佛教产生后,经中亚一带沿丝绸之路传入我国。到了北魏时期,在鲜卑拓跋氏建立的北魏政权的大力倡导下,其统治区域内佛教十分兴盛。由于地理位置特殊,固原在北魏时期是丝绸之路的一个重镇,佛教广为传播。这一时期,固原地区大量雕刻佛造像,开凿石窟寺,形成了区域性的佛教文化。据统计,固原境内现存的北魏石佛造像遗址有十多处,其中以彭阳新集石佛造像窖藏和红河的石佛 After Buddhism came into being, it came into our country along the Silk Road via Central Asia. By the Northern Wei Dynasty, under the vigorous advocacy of the Northern Wei Dynasty established by Xianbei Tuoba, the Buddhism in its governing area was very prosperous. Due to its special geographical location, Guyuan was a center of the Silk Road during the Northern Wei Dynasty. Buddhism was widely spread. During this period, a large number of Buddhist statues were carved in the Guyuan area and cut stone cave temples to form a regional Buddhist culture. According to statistics, there are more than ten stone sculptures of the Northern Wei Dynasty in the Guyuan area, including the stone carvings of the New Tang Dynasty and the stone Buddha of the Red River