Binzhou Great Buddha Temple Grottoes

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The Great Buddha Temple in Bin County was built in the second year of Tang Zhenguan (AD 628). It was built by Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty to commemorate the soldiers who died in the battle against Xue Ju and Xue Rengao. It was originally named "Yingfu Temple". It is called "Big Buddha Temple" by the local people, and it is still used today. Temples have an inseparable relationship with the ancient Silk Road. Buddhism was introduced to the Central Plains through the Silk Road in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it developed to its peak in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The Grottoes of the Great Buddha Temple is a model of Buddhist statue art in this period. Its stone carvings, paintings, and clay sculptures are all Showing a distinctive Indian Buddhist art style and blending with the tradition of statues in the Central Plains, the Grottoes of the Great Buddha Temple have become a vivid witness of the spread and integration of Buddhism in the Western Regions and the Central Plains.