CAVE 7 (470-493 A.D.)

This cave forms a pair with cave 8. In front of this cave is a three-storeyed wooden structure. Cave 7 has the front and back chambers. The main statues on the upper sections of the north wall in back chamber are the trikala buddhas, on the east, west and south walls are four rows of niches. The caission ceiling is decorated on the top of the cave. The six celestial donors over the arch of the door in the south wall are exquisitely carved. The images of Sky Bhiksu in meditation on the two reveals of the window are the important historical material for studying Buddhist ideology in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

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