Protecting Yungang a generational task
2 years, 7 months ago

Protecting Yungang a generational task

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A statue in Grotto 5 of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi province. The 1,500-year-old site is one of three most famous Buddhist grottoes in country Staff at the Yungang Grottoes Academy have been busy conducting regular maintenance at the site in Datong, Shanxi province. Grotto 5, which contains some 2,300 Buddhist statues, is 17.4 meters high and 18.7 meters wide and is known for its 17.4-meter-tall Buddha statues, the tallest in the grottoes. Located in the northern Shanxi city of Datong, the Yungang Grottoes are one of the three most famous Buddhist grottoes in China. The Yungang Grottoes were created 1,500 years ago during the Northern Wei Dynasty period, when Datong, then called Pingcheng, was the national capital.

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Shanxi's cultural heritage remains timeless
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Shanxi's cultural heritage remains timeless

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Visitors admire a stone statue at the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi province. In recent years, Shanxi has been actively integrating its rich cultural heritage with tourism, driving high-quality development across various sectors. In the first three quarters of this year, Shanxi received 318 million domestic visits, marking a 13.8 percent increase from the same period last year. Wang Aiqin, …

Shanxi's cultural heritage remains timeless
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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Shanxi's cultural heritage remains timeless

China Daily  

Visitors admire a stone statue at the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi province. In recent years, Shanxi has been actively integrating its rich cultural heritage with tourism, driving high-quality development across various sectors. In the first three quarters of this year, Shanxi received 318 million domestic visits, marking a 13.8 percent increase from the same period last year. Wang Aiqin, …

Shanxi's cultural heritage remains timeless
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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Shanxi's cultural heritage remains timeless

China Daily  

Visitors admire a stone statue at the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi province. In recent years, Shanxi has been actively integrating its rich cultural heritage with tourism, driving high-quality development across various sectors. In the first three quarters of this year, Shanxi received 318 million domestic visits, marking a 13.8 percent increase from the same period last year. Wang Aiqin, …

Shanxi's cultural heritage remains timeless
Top News
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Shanxi's cultural heritage remains timeless

China Daily  

Visitors admire a stone statue at the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi province. In recent years, Shanxi has been actively integrating its rich cultural heritage with tourism, driving high-quality development across various sectors. In the first three quarters of this year, Shanxi received 318 million domestic visits, marking a 13.8 percent increase from the same period last year. Wang Aiqin, …

Shanxi's cultural heritage remains timeless
Top News
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Shanxi's cultural heritage remains timeless

China Daily  

Visitors admire a stone statue at the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi province. In recent years, Shanxi has been actively integrating its rich cultural heritage with tourism, driving high-quality development across various sectors. In the first three quarters of this year, Shanxi received 318 million domestic visits, marking a 13.8 percent increase from the same period last year. Wang Aiqin, …

Protection of major grottoes emphasized
3 months ago

Protection of major grottoes emphasized

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Tourists visit the Maijishan Grottoes in Tianshui, Gansu province, in June. As part of Xi's four-day trip to Gansu province last week, Zhao accompanied the president on a fact-finding trip to the Maijishan Grottoes, one of China's four major grottoes sites. China's vast landscape is home to nearly 6,000 cave temples, and the Chinese president lauded the nation's major grottoes …

Renowned artists marks 75th birthday of PRC in Guyuan
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Renowned artists marks 75th birthday of PRC in Guyuan

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In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, 19 nationally renowned artists visited the Xumi Mountain scenic area in Guyuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region on Saturday, where they painted on location along with local artists. The Xumi Mountain scenic area in Guyuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region is home to one of China's most …

Ancient sites in Shanxi's Datong enthrall with rich history
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Ancient sites in Shanxi's Datong enthrall with rich history

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People visit the Yungang Grottoes on Aug 23, 2024. Yungang Grottoes, treasure troves of Buddhist art A trip to Datong wouldn't be complete without exploring the Yungang Grottoes, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site. Yungang Grottoes represent the pinnacle of Buddhist cave art from the 5th and 6th centuries, created during the Northern Wei Dynasty when Datong was the capital …

Yungang Grottoes get tech boost
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Yungang Grottoes get tech boost

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Visitors admire the precious relics both inside and outside the caves at Yungang Grottoes, Datong, Shanxi province, on July 15. Having more than 59,000 sculptures and statues and 45 major caves that survive to date, Yungang Grottoes was created under authorization of the Northern Wei rulers. The decorative patterns, architectural styles and features of the figures there signify a mixture …

