Constructed in the Early Tang and renovated in the Five Dynasties
this is a small hall cave with a truncated pyramidal ceiling. There is a niche with double recesses dug out of the west wall
containing a seven-stuccoed figures; a Buddha
two disciples
two bodhisattvas and two heavenly kings. The heavenly kings have features of a non-Chinese foreigner; high nose bridges
thick eyebrows and big eyes. The ceiling center has a pattern of twisted vines. The drapery around the center extends to the four slopes. The decorative borders of twisted vines connect the the four walls with the four slopes. There is a preaching scene of Maitreya in the center of the south wall
which is surrouded by the thousand Buddha motifs. The north wall presents an illustration of the Amitabha sutra in the center
also surrounded by the thousand Buddha motifs. There are three preaching scenes above the entrance on the east wall. The south side of the entrance depicts a preaching scene of the Medicine Buddha
while the north has a standing disciple image with four donor figures. On either north or south of the brim of the entrance is a worshiping bodhisattva painted in the Five Dynasties. On the tent-like ceiling of the corridor in a Buddha in meditation painted in the Five Dynasties. On both of the north and south walls of the corridor are covered with the Buddhas in meditation
only two has survived on each side walls.
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