The Thousand Buddha Caves of Shengjinkou

　　　　The Thousand Buddha Caves of Shengjinkou are located about 40 kilometers northeast of Turpan City. They are the ruins of Buddhist temples dating from the Tang to the Yuán dynasty. There are four sites in total: two on the mountainside and two at the foot of the mountain. The complex includes 10 caves built with adobe, some of which feature murals. The cave ceilings are painted with lotus flowers amid swirling clouds, scenes of withered trees and crows in winter, grapevines heavy with fruit, weeping willows casting shade, as well as images of a thousand Buddhas. Most of the caves bear inscriptions in the Uyghur script. One cave contains a wall with Uyghur Buddhist scriptures. In addition, at the courtyard at the mountain’s base, there is a main hall and monks’ quarters where documents written in Brahmi script, Buddhist scriptures in Sanskrit and Chinese, as well as Tang dynasty "Kaiyuan Tongbao" coins have been discovered.