TIME: Early Tang Dynasty(A.D.618-712)

A niche is dug out of the west wall, containing a Central seated Buddha flanked by two disciples and four bodhisattvas. All except the torso, costume and the diamond throne, which are originally made in the Tang dynasty, are renovated or painted in the late Qing dynasty. A few apsaras are painted on the upper part of the niche. The south and north sides show the Great Departure and the Conception respectively, in which there are the gods of thunder and wind, dragon-riding immortals and incarnated boys. The walls of the niche are covered with a halo of flame patterns. On each side of the Buddha are four disciples and apsaras and incarnated children. There is a heretic figure on either side of the central Buddha.