Yungang Grottoes(China--Datong)
The Yungang Grottoes, in Datong city, Shanxi Province, located on the southern foot of Wuzhou Hill, some 16 kilometers west of Datong, are known as one of the three major cave complexes in China, with the other two being the earlier Mogao Grottoes at Dunhuang in Gansu and the later Longmen Caves at Luoyang in Henan.
More than 1500 years after their execution, are the masterpieces of Buddhist Sculptures. The 53 large sized caves, are scattered over the southern foot of Wuzhou Hill, sprawling for over a kilometer form east to west. The hill looks like a huge honeycomb full of Alveoli. Inside the caves are more than 50 thousands of solemn and time honoured statues of Buddha,Bodhisattva. Grottoes Nos. 16-20 are the earliest of the Yungang Grottoes and of the utmost grandeur.
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