Excavation of Cave 01 of the Haimu Temple Site in Wuwei,Gansu
The Haimu Temple Site is a Tibetan Buddhist site of the Western Xia dynasty,also one of the sixth group of cultural heritage sites under provincial-level protection in Gansu.During the 1980s,archaeologists conducted the initial excavation of exposed caves;from 2016 to 2019,the site was reinforced,and four caves and 800 sq.m.of architectural remains in front of the caves were excavated.Cave 01 consists of house foundations in front of the cave and the front room,passage,and back room inside,all badly preserved.Accumulations manifest that the cave was abandoned before the 1927 Wuwei earthquake.27 varieties of remains were discovered in it;found artifacts are significant in quantity and rich in types,mainly historical documents,Buddhist relics,daily necessities,and building components,also with a few coins,weapons,oracle bones,etc.The considerable number of Western Xia documents discovered is the largest in amount and most concentrated finding after the Heishui City,Western Xia Mausoleums,Baisigou Square Pagoda,and Mogao Caves,which greatly enriched the written materials on Western Xia Studies.
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