四川眉山青神中岩寺摩崖造像调查简报

An Investigation Report on Zhongyan Temple Cliff-sided Statues in Qingshen County,Sichuan Province

一摩崖造像概况中岩寺摩崖造像地处四川省眉山市青神县瑞峰镇,系第七批全国重点文物保护单位。关于其造像内容,20世纪90年代曾有过调查和简要介绍<1>,记录中岩寺“尚存唐、宋、明、清历代遗留之大小佛龛共48座、造像共计2492尊”<2>。2022年5月,笔者随四川大学艺术学院考察队对该造像点进行了仔细的调查和记录,获知中岩寺摩崖造像现存58龛,其中11个空龛,9个残龛(玉泉岩区编号42为单独塑像,不属于摩崖造像)。

The site of Zhongyan Temple cliff-sided statues located in Ruifeng Town,Qingshen County,Meishan City,Sichuan Province are ranked among the seventh list of nation-level key cultural relics protection sites,where 58 niched statues survive,dated back from the Tang,the Five Dynasties,the Ming and the Qing dynasties,fourishing during the Late Tang and the Five Dynasties.The number of Zhongyan Temple cliff-sided statues is large,some are well-preserved.The niche-enshrined images show the distinctive features of times,variety of themes,some in unique style,together with the impacts from other Buddha sculptures of the Tang to Five Dynasties in Chuan-Yu region.They survive as physical objects significant for studying the development track of the cliff-sided statues and the evolution of religions in Meishan and even Sichuan and Chongqing areas.