Research on Cave Temples in the Late Northern Dynasties

Author: Li Yuqun
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: Supported by the Publishing Fund of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences: This book studies the grottoes and temples in the northern Central Plains region during the late Northern Dynasties period. In terms of chronology, it includes the Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Qi, Northern Zhou, and Sui dynasties. Based on field investigations and a thorough grasp of primary sources, the author focuses on five areas—Heyang, Taiyuan, Guyuan, Tianhui, and Dunhuang—as research subjects. It reveals the evolutionary pattern of the transformation from imbalance to balance between the eastern and western grottoes and temples.