The 100.000 Buddhas of the Yungang Caves near DaTong

Datong is certainly undervalued and most people pass by without knowing what they just missed!

It is right on the way between Beijing and Xian. By train it takes about 6 hours to get there from Beijing and it costs about 46 Yuan for Hard Seat. The train ticket to Xian was about 130 Yuan for Hard Sleeper.
Send Photo to a Friend The highlight are the Yungang Caves, a world heritage with more than 50.000 buddha statues (formerly more than 100.000!!!) from a few centimeters to more than 17 meters of height. The place was built in the days when China adopted the Buddhism from India. You can see the change from sharp cut faces with long noses and sari clothes of the oldest statues to round faces with short noses, Chinese clothes and typical eyes of the newest statues in these caves. It is very close to the city, about 20 minutes by bus.

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[waynehyl]

is this listed by unesco in the world heritage site?

[popcatepetl2]

Yes it is, since 2001 or so...

[arvindpradhan]

Strange thing is that just about the time these caves were carved in China (circa 6 to 7 th cnetury AD) at Aurangabad, India about 30 caves Budhist caves were carved.