Tianti Mountain Grottos Review

Tiantishan Grottoes were founded in Beiliang (397-439) during the 16th Kingdom of Eastern Jin Dynasty. It was excavated from Beiliang Wangju Canal Meng Xun from 412 to 439 AD. In 1958, in order to solve the irrigation problem of the land in the Huangyang River basin, it was decided to build the Huangyanghe Reservoir near the Tiantishan Grottoes. In addition to the Big Buddha Grottoes, dozens of statues and more than 300 square meters of murals in the small grottoes tens of meters above the surface are transported to the Gansu Provincial Museum for preservation.

Self-driving to the ticket office of Tiantishan Grottoes, there is a parking lot, the wooden plank road has been to the top of the mountain, the mountain is not high, you can see the side of Huangyang Reservoir and the Big Buddha, it is still very shocking to walk to the Big Buddha, and you can also see the details of the mural next to the Big Buddha. It is very convenient to buy tickets online on Trip.com.

I have been entangled in whether to come to this attraction before. Although Tiantishan Grottoes are an iconic scenic spot for Wuwei Tourism, because there is still a long distance from Wuwei City and the traffic is very inconvenient, so this is what I have been worried about, but fortunately there is a bus from the passenger station. Near Da, in the interest of cultural relics, I went there in person. The price of the ticket is really not expensive. The buildings and equipment inside are also worth seeing. After all, this is a representative of the early grottoes in China. It is a pity that the scenic spot can only visit more than half, and the remaining half is under renovation. The time should be almost renovated. If you compare him with Longmen Grottoes or Maiji Mountain and other grottoes, it may not be so comparable, but as a treasure of art, it is worth visiting here. After all, he has experienced the flood of the reservoir. Retention, it's really not easy

Tiantishan Grottoes is not only one of the earliest grottoes opened in China, but also represents the early grotto art of China, with far-reaching influence, with a high historical status and artistic value, and is known by the historical community as the "source of the grottoes, the ancestor of the grottoes". The Big Buddha Grottoes that I see are built in the Tang Dynasty. It is the same as the most valuable Beiliang Grottoes in the Grottoes. The large murals painted in the north and south of the Grottoes are fresh, colorful and realistic. Walking forward, the 17 small caves on the left and upper side of the Big Buddha Grottoes have been in a natural stone cave state due to serious erosion. Some statues and murals still remain in the caves. The sculptures include the avatars of the Northern Wei Shifo, the statues of the Northern Zhou, the Bodhisattva and the Tang Sakya. The murals are not preserved much, but they overlap, some up to 5 layers, showing the remaining paintings of Beiliang, Northern Wei, Tang and other paintings in the stripped heavy murals, of which Beiliang murals, Bodhisattvas like straight nose, big eyes, thick lips, white nose bridge, treasure crown curls, upper body half naked, waist wrapped long skirt, early murals in the Western Region are obvious. It is beautiful and simple.

Tiantishan Grottoes is one of the earliest grottoes in China, known as the ancestor of the grottoes, the representative of the early grottoes in China, the source of Yungang Grottoes and Longmen Grottoes