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The Grottoes on Xumi Mountain are located on the east slope of Xumi Mountain, 55 kilometers northwest of Guyuan County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. ×Ö´®8 The name of Xumi Mountain is a translation from Sanskrit, which means a treasure mountain. With the hills, trees and rivers, the grottoes display a beautiful surrounding. Judging by the form of grottoes and the style of sculptures, they were initially built in the late Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) and completed with effort in the Sui and Tang Dynasties (581-907).
According to the inscription for the reconstruction in during the reign of Chenghua twelve year (1476) in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), it was named Jingyun Temple in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and renamed to Guoguang Temple in the Ming Dynasty. Originally, there were more than 130 grottoes with temples on the ground. However, only 20 well preserved grottoes remained scatter on the five peaks. They were called by the native as Dafo Lou (Great Building of Buddhism), Zisun Gong (Palace for offspring), Yuanguang Temple, Xiangguo Temple and Taohua Cavern (Peach Blossom Cavern), winding for two kilometers. ×Ö´®1 In the grottoes of Xumi Mountain, there remained many inscriptions left from the Tang, Song, Western Xia, Jin and Ming Dynasties (618-1644) and some steles from the Ming Dynasty, which are important materials for studying the spread of Buddhism during the Tang, Song, Jin, Western Xia, and Ming dynasties.
Name:Yinchuan Grottoes In Xumi Mountain (Xumishan Shiku)
City:Yinchuan
Address:320km south of Yinchuan
Admission:CNY20
  
This article was posted on 2007-08-22
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