Mogao Grottoes
Mogao Grottoes, commonly known as Thousand Buddha Cave, is located in the west end of the Hexi Corridor Dunhuang, with beautiful frescoes and statues famous. It was built in the pre-Qin period of the sixteen countries, after the construction of the history of the sixteen countries, the Northern Dynasties, the Sui, the Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties, the Western Xia and the Yuan Dynasty, formed a huge scale, the existing caves 735, the frescoes 45,000 square meters, Mud color plastic 2415, is the world's largest existing, the most abundant of the Buddhist art. Since modern times, it has discovered the possession of the cave, there are more than 50,000 pieces of ancient artifacts, and derived from a special study of the scriptures and Dunhuang art disciplines - Dunhuang learning. But the Mogao Grottoes in modern times by many man-made damage, a large number of cultural relics, its integrity has been seriously damaged. In 1961, the Mogao Grottoes was published by the State Council of the People's Republic of China as one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. In 1987, the Mogao Grottoes was listed as a world cultural heritage. Mogao Grottoes and Shanxi Datong Yungang Grottoes, Henan Luoyang Longmen Grottoes, Gansu Tianshui Maijishan Grottoes and known as China's four major grottoes; and Mogao Grottoes and Yungang Grottoes, Longmen Grottoes and Chongqing Dazu Rock Carvings are listed in China Into the UNESCO World Heritage List of four caves. ...