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Grottoeses tagged “unesco”

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🇨🇳 China · Temple complex

Beishan Grottoes Dazu

Tang to Southern Song · Late Tang to Song Sichuan Buddhist (Wei Junjing to Zhao Zhifeng line)

UNESCO Beishan's 290-niche scholar's cliff 2 km north of Dazu with Song filial piety reliefs.

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🇨🇳 China · Temple complex

Yungang West Cave 20

Northern Wei (Northern Dynasties) · Northern Wei royal Buddhist (Toba Wei imperial atelier under Tanyao)

13.7-m open-fronted seated Buddha of Yungang's Five Tanyao west series — most iconic Wei colossus.