鹿野苑石窟调查报告——关于新发现禅窟的问题

The Investigation Report of Mrgadava Caves——On the Problem of Newfound Meditation Caves

鹿野苑石窟有大小洞窟11个,近年来笔者曾多次进行过考古调查,从大像窟的洞窟形制、造像题材与特征等诸多方面,结合文献分析,石窟的开凿年代应在皇兴元年至皇兴四年(467~470年)之间。新发现的第5窟(禅窟)的平面趋于长方形,窟顶为纵券式,这种纵券式的窟顶形式与新疆石窟的影响有关。其完整的洞窟形制为我们认识平城地区的禅窟提供了十分可靠的实物资料。

There are 11 caves in different sizes at Mrgadava Grottoes.In recent years the author has done several archaeological investigations from the aspects of the layouts,subjects and characteristic of the Colossal Statue Caves,combining with literature analysis,he believes that the excavation time must be from the first year to the forth year of Huangxing Time(467-470).The newfound Cave 5(Meditation Cave)has an approximately rectangle plane and a barrel-vaulted ceiling,such kind of ceiling is related to the influence of Xinjiang Caves.Its complete layouts of caves provide very credible materials for us to study Meditation caves in Pingcheng Region.