This cave
constructed in the High Tang and renovated in the Qing dynasty
has a truncated pyramidal ceiling and a niche in the west wall. The ceiling center of the main chamber is a design of a large medallion surrounded by different decorative borders
one after another
of the connected pearls
half medallion
scales
and draperies. The four slopes are covered with the thousand Buddha motifs. The west niche which has a flat ceiling contains a central Buddha made in the Tang dynasty
renovated in the Qing dynasty
two disciples reshaped in the Qing dynasty
and two bodhisattvas repainted in the Qing dynasty. Most of the ceiling of the niche is damaged. The north and south sides of the niche each depict a bodhisattva. There is a platform made of adobe on either side out of the niche
on which stands a bodhisattva of the Qing dynasty. The east wall is covered with an illustration of Vimalakirti sutra
which consists of three scenes in the form of the Chinese character "品". The space above the entrance in the east wall illustrates the contents of the Chapter of Buddhist Paradise
the south side deals with the Vimakakirti sutra illustration and the Chapter on the Expediency
and the north side with the scene of Manjusri and the kings
princes and ministers from various peoples and kingdoms. The lower part of the picture is blurred. The north wall is devoted to an illustration of the Amitayus sutra with two side scenes
in which the lower part is lost. The south wall depicts the Lotus sutra illustration
also with two side scenes illustrating the Fables of the Magic City
and the lower part is lost. On the north side of entrance of the west wall in the front chamber are traces of most part of the heavenly kings. The south wall is numbered as Cave 105
while the north as Cave 104. There is an image of Kistigabha on the south wall and an image of Vaisravana on the north wall of the corridor
partly blurred.
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