Introduction to the Queen Mother Palace Grottoes: The Queen Mother Palace Grottoes are located next to Huiwu in front of Huishan. They were excavated in the third year of Yongping in the Northern Wei Dynasty (510 AD). The Queen Mother Palace Grottoes are square central pillar caves with a height of 12 meters, a depth of about 11 meters, and a circumference of about 21 meters around the central pillar. The four sides of the central pillar and three sides of the cave walls are carved with stone statues and decorations, including a pagoda carrying a pagoda. There are white elephants, thousands of Buddhas, powerful men and bodhisattvas. On the front of the cave, there is a seated Buddha, about 4 meters high, which is a stone clay sculpture of the Tang Dynasty. The flying sky on the back wall of the seated statue is a work of the Northern Wei Dynasty. There are three layers of statues on the inner wall of the cave, with a total of about 200 statues. There are remaining Buddha statues. On the south and north sides of the central column, there are statues of Sakyamuni and Duobao sitting facing each other while preaching sermons, and a statue of one Buddha and two Bodhisattvas. The statues on the second floor are mostly late-stage statues, and many reliefs were made in the Northern Wei Dynasty. The third floor is seriously weathered. But it still maintains the style of the Northern Wei Dynasty, especially the Buddha statue to the north of the central pillar. There are three-story pavilions outside the cave, which are majestic and majestic.

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