| 1. | Tracing the votive inscriptions bear on buddhist shrines at the thousand - buddha grottoes of qi xia monastery
栖霞寺千佛岩石窟寻觅佛龛题刻踪迹 |
| 2. | Wire netting covered the back wall of the niche , which still occasionally rattles with falling rocks and stones
铁丝网包覆佛龛后墙，但岩块碎石仍不时隆隆崩落。 |
| 3. | The dryness of afghanistan ' s climate and the depth of the niches helped protect the statues and preserve the wood and rope
阿富汗气候乾燥，佛龛纵深够，有助于保护佛像及保存木料和绳索。 |
| 4. | A great scar marks the inner left wall where the explosion tore away the side of the niche , threatening the whole cliff
爆炸撕裂佛龛一面墙壁，在内部左墙留下一大伤疤，势必危及整个岩壁。 |
| 5. | The use of chinese woods began in the 1840s , and the effort to show off the beauty of the wood with clean forms led to a uniquely edo style
中国木材的使用据说是从1840年前后开始的、其特点是利用木材本身的特点、制作出的佛龛具有江户风范、朴素无华。 |
| 6. | One morning two italian mountain climbers swung on ropes at the top of the niche that held the eastern buddha , which , at 125 feet tall , was the smaller of the two
有一天早上，两位义大利登山客对准佛龛顶抛掷绳索以固定东大佛，这尊佛像高125 ? ，是两尊巨佛中较小者。 |
| 7. | Unesco has been overseeing a program of emergency repairs to the niches over the last few years , drawing teams of archaeologists and conservationists from all over the world
联合国教科文组织过去几年来，徵召全世界好几支考古学家和保育人士密切监控紧急修复佛龛的计画。 |
| 8. | Starting with a unique technique developed by furniture artisans in the early edo period , a flourishing of buddhist practices led to a growth in the manufacture of buddhist altars
元禄时代的细木器工匠在工作之余运用其独特的手法制作的佛龛是东京佛龛的起源。随着佛教的兴盛、细木器工匠开始了佛龛的专门制作。 |
| 9. | The empty niches that once held bamiyan ' s colossal buddhas now gape in the rock face ? a silent cry at the terrible destruction wrought on this fabled valley and its 1 , 500 - year - old treasures , once the largest standing buddha statues in the world
一度为巴米扬巨佛落座的空洞佛龛如今岩面崩裂坍塌，似在对这个为人传诵的山谷及其有1 , 500年历史的古迹，那个一度是世界上最大的立佛雕像，遭到恐怖摧残的无声呐喊。 |
