Wanfotang Grottoes in Yixian, Jinzhou‖ The northernmost grotto statue group in China

⛰【Attraction Guide】 📍Detailed address: Located in Wanfotang Village, north of Dalinghe Park, Yixian County, Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province. 🚗Transportation guide: Self-driving 🕙Opening hours: November 1st to March 31st: 8:30~16:00 April 1st to October 31st: 8:00~16:30 💰Ticket price: ￥35/person 🌟Highlights: 1. Wanfotang Grottoes is a comprehensive tourist scenic spot integrating natural landscape and cultural landscape. 2. Geographical location: Wanfotang Grottoes are located in the northernmost and easternmost grotto statue group in northern China. 3. There are more than 20 stone niches and more than 400 statues in the grotto; in addition, there is a large lotus pond in front of the statues in the grotto, with blooming lotus and lotus roots scattered in it, making the statues and reliefs in the grotto more vital. 📜Distribution of grottoes: 1. East District: It was excavated during the Jingming Dynasty of the Northern Wei Dynasty↓ ①The statues in the East District have an exquisite and rich layout, and the statues are lifelike and lifelike. ②The most eye-catching statue of the "Thousand-Hands and Thousand-Eyes Guanyin Bodhisattva" was made by craftsmen in the Ming and Qing dynasties using clay sculptures, gold bodies, and hands with gold eyes. Each of the 46 hands on the body is inlaid with a gold eye and extends outward. It means "hands and eyes unite" to warn everyone not to be too high-minded and too low-handed! 2. West District: It was excavated during the Taihe period of the Northern Wei Dynasty↓ ① Upper level of the west area: There are 3 small grottoes and some niches. ② Lower level of the west area: There are 6 large grottoes. The first grotto is the largest in area. There are four eye-catching characters "Buddha's light shines everywhere" in front of the door. There are also thousands of seated Buddhas in the grotto, all of which are statues from the mid-Northern Wei Dynasty. On the stone wall of the fifth grotto, there is an inscription written by Yuan Jing, a general of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Mr. Kang Youwei of the late Qing Dynasty once rated it as "the best of all steles of the Yuan and Wei Dynasties". It is also a historical fact of great historical value. The Sixth Grotto contains the largest and earliest Maitreya Buddha statue with crossed legs among the grotto statues in northern my country. ❤Reason for recommendation: 1. The Wanfotang Grottoes, built in the Northern Wei Dynasty, are the largest and oldest group of grotto statues in northern China. 2. The Wanfotang Grottoes are the only group of cliff grotto statues in Northeast China, and are known as the "Treasure House of Grotto Statue Art in Northern China"! 3. The murals also contain a large number of life scenes of ancient ethnic minorities, which has extremely high historical and artistic value for studying the cultural life of ethnic minorities and the superb skills of ancient craftsmen! 📌Tips: Today, due to disrepair and natural weathering, most of the statues in the Wanfotang Grottoes have been damaged, and some of them even no longer exist. What a pity! Surrounding food: Goubangzi smoked chicken, Beizhen pig's trotters...