Technology brings art from Chinese grottoes to Greece
7 months, 1 week ago

Technology brings art from Chinese grottoes to Greece

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Visitors admired the beauty of art from ancient China as a digital exhibition of the Tianlongshan Grottoes kicked off in Athens, Greece on Saturday. Visitors were inspired by the beauty of 1,500-year-old art from Chinese grottoes, as a digital exhibition of the Tianlongshan Grottoes kicked off in Athens, Greece on Saturday. With carving begun during the Northern Dynasties Eastern Wei …

Technology crucial for cultural heritage, deputy says
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Technology crucial for cultural heritage, deputy says

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Heritage professionals stressed the role of technology in the protection of cultural heritage at this year's first deputies' passage interview on Tuesday, just before the second session of the 14th National People's Congress. Despite progress made in the protection of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi province, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site, the grottoes still need protection with greater …

Technology crucial for cultural heritage, deputy says
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Technology crucial for cultural heritage, deputy says

China Daily  

Heritage professionals stressed the role of technology in the protection of cultural heritage at this year's first deputies' passage interview on Tuesday, just before the second session of the 14th National People's Congress. Despite progress made in the protection of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi province, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site, the grottoes still need protection with greater …

From 'coal capital' to cultural magnet, historic city gains new life
1 year, 6 months ago

From 'coal capital' to cultural magnet, historic city gains new life

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Sandwiched between two winding sections of the Great Wall, and situated at the easternmost tip of the Silk Road during the 5th century, Datong is destined to be a hub where diverse ethnic groups from north China, as well as Chinese and foreigners, can engage in cultural interactions. From a frontier land between agricultural communities and nomadic tribes to a …

Replica of Yungang Grottoes displayed in Qingdao
1 year, 6 months ago

Replica of Yungang Grottoes displayed in Qingdao

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A replica of Cave 3 of the Yungang Grottoes, which is hailed as the first peak of Chinese Buddhist art, is displayed at an art gallery in the Qingdao West Coast New Area. A replica of Cave 3 of the Yungang Grottoes is currently displayed at an art gallery in the Qingdao West Coast New Area. People visit the replica …

Yungang Grottoes saved for the nation and people to enjoy for years to come
2 years, 6 months ago

Yungang Grottoes saved for the nation and people to enjoy for years to come

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Crowds of people admire a full-sized replica of Yungang's relics at a gallery in Shanghai earlier last year, which was made with 3D-printing technologies. XUAN LIN/FOR CHINA DAILY Experts and skilled workers applying scientific methods to protect treasure trove of Buddhist art Preserving a historical and cultural heritage site that was created more than 1,500 years ago would be a …

Yungang Grottoes saved for the nation and people to enjoy for years to come
2 years, 6 months ago

Yungang Grottoes saved for the nation and people to enjoy for years to come

China Daily  

Crowds of people admire a full-sized replica of Yungang's relics at a gallery in Shanghai earlier last year, which was made with 3D-printing technologies. XUAN LIN/FOR CHINA DAILY Experts and skilled workers applying scientific methods to protect treasure trove of Buddhist art Preserving a historical and cultural heritage site that was created more than 1,500 years ago would be a …

Rock of ages
2 years, 7 months ago

Rock of ages

China Daily  

Yungang is among the country's best-preserved Buddhist grotto temple complexes and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ancient grotto temples show influences from far afield being utilized for Buddhist art, Lin Qi reports. To find out how these natural and cultural gems still shine and continue to inspire the nation in this new era of development, China Daily is running a …

Rock of ages
2 years, 7 months ago

Rock of ages

China Daily  

Yungang is among the country's best-preserved Buddhist grotto temple complexes and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ancient grotto temples show influences from far afield being utilized for Buddhist art, Lin Qi reports. To find out how these natural and cultural gems still shine and continue to inspire the nation in this new era of development, China Daily is running a …

Evidence of ancestral wanderers carving out civilization along the ancient Silk Road is all across China
2 years, 7 months ago

Evidence of ancestral wanderers carving out civilization along the ancient Silk Road is all across China

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Grotto temples, which are religious niches or caves carved into mountains or rock, were introduced to China along the Silk Road in the 3rd century and, over the course of the following millennium, gradually became a fundamental form of Chinese Buddhist art. 2 Mogao Caves, Gansu province This complex of 492 extant caves, with their exquisite murals and statues dating …

Rock of ages
2 years, 7 months ago

Rock of ages

China Daily  

Yungang is among the country's best-preserved Buddhist grotto temple complexes and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ancient grotto temples show influences from far afield being utilized for Buddhist art, Lin Qi reports. To find out how these natural and cultural gems still shine and continue to inspire the nation in this new era of development, China Daily is running a …

