Grottoes


The Yungang Grottoes just northwest of Datong are a series of dozens of  caves carved into the rocky hillside, each with Buddha statues inside.  Some of the statues are a couple of stories tall.

Others are only a couple of inches tall, like these thousands of Buddhas covering the walls of this cave from floor to ceiling.

I like this wood-covered statue of a god with his wooden belly rotted through revealing his stone innards underneath.

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