Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Mogao Caves' has mentioned 'Buddha' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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| The Mogao Caves, also known as the Thousand Buddha Grottoes or Caves of the Thousand Buddhas, form a system of 500 temples[1] 25xc2xa0km (16xc2xa0mi) southeast of the center of Dunhuang, an oasis located at a religious and cultural crossroads on the Silk Road, in Gansu province, China. | WIKI |
| The caves may also be known as the Dunhuang Caves; however, this term is also used as a collective term to include other Buddhist cave sites in and around the Dunhuang area, such as the Western Thousand Buddha Caves, Eastern Thousand Buddha Caves, Yulin Caves, and Five Temple Caves. | WIKI |
| The caves are usually referred to in Chinese as the Thousand Buddha Caves (Chinese: xe5x8dx83xe4xbdx9bxe6xb4x9e; pinyin: qixc4x81nfxc3xb3 dxc3xb2ng), a name that some scholars have speculated to have come from the legend of its founding, when a monk Yuezun had a vision of a thousand Buddhas at the site. | WIKI |
| This name however may have come from the large number of Buddha figures at the site, or the miniatures figures painted on the walls of these caves as these figures are called "thousand Buddhas" colloquially. | WIKI |
| A large number of the caves were constructed at Mogao during this era, including the two large statues of Buddha at the site, the largest one constructed in 695 following an edict a year earlier by Tang Empress Wu Zetian to build giant statues across the country. | WIKI |
| The most prominent wooden building at the site, first built during the Tang dynasty, houses the Great Buddha and was originally four storeys high, but it has been repaired at least five times and is no longer the original structure. | WIKI |
| The most fully painted caves have paintings all over the walls and ceilings, with geometrical or plant decoration filling the spaces not taken by figurative images, which are above all of the Buddha. | WIKI |
| A common motif in many caves is the areas entirely covered by rows of small seated Buddha figures, after which this and other "Thousand Buddhas Caves" are named. | WIKI |
| The paintings often depict jataka tales which are stories of the life of Buddha, or avadana which are parables of the doctrine of karma. | WIKI |
| The Great Buddha of cave 96 | WIKI |
| The Buddha is generally shown as the central statue, often attended by boddhisattvas, heavenly kings, devas, and apsaras, along with yaksas and other mythical creatures. | WIKI |
| [50] The larger northern giant Buddha was damaged in an earthquake and had been repaired and restored multiple times, consequently its clothing, colour and gestures had been changed and only the head retains its original Early Tang appearance. | WIKI |
| [51] The larger Buddha is housed in a prominent wooden 9-storey structure. | WIKI |
| Reproduction of the reclining Buddha of the Tibetan period from cave 158. | WIKI |
| One type of caves constructed during the Tibetan era is the Nirvana Cave, which features a large reclining Buddha that covers the entire length of the hall. | WIKI |
| [52] Figures of mourners in murals or in sculptural forms are also depicted along the length of the hall behind the Buddha. | WIKI |
| The Buddha figure in cave 158 measures 15.6 m long. | WIKI |
| Most are sutra paintings, images of Buddha, and narrative paintings. | WIKI |
| Several sheets contain repeated impressions of the same block with a Buddha image. | WIKI |
| Sculpture of Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara from Mogao Caves, 890xe2x80x93910, Musxc3xa9e Guimet Great Buddha of cave 130 Lokapala guardian figure, Musxc3xa9e Guimet Sculptures in a niche above a main Buddha figure, Mogao cave 27, High Tang Reclining Buddha in cave 148, second largest reclining figure in Mogao. | WIKI |