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CHINA
Mocao Caves
Natural treasure house of Buddhist Arts – Bodhidharma
Year of Inscription: 1987
The Mogao Caves are The ancient Buddhist site 壁画-千⼿观⾳
located close to the contains 492 decorated Mural-thousand hand
ancient town of cave temples excavated Guan Yin
Dunhuang in northwest into 1.6 kilometers of cliff (中国 China:1 996)
China. The Mogao Caves face. The site includes
are famous for their some 45000 square
statues and wall paintings, meters of wall paintings
spanning 1000 years of and over 2400
Buddhist art. polychromed sculptures
which make up the
A total of 735 caves, 492 of largest body of Buddhist
which contained artwork, art in China.
have been identified. They
were constructed along
the cliff facing east,
extending from north to
south, dating from the 4th
to 14th centuries AD. 敦煌⽯窟 Dunhuang Caves
(中国⾹港 Hong Kong: 2011)
