Kizil Caves of 1,000 Buddhas (photos)

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University shows overseas murals from Buddhism's Kizil Caves, China (ecns.cn)

How did the sky devas/ancients cut out rock to make Buddhist monastic art caves?

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Principal Buddhist disciple Maha Kassapa (Kizil)

The Kizil Caves are a set of Buddhist rock-cut caves located near Kizil Township (克孜尔乡, Kèzī'ěr Xiāng), Baicheng County, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang, China.

Their name in Chinese is 克孜尔千佛洞, 克孜爾千佛洞, literally "Kizil Caves of the Thousand Buddhas," Uighur قىزىل مىڭ ئۆي, lit. "The Thousand Red Houses," Romanized Qizil or Qyzyl Caves, where kizil means "red."

University shows overseas murals from Buddhist red Kizil Caves (ecns.cn)

Kizil Cave of the Painters, using new materials like the first oil paint in Bamiyan

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A closer look at Ven. Maha Kassapa

The site is located on the northern bank of the Muzat River, 65 km (75 km by road) west of Kucha. This area was a commercial hub of the Silk Road [3],

The Buddhist caves have an important role in Central Asian art and in the Silk Road transmission of Buddhism [from their home in the three Shakya Land seasonal capitals of Bamiyan, Mes Aynak, and Kabul/Kapilavastu, Afghanistan/Gandhara and neighboring Magadha and Bihar in India].

Why do Buddhists meditate in artsy caves, soma?

They are said to be the earliest major Buddhist cave complex in China, with development occurring between the 3rd and 8th centuries CE [3].

The caves of Kizil are the earlier of their type in China, and their model was later adopted in the construction of Buddhist caves further east [4].

Kizil of 1,000 Buddhas (xinjiangtravel.org)

Another name for the site has been Ming-oi (明屋, "The Thousand Houses"), although this term is now mainly used for the site of Shorchuk (Shikshin Temple) to the east [5].

The Kizil Caves were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2014 as part of the Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor World Heritage Site [6]. More

What is it in brief?

Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves | WindhorseTour.com | Ancient Buddhist art (pinterest.com)

• The Kizil Caves of a Thousand Buddhas are 236 Buddhist rock-cut caves located in Xinjiang, China

Kizil: 236 Buddhist rock-cut caves (Alamy)

The site is located on the northern bank of the Muzat River 75 km northwest of Kucha (Kuqa), a commercial hub of the Silk Road. The caves are said to be the earliest major Buddhist cave complex in Xinjiang, with development occurring between the 3rd and 8th centuries. Although the site has been both damaged and looted, at least 1,000 square meters of wall paintings — mostly Jataka Tale rebirth stories — remain (Alamy).