Atlas of China
Nanyan Grotto 南岩石窟Nányán Shíkū
National heritage site · Shangrao, Jiangxi
- Time needed
- About 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Shangrao
- Region
- Jiangxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Nanyan Grotto
Nanyan Grotto is a Southern Song rock-cut shrine inside a half-moon-shaped hollow in a Danxia cliff, beside Nanyan Temple on the southern edge of Yiyang town. The cave mouth is about 60 m wide and 15 m high, and its walls hold 28 niches with 45 Buddhist figures, including a main Sakyamuni group with attendants, eighteen arhats in round-arched niches, a Water-Moon Guanyin and donor figures. The carving dates from the Jiading era (1208–1224), and the grotto has been a national heritage site since 2013.
How to get to Nanyan Grotto
In the Nanyan scenic area on the southern edge of Yiyang town, the second section of the Guifeng scenic area; Yiyang is about 49 km west of Shangrao city.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Dieshan Culture Park, Yiyang 叠山文化园 (under 10 km), Guifeng, Yiyang 龟峰 (under 10 km).
On the map
Open Nanyan Grotto on the illustrated map to see the terrain around it and what else is close, and to add it to a trip.
Open Nanyan Grotto on the map