China's 10 most famous grottos

Yungang grotto

Yungang Grottoes located in the western suburbs of Datong City, Shanxi Province, north Zhou Ya, dug caves and mountains, the eastern stretches 1,000 meters, the existing 45 major caves, size Grottoes 252, more than 51,000 stone sculptures footer, China is the largest one of the Ancient Grottoes.

Mogao grotto

Mogao grotto also known as the "Thousand Buddha Caves," at Dunhuang town, 25 kilometers southeast of the dune, located Molko their rural Yongming. It is China's largest and most famous Buddhist Grottoes.

Yulin grotto

Yulin Grottoes, commonly known as Thousand-Buddha Gap in Anxi County, 75 kilometers southwest of Yulin River (also known as pragmatic River), consists of the existing Tang, Five Dynasties, Song, Western Xia, Yuan dynasty, such as Cave 42, located in Yulin east of the river, on both the precipice, Dongya 31, West Cliff 11, 4,200 square meters murals, colorful 259. Due to natural and man-made reasons, the Yulin Grottoes colorful originals into obscurity now more colorful for future generations of repair or remodeling.

Longmen grotto

Longmen Grotto is famous as one of the China's three major Buddhist art treasures, which adopted in the south of Luoyang City 12.5 km.

Maijishan grotto

Maijishan Grottoes in Tianshui city about 40 km south of Maijishan, is one of the four Chinese grotto. Built in 16 countries Later Qin dynasty period, and future generations are tired amended redevelopment, I Mian calendar year 1500. Cave shrine of the existing 194, 7200 I own sculptures and murals of over 1,300 square meters, in particular pair of well-known art world. "Oriental Sculpture Museum" reputation.

Binglin Temple grotto

Binglin Temple Grottoes located 80 km southwest of Lanzhou, is on the Silk Road cultural treasures. When you take boats visited the vast expanse of ocean, and sky after the Liujiaxia Reservoir, Reservoir west of the cliff, you can see the Binglin Temple Grottoes.

Xiangtangshan grotto

Xiangtangshan Caves Monastery in Handan City, Hebei new urban built in the Northern Qi Dynasty years, after Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Zeng Ming Dynasties are building and repair. Ring for Temple Church at South Cave, which were 15 km, a total of 16 caves, size Category 3, 400. Cave with exquisite stone carvings, ingeniously conceived. Its subsidiary construction scale of the event, Diange Pavilion floor, and build mountains, magnificent, ancient Chinese architecture, sculpture, calligraphy, Painting the precious heritage.

Kizil Thousand Buddha grotto

Kizil (Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves) located in and adjacent to the worship of Kuqa County Kizil rural housing QIULITAGE Ming Shan, Grotto Slab wood chisel in the valley cliffs on the north shore. 73 km east of Kuqa, 67 km west of Baicheng. It is our first cut, the location of large West Grottoes before the hammer in the third century AD (end of the Eastern Han dynasty).

Gong Xian County grotto

Gong Xian County Grottoes is in the Northern Wei Dynasty another great treasure house of Buddhist art besides the Longmen Grottoes. It is located in Luoyang Kyoto northeast about 55 km