There are more than twenty halls in front of cave in Mogao Grottoes,such as caves No.130,108,100,98,96,95,85,76,74,72,61,55,467,53,46,45,44,39,38,35,30-27,33-21,Most of caves have its own eaves building.The two kinds of architecture are both timber construction.After carefully research,we find that these special architecture were built during early Tang dynasty at the first time,developed in Middle Tang,and very popular during the period of Gui-Yi-Jun,and still continued in the West Xia and Yuan Dynasty.In this paper,the author specially discusses the two halls in front of caves No.130 and No.96.
云冈第9、10窟 窟前辽代建筑原状探讨 第9、10窟在云冈石窟的中部窟群,为北魏孝文 帝太和八年至十三年(484~489年)宠阉钳耳庆时 (王遇)主持营造的一组双窟。其窟室外壁雕凿的仿 木建筑佛殿外貌形式,是中国古代佛教石窟发展演 变过程中,印度石窟原有模式的影响日渐减退,开始 模拟中国传统木结构殿堂特点等地面建筑样式,形 成的具有民族特色的石窟艺术造型。北朝以后,这种 作法不再流行,逐渐被在窟前接连修筑的木构殿堂 建筑取代。辽兴宗、道宗时期(1031~1100),云冈 石窟窟前曾修造过十座木结构殿堂建筑的大寺,即 “一通乐、二灵岩、三鲸崇、四镇国、五护国、六天 宫、七崇福、八童子、九华严、十兜率。”金熙宗皇 统三年至六年(1141~1146)重修灵岩大阁九楹。第 9、10窟这组双窟为十座大寺其中之一,宿白先生根 据《大金西京武州山重修大石窟寺碑》(以下简称《金 碑》)记载研究推测为崇福寺