賀家溝佛爺洞石窟=Foyedong Cave at Hejiagou; 陜北宋金石窟=caves of the Song and Jin dynasties in north Shaanxi; 取經圖像=illustration of a pilgrimage to retrieve sutras; 地獄變=illustration of the hell
【Abstract】 Foyedong Cave at Hejiagou was constructed to be an open, public Buddhist temple, the funding and organization of the project was conducted jointly by several families and headed by the local patron Di Wenshun in the second and third years of the Chongning era of the Northern Song dynasty. To date, there are 29 niches(or groups of niches) containing statues and 21 inscriptions in the cave; the statues evince a high level of technique and a variety of themes. Some of these themes, such as Avalokiteshvara, which is accompanied by a scene depicting a pilgrimage for Buddhist scriptures, Kistigarbha and Tianzang, and the Ten Kings of Hell, all provide important material for studying the Buddhist art of Shaanxi province during the Tang and Song dynasties.
