Introduction to Buddhist niches: This batch of stone carvings date from the first year of Yongping in the Northern Wei Dynasty to the ninth year of Tiansheng in the Northern Song Dynasty. They have accumulated folk stone carving art treasures from the six dynasties of the Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, Northern Qi, Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties. , the themes are mostly based on Buddhist activities. Most of the statues are in the shape of a pagoda, which is a pagoda shape made of square stones with niches on all sides, which is rare in China. Stone carvings are divided into three types: inscriptions, stone towers, and individual statues. The stele inscriptions are mainly used for inscriptions. There are two kinds of stone carvings, including text and images and pure text. They are all folk stone carvings accumulated from the third year of Yongping in the Northern Wei Dynasty to the ninth year of Tiansheng in the Northern Song Dynasty.

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