China grottoes are the one of bases of Chinese culture, especially the Buddhist culture. Originally used for recording the image and spreading the influence of Buddha to increase the believers, and now these grottoes became one essential part of Chinese culture and historic relics. Thanks to its marvelous masterpieces of statues and the exhibitions of Buddhist stories and figures and partial record of history at the time, these grottoes have been the gem and national treasures, and most of them also have been ranked the World Cultural Heritage List. Based on these life-like sculptures and large-size Buddha figures, visitors can deeply understand how influential the Buddhism is in ancient China! Also these vivid statues and the used artistic styles and techniques are extremely helpful for the formation of Chinese traditional painting and the development of different painting branches. Apart from these marvelous statues, many murals or frescoes are miraculous and shocking; the large-scale murals bring the visitor back to the world of Buddha and Buddhist stories. The frescoes of Mogao Grottoes have been impressed as the symbol of Chinese aglitter civilization in ancient times as well as the record of Chinese modern history. Also a large number of rare and treasured books concerned with ancient China are also found there. They are the grottoes of Chinese civilization. in China, the most famous grottoes include:Mogao Grottoes, Yungang Grottoes, Longmen Grottoes, Maiji Hill Grotto and Yulin Grotto and so on.  |  | Mogao Grottoes, again known as “Thousand Buddha Caves”, are located at the cliffs of the Soughing Sand Hill some 25 kilometers to the southeast of the city of Dunhuang. The name of the grottoes is a derivation of the township named Mogao. Being the largest, the most well-known grottoes of Buddhism art in China they are cavedout on the third and fourth floors,extending a length of 1.6 kilometers ... | Longmen Grottoes are located in the bank of Yi River, the southern suburbs of Luoyang, one of four Buddhism Grottoes in China and the protectorate of national important cultural relics. It is famous for its grand grottoes art in the world. Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, Yungang Grottoes in Shanxi Datong and Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang are called three grottoes artistic treasure... |  |  | Yungang Grottoes are one of Chinese largest grottoes, equally famous to Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang, Longmen Grottoes of Luoyang and Grottoes of Maijishan Mountain. They altogether are called Four Grotto Gems of China. Yungang Grottoes are located at the foot of Wuzhou Mountain in the west of Datong city, 16 kilometers away... | Maiji Hill Grotto, located some 45 kilometers from Tianshui, is one of the four famous grottoes in China. Covering an area so 215 square kilometers it includes several such scenic attractions as the Maiji Hill,Immortal Cliff, Stone Gate, Twisting streams and the Old Town of Jieting... |  | .bmp) | Yulin Grotto, located some 68 kilometers away to the south of the County seat of Anxi, is caved in a mountain valley. As growing here are a lot of elm-trees hence the derivation of the name for the grotto. Now there are a total of 41 caves with 30 along the eastern cliff and 11 along the west... | The Dazu Rock Carvings are composed of the rock carvings in Beishan, Baodingshan, Nanshan, Shimenshan as well as Shizhuanshan, all of which are of the highest artistic attainment and demonstrate the most exquisite skills of ancient Chinese People.It is as eyes-catching as the Mogao Cave in Dunhuang, Gansu Province... |
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