This Buddhist sculpture hoard is located in the northwest of the ancient Xinzhou City Site, the north gate tower of which is 150 m to the northeast of the hoard and the base of the north wall is about 20 m to its north. In September and October 2013, Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology and Xinzhou Municipal Commission for Preservation of Ancient Monuments jointly conducted rescue excavation to this hoard. From this hoard, 34 Buddhist sculptures are unearthed, including standing Buddha statues, seated Buddha statues, standing bodhisattva statues, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva on the back of elephant, back screen-style Buddhist sculptures, kneeling sponsor figures, etc. These sculptures are made from the Northern Wei to the Tang Dynasties, and most of them are made in the Northern Qi Dynasty, all of which have been worshipped in monasteries. The hoard cellar is in regular shape, which would be intentionally dug for burying these Buddhist sculptures, showing that the monasteries were forced to do this to the Buddhist sculptures. Estimated by the unearthing status, these sculptures would be buried around the fourth to the fifth years of Huichang reign period(844-845) of Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty.
