Buddhist Complex Maytszishan, China

Buddhist complex Maytszishan little known. It is located in Gansu Province in northwest China. This is a striking architectural complex, carved out of the rock.

Maytszishan has 7,000 Buddhist sculptures and nearly 1,000 square meters of murals.   Maytszishan is just a few miles south of the Great Silk Road. 

Many of the monks chose to stay in these caves and work there.   One of the earliest written records about this are found in the biographies of the two monks Tanhonga and Huanggang, who meditated there with his disciples. 

Huge Buddha is almost parallel to the side of the mountain - the highest is more than 16 meters in height. Stairs that lead up and around the caves were originally made of wood, but after been fitted with metal supports, for security purposes.  

Here you can trace the stages of development of sculpture in China and in addition to sculptures here, it has discovered more than 2,000 items of pottery, bronze, iron, jade, ancient books, documents, paintings and works of calligraphers. Inside is 7200 clay and stone sculptures, more than 1,300 sq.m. murals that were created from the 4th to the 19th century.

The huge carving of Buddha is more than 16 meters in height. Stairs that lead up and around the caves were originally made of wood, but after been fitted with metal supports, for security purposes. The statues are carved on the southern slope of the mountain, at an altitude of 80 m from the foot 

Buddhist complex Maytszishan is a series of 194 caves carved into the wall of a hill Maytszishan in Tianshui City, Gansu Province, northwest China.

Now the  Buddhist complex of Maytszishanis  is preserved as a museum, and many of the caves closed to the public.

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