四川仁寿牛角寨石窟初步研究

Preliminary Study Of Niujiao-zhai Grottoes

牛角寨石窟于2006年被公布为第六批全国重点文物保护单位。位于四川省仁寿县高家镇鹰头水库以西的鹰头村,东距高家镇4.4公里,南距仁寿县城35公里,北距成都市54公里。处于龙泉山脉中段东侧,东望平川,视野开阔,近观鹰头水库,远眺三岔湖。造像龛分布于牛角寨和玉皇顶东崖下山坡上的数十个巨石之上。

There are 102 caves of statues of Niujiao-zhai Grottoes(牛角寨石窟;"Bull Horn Stockade Grottoes"),The cluster of Niujiao-zhai grottoes were carved on tens of huge rocks,They can be divided into two relatively independent sections—Niujiao-zhai Section and Tanshenyan Section.The majority of the Niujiao-zhai Grottoes were constructed during the Tang Dynasty.Cave constructions on a large scale began with the flourishing period of the Tang Dynasty,and lasted to the Mid-Tang Dynasty.In the late Tang Dynasty construction of caves went into decline.The typical times and regional contents of Niujiao-zhai Grottoes include The Giant Stone Buddha,Three Buddhas,Four Buddhas,presentation of Amitabha’s(Western) Pure Land,presentation of Amitayurdhyana-sutra,presentation of Vimalakirti Sutra,Thousand-hand Bodhisattva.It also include large-sized and exquisite caves of Taoist themes or combination of Buddhism and Taoism.