南京栖霞山石窟是我国南方现存唯一的南朝石窟,具有重要的历史、艺术、科学价值。在其时代节点和皇室背景的特殊基础上,这一南朝石窟及其造像更具有着时代的标准意义,在我国石窟考古和造像艺术的研究方面具有标志性的地位。本文是对于该石窟持续十年考古工作的概要性叙述。内容集中于运用石窟寺考古学的理论和方法,对该石窟及其造像进行类型分析和分期研究,推定现存16座南朝石窟的年代,并就其意义进行阐述。 Nanjing Qixiashan Grottoes is the only surviving Southern Grotto Grottoes in southern China, which has important historical, artistic and scientific values. On the special foundation of its time nodal and royal background, this southern caves and its statues have the standard significance of the times, and have a symbolic status in the research of the archeology and figurative art of Chinese caves. This article is a synopsis of the ten-year archeology of the Grotto. The content focuses on the use of the theory and method of cave temple archeology, the type of cave grottoes and their statues and staging studies to infer the existence of 16 southern grottoes of the era, and its significance.