Protecting Yungang a generational task
2 years, 7 months ago

Protecting Yungang a generational task

China Daily  

A statue in Grotto 5 of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi province. The 1,500-year-old site is one of three most famous Buddhist grottoes in country Staff at the Yungang Grottoes Academy have been busy conducting regular maintenance at the site in Datong, Shanxi province. Grotto 5, which contains some 2,300 Buddhist statues, is 17.4 meters high and 18.7 meters …

Protecting Yungang a generational task
2 years, 7 months ago

Protecting Yungang a generational task

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A statue in Grotto 5 of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi province. Since 2015, professionals in stone cultural relic protection have been carrying out annual surveys and formulated a Yungang Grottoes degeneration investigation graphic standard, which includes classification, mapping, description, analysis and reporting on the levels of degeneration in the caves. "The protection of the Yungang Grottoes has changed …

Digital technologies used to rebuild 1,500-year-old grottoes in virtual world
3 years, 7 months ago

Digital technologies used to rebuild 1,500-year-old grottoes in virtual world

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The Yungang Grottoes boast 45 major caves and over 59,000 statues in the city of Datong, North China's Shanxi province. Various technologies have been adopted to digitize the 1,500-year-old Yungang Grottoes in Datong, North China's Shanxi province, to permanently preserve the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Using three-dimensional laser scanning and multiplanar reconstruction, the Yungang Grottoes Research Institute is working to …

Restoration of Buddhist grotto relics completed in NW China
4 years, 1 month ago

Restoration of Buddhist grotto relics completed in NW China

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Located about 50 km south of the city of Wuwei in Northwest China's Gansu province, the Tianti Mountain Grottoes were first built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The restoration work on relocated frescos and colored statues from the Tianti Mountain Grottoes, some of China's earliest, has been completed, local authorities said on Friday. Located about 50 km south of the …

Restoration of Buddhist grotto relics completed in NW China
4 years, 1 month ago

Restoration of Buddhist grotto relics completed in NW China

China Daily  

Located about 50 km south of the city of Wuwei in Northwest China's Gansu province, the Tianti Mountain Grottoes were first built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The restoration work on relocated frescos and colored statues from the Tianti Mountain Grottoes, some of China's earliest, has been completed, local authorities said on Friday. Located about 50 km south of the …

Yungang Grottoes to complete digital scanning in 5 years
4 years, 1 month ago

Yungang Grottoes to complete digital scanning in 5 years

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The Yungang Grottoes, located in the city of Datong, Shanxi province, has 45 major caves and more than 59,000 stone statues. China's Yungang Grottoes will complete the scanning of all its caves in five years, paving the way for the creation of digital versions that can withstand weathering and other real-world damage. So far, the UNESCO World Heritage Site in …

Caps on number of visitors to be implemented at grotto temple sites
4 years, 1 month ago

Caps on number of visitors to be implemented at grotto temple sites

China Daily  

UNESCO World Heritage site Yungang Grottoes in Shanxi province is an outstanding example of Chinese grotto temples. The National Cultural Heritage Administration and Ministry of Culture and Tourism jointly released an announcement last week demanding administrations of all ancient grotto temple sites across the country to set caps on the number of daily visits to ensure longevity of such cultural …

Caps on number of visitors to be implemented at grotto temple sites
4 years, 1 month ago

Caps on number of visitors to be implemented at grotto temple sites

China Daily  

UNESCO World Heritage site Yungang Grottoes in Shanxi province is an outstanding example of Chinese grotto temples. The National Cultural Heritage Administration and Ministry of Culture and Tourism jointly released an announcement last week demanding administrations of all ancient grotto temple sites across the country to set caps on the number of daily visits to ensure longevity of such cultural …

Daily visitor caps demanded for ancient grotto temples
4 years, 1 month ago

Daily visitor caps demanded for ancient grotto temples

China Daily  

The UNESCO World Heritage Site Yungang Grottoes in Shanxi province is one of most oustanding representatives of Chinese grotto temples. The National Cultural Heritage Administration and Ministry of Culture and Tourism jointly released an announcement on Wednesday demanding administrations of all ancient grotto temple sites across the country to set caps of daily visits by the end of this year …

Daily visitor caps demanded for ancient grotto temples
4 years, 1 month ago

Daily visitor caps demanded for ancient grotto temples

China Daily  

The UNESCO World Heritage Site Yungang Grottoes in Shanxi province is one of most oustanding representatives of Chinese grotto temples. The National Cultural Heritage Administration and Ministry of Culture and Tourism jointly released an announcement on Wednesday demanding administrations of all ancient grotto temple sites across the country to set caps of daily visits by the end of this year …

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