Song Dynasty Arhat Statues of Huangshan

The Song Dynasty Arhat Statues of Huangshan

The Song Dynasty Arhat Statues of Huangshan are a cultural relic protection unit of Jining City.

The Song Dynasty Arhat Statues of Huangshan are located on the southwestern foothills of West Huangshan in Kanzhuang Town. There is a water-layer rock karst cave here, commonly known as the "Arhat Cave." It is a rare dual-chamber cave, with a total of 18 arhat statues carved on the stone walls of both chambers. Research indicates that 11 of them were carved during the Northern Song Dynasty, and 7 during the Qing Dynasty. Next to the Song Dynasty arhat statues, there are inscribed labels stating their carving time as the "second year of Xining in the Northern Song Dynasty" (1069). Among the Qing Dynasty carvings, there is one statue of Maitreya Buddha and six arhat statues, with the last one inscribed as being carved in the "fifty-fourth year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (1715)." In 1985, the Eighteen Arhats of Huangshan were designated as a key cultural relic protection unit of Jining City.

Kanzhuang Town: Located in the southern part of Zoucheng City, Kanzhuang Town covers a total area of 71 square kilometers, governs 7 administrative regions and 39 administrative villages, has a population of 38,000, and cultivable land area of 54,000 mu. It was named by the provincial government as one of the first "provincial-level central towns" and is a characteristic agricultural town of Jining City.

The town enjoys convenient transportation, with National Highway 104, the Beijing-Fuzhou Expressway, and the Beijing-Shanghai Railway running north-south through the entire town. An investor-built two-mile railway siding runs parallel to the Beijing-Shanghai Railway. The area is rich in produce and is widely known as the "hometown of potatoes, yellow ginger, and vegetables." It also boasts abundant mineral resources, including 4 billion tons of high-quality limestone that have been verified so far... More detailed information about Kanzhuang Town ++