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Longmen Grottoes: An Art Treasury
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there are still about 2,100 caves and niches, 100,000 Buddhist images ranging in
size from 0.02 to 17 meters, more than 2,800 inscribed tablets, and 43 Buddhist
pagodas remaining at the site.
The
Longmen Grottoes were listed by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage Site in
2000. They are reputed as among the greatest ancient stone sculpture sites in
China along with the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang in northwestern Gansu Province and
the Yungang Grottoes in northern Shanxi Province.
"The grottoes and niches of Longmen contain the largest and most impressive
collection of Chinese art of the late Northern Wei and Tang Dynasties (316-907).
These works, entirely devoted to the Buddhist religion, represent the high point
of Chinese stone carving," described the UNESCO website.
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