新乡市博物馆的大部分文物藏品,是新中国成立初期平原省文管会从豫北几十个市、县征集而来的,所以文物的内容和数量甚为丰富,尤以青铜器、书画、拓片等较为突出,而石造像、木雕佛像、铜铁铸像也很可观,引人注目。今选其中部分佛教造像予以介绍,以飨读者。北魏铜弥勒造像:高31.4厘米,重1115克(图一)。高螺髻,面相清瘦,眉如弯月,秀目小口,双耳下垂。身着交领裂装,手施无畏与愿印,结跏趺于长方束腰须弥座上,宽大的衣裙褶叠垂在座前。后有莲花瓣形背光,中部浮雕圆形莲花项光,其上为三尊饰有火焰纹背 Xinxiang City Museum, most of the cultural relics collection, is the early days of the founding of New China plain text in the province from the north of dozens of cities and counties collected, so the content and quantity of cultural relics is very rich, especially in bronze, calligraphy and painting, rubbings More prominent, and stone statues, carved Buddha statues, cast iron and copper is also very impressive, eye-catching. Some of these Buddhist statues are introduced to readers. Bronze Maitreya statue of the Northern Wei Dynasty: 31.4 cm high and weighs 1115 grams (Figure 1). High chubby, face thin, eyebrows, such as meniscus, show small mouth, ears drooping. Dressed in cross-breakers, fearless hand and willing to imprint, knot in the rectangular beam Xu Mizuo, large pleated folds drooping in front of the seat. After the Lotus petal-shaped backlight, the central relief lotus round light, which is decorated with three flame pattern back