Red Stone Gorge

Wide view of Red Stone Gorge.

Red Stone Gorge (Jin Chinese: 紅石峽, [xwəŋ˧ ʂəʔ˨˩˧ ɕjɑʔ˧];[1] Mandarin pinyin: Hóngshíxiá) is a gorge and attraction in Yulin, Shaanxi, China featuring 200 sandstone cliff inscriptions and 34 rock-cut grottos with Buddhist clay statues in the grottoes. The inscriptions dated from 1587 to 1949, all are in Classical Chinese except one in Manchu. Most Buddhist clay statues were destroyed in the Four Olds Destruction movement from 1966 to 1976. The currently displayed statues are mostly reconstructed models.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ 邢向东; 王兆富 (2014). 吴堡方言调查研究. 中华书局. pp. 56, 57, 58.
  2. ^ 秦立科 (2007). 红石峡摩崖石刻保护及加固研究 (Thesis). 西安建筑科技大学.
  3. ^ 米亚芬; 张永平 (2022). "论红石峡文物古迹的价值属性". 文物鉴定与鉴赏 (16).

Further reading

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Monographs

  • 王富春; 李建平; 谢静 (2013). 榆林红石峡：水利史迹与碑刻. 三秦出版社.
  • 常晓玲 (2013). 红石峡. 陕西人民出版社.

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