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Where is the site of Seven-Star Buddhist Temple?

Seven sites of Xingfo Temple are national key cultural relics protection units.

The site of Qixing Buddhist Temple is located in the north of the ancient Silk Road, on a low ridge and slope in the southwest of Qixing Town, Yanqi County. It is an important hub for the spread of Buddhist culture to the east and the Buddhist center of Yanqi country.

The site of Qixing Buddhist Temple consists of two parts: ground temple building and cave building. There are murals of musicians, clouds and flying in the cave, and the heads of clay bodhisattvas, bodhisattvas, heavenly kings and benefactors are unearthed.

The site 196 1 was identified as a national cultural relics protection unit, and in 2006, 5438+0 was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit, with seven names of Xingfo Temple sites.

The site of Qixing Buddhist Temple is located in the north of the ancient Silk Road, on a low hillside in the southwest of Qixing Township, Yanqi County, Xinjiang. Founded in the Jin Dynasty, it is an important Buddhist relic in the process of Buddhism spreading from east to west, and it is also the largest Buddhist relic in Yanqi, one of the 36 countries in the western region. It consists of two parts: temple buildings on the ground and cave buildings. There are 93 existing temples and caves 1 1.

A number of precious cultural relics, such as Meeting with Maitreya, have been unearthed in this site, which is of great value to the study of the history of ancient Yanqi and even the history of social development, Buddhism and drama in the western regions. -

This site is the only precious site group in Xinjiang where pagodas, Buddhist temples and grottoes are preserved. The shape of the cave is roughly similar to that of the first phase cave in Qizil, with exquisite murals, plump and auspicious Buddha statues and the style of Gandhara and the Central Plains. It is of great value to study the history of ancient Yanqi and even the history of social development, Buddhism and drama in the western regions.