Login
Sign up

Send the page
Go to the forum
 
French
   China > Datong > Yungang Grottoes > Cave 7
Cave 7
Cave 7
Section 11 on 20

Yungang Grottoes
Place(s) of worship

between 470 and 493

Model : Bouddha
Area related : Datong

UNESCO World Heritage Site (Définitif) : 2001

Cliquer pour agrandir

The cave 7 forms a pair with cave 8. In the front of this cave is a three-storeyed wooden structure. Cave 7 has front and back chambers. The main statues on the upper section on the north wall in back chamber are the Trikala Buddhas.
See the tabloidClassification by :
names
artists
type
periods
Description   
On the east, west and south walls are four rows of niches. The caisson ceiling is decorated on the top of the grave. The six celestial donors over the arch of the door in the south wall are exquisitely carved. The image of SKT. Bhiksu in meditation on the two reveals of the window are the important historical material for studying Buddhist ideology in the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Site's content    

Anonyme
Statues
from 470 to 493

Anonyme
Reliefs
from 470 to 493
Anonyme
Reliefs
from 470 to 493

Anonyme
Statues
from 470 to 493
More pictures   
Place(s) related   
Cave 20 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 19 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 18 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 17 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 16 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 15 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 14 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 13 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 12 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 11 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 3 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 9 and 10 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 8 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 7 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 6 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 5 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 1 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 2 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 21 (Yungang Grottoes)
Yungang Grottoes
Cave 7 (4)