一、南石窟寺与《南石窟寺之碑》的发现南石窟寺位于甘肃泾川县城东7.5公里的泾河北岸,现存5个洞窟,均坐北向南,开凿于白垩纪红砂岩上。其中第一窟为北魏开凿,是国内最早以表现七佛为主的七佛窟,它开创了佛窟营造史上一种新的形制。北魏孝文帝时期(太和十年至二十三年,即公元486-499年),鲜卑统治集团为了加速封建化进程,积极推行汉化政策。“相应的在石窟艺术建构上,则与早期传播路线有一个相 I. The discovery of the Southern Cave Temple and the monument of ”Southern Cave Temple“ The Southern Cave Temple is located on the north bank of Jing River, 7.5 km to the east of Jingchuan County, Gansu Province. There are five existing caves, both north-south and cut on the Cretaceous red sandstone. One of the first cave for the Northern Wei dug, is the earliest performance of seven Buddha-based Qifu Cave, it created a new cave in the history of a new shape. In the Northern Wei Dynasty Emperor Xiaowen (Taihe ten years to twenty-three years, the year 486-499), the Xianbei ruling group in order to accelerate the feudal process, and actively promote the localization policy. ”The corresponding construction of art in the grottoes, then with the early transmission of a phase