Contents Opening Words Stories on the Silk Road: The Maiji Mountain Grottoes The Maiji Mountain Grottoes......002 Thousands of Years in Longshan The Construction and Development of the Maiji Mountain Grottoes Vicissitudes in Thousand Years, Brightness in the New Century ......008 The Ruiying Temple The Shakyamuni Statue in the Mountain, Auspicious Light in the Temple......016 Stupa A View of the Wind and Clouds from the Top of a Majestic Mountain......024 Cave 1 The Buddha Entering Nirvana......030 Cave 2 The Kunlun Tamer......035 Cave 74 The Style of the Western Regions......041 Cave 76 The Rain of Flowers in Clear Sky......046 Cave 78 The Qiu Chi Donors......051 Cave 87 Kasyapa......059 Cave 90 The Three Buddhas Sitting Side by Side......063 Cave 98 The Three Western Saints......067 Cave 115 Shanggui Sima......070 Cave 121 The Whisperers......077 Cave 127 The Painted Buddha Grottoes......081 Cave 133 The Secret Cave of the Ten Thousand Buddhas......098 Cave 135 Above Paradise......110 Cave 147 The Elegant and Refined Portrayal......118 Cave 165 The Beauty of Simplicity and Elegance......121 Cave 43 The Soul Returning to Buddha Cave......125 Cave 44 The Oriental Beauty......130 Cave 123 The Virgin Boy and Girl......133 Cave 191 The Vajra of Incarnation......138 Cave 3 Thousands of Buddhas with Thousands of Faces......142 Cave 4 The Pavilion of Scattered Flowers on the Precipice......145 Cave 9 The Divine Bird of Common Destiny......156 Cave 62 Face Round as Pearls and Smooth as Jades......161 Cave 5 The Calf with Golden Horns and Silver Hooves......164 Cave 13 The Buddha Viewing the Boundless Universe......172 The Fasheng Stele Tramping in Chaos, Meditating in the Maiji Mountain......176 The Official Certification of the Allocated Fields by the Sichuan Imperial Bureau Running between Long (Gansu) and Shu (Sichuan) during the War......185 The Ancient Documents of the Maiji Mountain Grottoes Sutra Scrolls Respectfully Collected in the Old Temple......193 The Ancient Plank Roads of the Maiji Mountain Grottoes Flying Clouds through the Frame of the Red Ladder along the Cliff’s Face ......201 The Maiji Mountain Celebrities Passers-by of the World and All Living Beings......214