Introduction to the Liushen Terrace: The Liushen Terrace is located on the north side of the west peak of Yilu Mountain, commonly known as the Luoshen Terrace. It is a group of Buddhist stone carvings in the Tang Dynasty. The statues were destroyed in the early years. The entire statues are carved on the cliff about 5 meters high and 10 meters wide in the southwest of Liushentai. There are 42 statues in total, divided into two groups. One group is on the cliff 1 meter southwest of the top of Liushentai, and the other group of statues is located on the cliff 1 meter below the grotto. The Buddha statues are carved in high relief, some sitting or standing, and some even have a Xumizuo. Seven niches were completely destroyed, leaving only the backlight and Xumizuo. In 1994, experts conducted an investigation and cleaning around the statue group. At the bottom of the stone wall of the statues, they found brick altars from the Song Dynasty and fragments of tiles and ceramics in the style of the Tang and Song Dynasties, proving that this is the ruins of a cave temple from the Tang and Song Dynasties. The Buddhist statues at Liushentai belong to the same artistic style as the Buddhist statues at Qixia Mountain in Nanjing and Yunlong Mountain in Xuzhou. They are relics of Buddhist art from the prosperous Tang Dynasty. In April 1995, it was announced as the fourth batch of cultural relics protection units in Jiangsu Province.

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