Lianhua monastery which were dated from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty is one of the important Buddhist Temple-Cave in east part of Gansu Province.Amitabha Buddha is most popular motif for sculpture in Lianhua Monastery here and had very stylized shrines in the time of the Tang Dynasty.During the Song Dynaty,motif for sculpture were found very rich such as Buddha in Nirvana,images of Arhat as well as statue of Avalokitesvara,Ksitigarbha,besides,image of Confucius Sanits and Laozi were also found here. All these images had showing a great influences of northern Shaanxi Province and strong local style of the times.
