Yungang Grottoes  |
| Photos by Lorraine Thomas |
Yungang Grottoes is located
in Datong, China and is considered as a World
Heritage Site, the grottoes were carved out of sandstone cliffs on Wuzhou
Mountain. Yungang Grottoes were dug over a span of forty years (CE 453-493).
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| Photos by Lorraine Thomas |
It stretches
some 1000 meters continuously from east to west and it is one of the four
famous grotto complexes throughout China. Of the 53 original grottoes of the
Yungang Grotto complex, only 45 remain intact. These remaining 45 grottoes
contain some 250 niches and 51,000 Buddhism statues and murals.
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| Photos by Lorraine Thomas |
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