Yungang Grottoes (UNESCO/NHK)

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James Blake Wiener
by UNESCO TV NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai
published on 10 September 2018

The Yungang Grottoes, in Datong city, China's Shanxi Province, with their 252 caves and 51,000 statues, represent the outstanding achievement of Buddhist cave art in China in the 5th and 6th centuries. The Five Caves created by Tan Yao, with their strict unity of layout and design, constitute a classical masterpiece of the first peak of Chinese Buddhist art.

Source: UNESCO TV / © NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai
URL: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1039/

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Kyokai, U. T. N. N. H. (2018, September 10). Yungang Grottoes (UNESCO/NHK). World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/video/1403/yungang-grottoes-unesconhk/

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Kyokai, UNESCO TV NHK Nippon Hoso. "Yungang Grottoes (UNESCO/NHK)." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 10, 2018. https://www.worldhistory.org/video/1403/yungang-grottoes-unesconhk/.

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Kyokai, UNESCO TV NHK Nippon Hoso. "Yungang Grottoes (UNESCO/NHK)." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 10 Sep 2018. Web. 27 Jul 2024.

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