中国甘肃省
马蹄寺风景区内的马蹄寺和石窟,中国甘肃省 (© Ana Flašker/Alamy)
悬崖峭壁的庙宇群
五颜六色的马蹄寺(Mati Si)及其由砂岩石窟和木亭子组成的悬崖式建筑群,让您大饱眼福。砂岩上的凹痕为这座寺庙的神秘起源提供了线索。传说几千年前,一匹受惊的龙马——一匹长着翅膀的龙马来到这里,降落时在岩石上留下了蹄印。在我们的主页图片中,你看不到的是狭长的隧道网络,这些隧道穿过悬崖,将七层楼和多个石窟连接到马提斯塔,马提斯塔高200英尺,里面有数百尊佛像。
原文:
Feast your eyes on the colorful Mati Si (Horse's Hoof Temple) and its cliffside complex of sandstone grottoes and wooden pavilions. An indentation in the sandstone provides a clue to the mythical origin of the temple. One legend has it that a frightened longma—a winged dragon horse—visited here thousands of years ago and left its hoof mark in the rock as it landed. What you can't see in our homepage image is the narrow network of tunnels cut into the cliff, connecting the seven floors and multiple grottoes to the Mati Si pagoda, which is 200 feet high and holds hundreds of Buddha statues.
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