The Yungang Grottoes, in Datong city, 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 ...

A worker (right) guides foreign visitors in a cave at the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi province. SONG JIAYE/FOR CHINA DAILY The Yungang Grottoes, a renowned UNESCO World Cultural Heritage ...

Researchers at the Yungang Institute in Datong ... high-precision data collection has been completed for two-thirds of the caves. This data has been applied extensively in cultural relic ...