陕西长武出土一批北魏佛教石造像

A Group of Stone Buddhism Statues of the Northern Wei Unearthed in Changwu County of Shannxi Province

1996年7月,陕西省长武县丁家乡直谷村发现一处佛教石刻造像窖藏,共出土砂岩质地的佛教造像24件。近半数刻有明确的纪年题记,多为北魏时期的作品,包括太和、景明、延昌等纪年。形制为背屏式高浮雕和背龛式高浮雕,题材多为一佛二菩萨二尊像。其中一件延昌二年(513年)造像,主尊为交脚坐弥勒,雕刻精美,彩绘尚存。这批北魏佛造像数量较多,时代较早,保存基本完好,是近年陕西佛教考古的重要发现,对研究北朝至隋关中地区佛教发展及造型艺术有重要意义。

In July of 1996, a cellar of stone Buddhism statues was discovered in Zhigu, dingjia Village, Changwu County of Shannxi Province. Twenty-four of them are made of sandstones. Almost half have certain chronological records. Being judged from the inscriptions, such as Taihe, Jingming, Yanchang, most of the statues are works of the Northern Wei. Their styles are high relief sculpture with screened back and caved back. The popular form is one Buddha and two Bodhisattva figures （3 in all）. One statue which was made in the second year of Yanchang （A.D.513） has a crossed-feet sitting Maitreya as its main body, and this exquisitely caved statue has colored drawings. These abundant and well-preserved Buddhism statues, the most important discovery of Shannxi Buddhism archaeology, are great value to the search about the development and plastic arts of Buddhism in the Guanzhong area from the Northern Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty.