在我省陇东董志塬西侧,蒲、茹河交汇处东岸的复钟山脚下,有一处规模较大、创建年代较早和延续时间较长的石窟群——北石窟寺.自古以来,这里曾是甘肃东部交通要隘上的一大佛教胜地.如今,成为陇东黄土高原上又一处旅游胜地.北石窟寺,俗称大佛寺,它与泾川县南石窟寺均创建于北魏永平二年(公元509年),系当时泾州刺史奚康生主持兴建.两寺南北对峙,交相辉映,故称为北石窟寺.北石窟寺自北魏开创后,历经西魏、北周、隋、唐、宋、清各代继续开窟增添,窟群密集,形如蜂房,在高20米、长120米的范围 In the west of Dongzhi Plateau, Longdong, at the foot of the Fu-San Mountain on the east bank of the confluence of Pu and Ru Rivers, there is a large-scale grotto grotto - North Grottoes Temple, which was established in an earlier age and lasts longer. Since ancient times, It was once a major Buddhist tourist attraction on the traffic pass in the east of Gansu.Nowadays, it has become another tourist spot on the Longdong Loess Plateau.North Grottoes Temple, commonly known as the Big Buddha Temple, was founded in the northern Wei Yong Ping Two years (AD 509), was the governor of Jingzhou prefect Xi Kangsheng presided over the construction of the two temples north-south confrontation, each other, each other, so called North Grottoes Temple .Bei cave temple after the Northern Wei Dynasty, after the Western Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui, Tang and Song , Qing dynasties continued to open increase grotto, grotto-intensive, shaped like a hive, in the high 20 meters, 120 meters long range