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万佛堂、孔水洞石刻及塔

房山区, CN

万佛堂、孔水洞石刻及塔

Wanfotang, Kongshui Cave Stone Carvings and Pagodas are a group of Buddhist cultural relics located in Wanfotang Village, Hebei Town, Fangshan District, Beijing, People's Republic of China. The site consists of Wanfotang, built during the Tang dynasty; the Kongshui Cave stone carvings, excavated fro

m the Sui and Tang dynasties to the Jin dynasty; a Liao dynasty flower pagoda; and a Yuan dynasty dense-eaved pagoda. Kongshui Cave is a natural karst cave in the local area. During the Tang dynasty, Zhu Xicai, military governor of the Pinglu Circuit, funded the construction of a temple above the entrance to Kongshui Cave, which became the original temple to which Wanfotang belonged. The temple was later repeatedly destroyed by war and rebuilt several times. During this period, two Buddhist pagodas were successively built around Wanfotang. During the Zhengde reign of the Ming dynasty, the Tang-dynasty white marble reliefs on the cliff behind Wanfotang were moved into Wanfotang. In 1979, Wanfotang and Kongshui Cave were listed as Beijing municipal cultural relics protection units. In 2001, “Wanfotang, Kongshui Cave Stone Carvings and Pagodas” was listed as a Major Historical and Cultural Site...

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