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2026-03-25 11:21
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Yungang Grottoes
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Yungang Grottoes
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The World cultural Heritage site of the Yungang Grottoes is mile stone of exchanges between diversified cultures from the east and the west in the 5th Century. Located at the southern foot of Wuzhou Mountain, 16 kilometers west of Datong City, Yungang Grottoes were carved into the mountain and extend about one kilometer from east to west. The 45 caves in Yungang Grottoes include some 254 niches with about 59,000 statues. It was a royal project, constructed during the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) founded by the Xianbei Nationality which is a northern nomadic tribe of China. The Yungang Grottoes are one of the three most famous Buddhist cave temples together with Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang, and Longmen Grottoes of Luoyang, and one of the three most famous treasure houses of ancient Buddhist art in the world. They are as famous as the Ajanta Caves in India and Bamiyan Caves in Afghanistan. In 1961, the Yungang Grottoes was proclaimed as one of the first batch of Key Cultural Relics under the protection of the Chinese State Council. In 2001, Yungang Grottoes was included as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. In 2007, Yungang Grottoes was proclaimed as a National 5A-grade Tourism Attraction of China.
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