The Five Temple Caves (simplified Chinese: 五个庙石窟; traditional Chinese: 五個廟石窟; pinyin: Wǔgèmiào shíkū) is a series of rock cut Buddhist caves in Subei Mongol Autonomous County, Gansu, northwest China. The complex once numbered twenty-two caves but over the centuries the number was reduced to five, of which four remain today, in a gorge on the left bank of the Danghe River (党河).[1][2] On the basis of their structure and iconography, one of the caves is dated to the Northern Wei, the other three to the Five Dynasties and Song.[1] The complex lies some 80 kilometres (50 mi) to the south of the Mogao Caves, and together with these, the Western Thousand Buddha Caves, Eastern Thousand Buddha Caves, and Yulin Caves, is one of the five grotto sites in the vicinity of Dunhuang managed by the Dunhuang Academy.[3] In 2013, in recognition of their significance to China, the Five Temple Caves were designated by SACH a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level.[4]
^ abXinjiang Rong (2013). Eighteen Lectures on Dunhuang. BRILL. pp. 481 f. ISBN 978-9004250420.
^肃北五个庙石窟 [Five Temple Caves, Subei] (in Chinese). Dunhuang Academy. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
^Agnew, Neville; Reed, Marcia; Ball, Tevvy, eds. (2016). Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China's Silk Road. Getty Conservation Institute. p. 177. ISBN 978-1606064894.
^全国重点文物保护单位 [Major National Historical and Cultural Sites] (in Chinese). State Administration of Cultural Heritage. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
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