Mogao Grottoes
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Northwest China (西北) » Gansu (甘肃) » Dunhuang (敦煌) » Mogao Grottoes (莫高窟)Mogao Grottoes (莫高窟) | |
| Address: | Dunhuang, Gansu |
| Phone: | 937-8869008 |
| Price Range: | 80 RMB (November through April) ~ 160 RMB (May through October) |
| Hours: | 8:00am to 6:00pm. Closed on some rainy days. |
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| Short Description: | Also known as "the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas". It's about 25 km south of downtown Dunhuang, in the valley of Daquan. It's about 50 meters high in 5 stories on the cliff of the east side of Mingsha Moutain. It's one of the three grottoes in China. |
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Mogao Grottos (莫高窟) is the largest, best preserved and richest treasure house of Buddhist art in the world. There are about 2,100 colored statues and 45,000 square meters of murals in 492 caves. The caves vary in size, and the colored statues also differ in size, ranging from a few centimeters to 33 meters high, embodying the remarkable imagination of their makers.
Today the murals are still brightly colored, with clear lines after hundreds years of erosion. The pictures of different styles and schools from different historical periods tell Buddhist stories and life in the secular world.
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