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🏔️ Yungang Grottoes
Buddhist cave temples in Shanxi Province


🕐 2 min read · Updated 2 Apr 2026 at 09:35

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

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  • Location: Near Datong, Shanxi Province, northwestern China
  • 252 caves and niches containing over 51,000 Buddhist statues
  • Carved during Northern Wei Dynasty (386–534 CE), primarily between 460–525 CE
  • UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001

The Yungang Grottoes are an extensive system of Buddhist cave temples carved into sandstone cliffs near Datong in ...

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