for its exquisite clay sculpture art, and it is one of the four largest grottoes in China, with the highest natural scenery. Maijishan Grottoes used to be a complete mountain. In the twenty-second year of Kaiyuan in the Tang Dynasty, a strong earthquake occurred in Tianshui area, causing the central part of the cliff to collapse. The whole cave group is divided into east cliff and west cliff. Cave 54 on the East Cliff and Cave 0/40 on the West Cliff. Su Yang hired a tour guide for us, and we took a tour with earphones to find out the details. One of the characteristics of Maijishan Grottoes is that the caves are extremely dangerous, most of which are dug on cliffs, and the caves are connected by aerial plank roads erected on the cliffs. These winding aerial plank roads have both visual impact and psychological shock.

Going up the mountain along the plank road, the first one is the famous thirteen caves, commonly known as "East Cliff Buddha", which were excavated in Sui Dynasty and rebuilt in Shaoxing in Southern Song Dynasty. This is McKee's largest group of stone tires and clay sculptures.

The main statue is Amitabha Buddha, which is15.7m high. Both hands are gone. Inferred from the ruins, the left hand touched the left knee and the right hand was chest-high, and the fearless seal and the wishing seal were applied. The mud skin of the Buddha statue below the knee is all peeled off, and the stone tire is exposed. Square column holes of different sizes and some remaining wooden stakes are neatly distributed on the rock surface. It can be seen that the production process of this large-scale Buddha statue is to carve a large shape on the cliff surface, then chisel out pile holes with different sizes and different depths on the surface of the stone tire at equal intervals, and insert wooden wedges wrapped in hemp. Then apply clay sculpture, carefully carve, and finally make up. It can not only reduce the weight of the statue, but also increase its strength and stability, fully demonstrating the superb creative skills of ancient sculptors.

On the left is Guanyin Bodhisattva, 13 meters high. The left hand hangs naturally, the front of the knee is slightly bent, and the bottle is clean. His right hand was across his chest, holding a lotus leaf and bud, and his feet stood on the lotus platform, looking quiet, comfortable and elegant.

The Buddha on the right is a bodhisattva, 13 meters high. His clothes and demeanor are roughly the same as those of the Bodhisattva on the left. The left hand rises to the jaw, and a round lotus flower is held in the palm. Unfortunately, the wide angle of the mobile phone is not enough.