1987年,千佛造像幢在许昌市出土。关于该幢的雕造年代及雕刻内容一直存在不同认识,多认为是北周雕造。笔者近期对该幢进行了细致考察和研究,对其雕刻内容和雕造时代又有新的认识,认为该造像幢的雕造年代当为晚唐五代而非北周雕造。在此,本文就该造像幢的型制、雕刻内容、造像题材以及时代特征等进行探究,以飨读者。一、许昌千佛造像幢的型制及雕刻内容许昌千佛造像幢(图一),实为造像幢之残件,现仅存幢身和天盖两部分。幢身为八角 In 1987, thousands of statues buildings excavated in Xuchang City. About the building’s carving age and carving content there has been a different understanding, more than that the North Zhou carving. The author recently carried out a careful study of the building and research on its engraving content and carving era has a new understanding that the sculpture of the era of sculpture when the late Tang and the Five Dynasties rather than carving the North. Here, this article explores the style, sculptural content, statues, and the characteristics of the times of the idols, in order to readers. First, Xuchang Thousand Buddha statues of the building and sculpture content Xuchang Thousand Buddha statues building (Figure I), in fact, as the image of the pieces of debris, is only the existence of the body and the canopy of two parts. The building is star anise