Bingling Monastery
1 min readFifty kilometers west of the Yonging County，the Thousand Buddha Ca-ves of Bingling Temple is on the Jishi Hill.Bingling is a transliteration of Ti-betan，which means Ten Thousand Buddha，just the common name of Buddhist caves in China.They were initially made in 420，and expanded several times through the ages.Nowadays，there still exist 183 niches，694stone statues，82 clay sculptures，and 900 square meters of murals.All the statues，sculptures and murals exhibit superb craftsmanship，and have great arlistic appeal.These caves，which stretch for 200 meters，include the caves of Western Qin，North Wei，Sui，Tang，and Song，Yuan，Ming，Qing dynasties.
