仙人崖石窟(上)

The Grottoes of Xianren Cliff (Part Ⅰ)

位于甘肃天水市附近的仙人崖石窟,其内容鲜为人知。它不但历史悠久,而且自北魏以来,代有塑绘,题材广泛,内容丰富。本文在多次实地考察的基础上,对该处石窟内容及艺术风格作了较为全面的介绍。

The Grottoes of Xianren(Immortal) Cliff is situated at the place nearby the town of Tianshui, but unfortunately, there are a few people know about the site named Grottoes of Xianren Cliff which had had rich contents in it. The Grottoes of Xianren Cliff contained a very good number of sculptures and some wall-paintings there with a long history and many different presentation form in motifs since it had been established as a worshipping site in the Northern Wei Dynasty. This article is trying to giving a comprehensive introductions to the contents of the site and its art style and analysis the art a-chievements the site had mainly based on the investigation on the site for many times by the author.