龙门石窟不但有藏尸的瘗窟,而且还有葬灰的瘗穴,这是在龙门首次大量发现的佛教岩葬瘗穴遗迹。笔者对这一佛教瘗葬文化遗存作了系统考察,现将结果报告如下。一瘗穴根据龙门石窟的窟龛形制与大小,窟龛内容与设施,窟龛功能与作用,所有窟龛可分为造像的像窟(含龛,下同),坐禅的禅窟,葬尸的瘗窟,葬灰的瘗穴4类。像窟无需赘述;禅窟是僧、尼静心思虑,坐禅修行的洞窟;瘗窟是埋葬僧俗尸体的洞窟,瘗穴则是瘗藏僧人骨灰的洞穴。因前三类洞窟已 Longmen Grottoes not only possession of the caves of the caves, but also the burial ash acupuncture points, which is the first time in the gantry discovered a large number of Buddhist cave ruins. The author made a systematic investigation into the cultural remains of this burial site, and the results are reported as follows. According to the shape and size of the niche in the Longmen Grottoes, the contents and facilities of the niche, the function and function of the niche, all the niches can be divided into statues such as caves (including niches, the same below), zen caves The caves, burial gray acupoints 4 categories. Cave like no need to go into details; the temple is a monk, Ni think meditation, meditation practice caves; cave caves buried monks and cults of the cave, acupoints is hidden cave ashes monks ashes. Due to the first three types of caves have been