Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology conducted an investigation on the grottoes of Baoying Temple in Lingchuan County,Jincheng City,Shanxi Province from March to June,2023.There are 5 grottoes and 4 cliff statues discovered here,among which there are stone corridors between the Grottoes 3 and 4.Though there is no clear date found in these grottoes,its date probably is the Late Northern Dynasties from the shape of the niches,the statues combinations and their characteristics of these caves.Meanwhile,there are many supplemented carvings and redecoration in later dynasties.