四川简阳长岭山摩崖造像调查简报

A Brief Report on the Changlingshan Cliff Carvings in Jianyang,Sichuan Province

长岭山摩崖造像位于四川省简阳市安乐乡天才村,现存造像18龛,题材主要有观经变、僧伽变、千手观音、千佛、天尊说法、释迦说法、佛道合龛等。据龛窟形制、题记及造像题材、风格等判断,长岭山摩崖造像始凿于盛唐,中唐最盛,延续至晚唐五代,受川西仁寿等地影响较大。

The Changlingshan cliff carvings are located in Tiancai Village,Anle Township in Jianyang,Sichuan Province.There are eighteen carved niches extant in the cliffs today that contain artwork depicting themes such as the AmitayurdhanaSutra,the Sangha,thousand-armed Avalokitesvaras,the thousand Buddhas,Buddha’s preaching scenes,Sakyamuni’s preaching scene,and images combining Buddhist and Taoist figures.According to the inscriptions,image themes and artistic styles found in the caves,it can be readily determined that construction of the Changlingshan cliff carvings began in the High Tang period,reached its peak in the Middle Tang,and continued through the late Tang and Five Dynasties periods.Furthermore,these niches were greatly influenced by cliff carvings at Renshou and other Buddhist sites in western Sichuan.