A big Buddha in a cave

This is from one of the Yungang caves. Every cave is covered with statues. If you know the whole Buddha story, you'd be able to see it all on the walls.

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Perfect tourism

August 23rd 2007
Our plan was to leave Beijing on a train to Datong, see the Yungang caves and the hanging monastery, then go to Wu Tai Shan, Pingyao and finally catch a train to Xi'an. We had a hotel reserved for 1 night in Datong and the next hotel was waiting for us in Xi'an. Between that, we had no idea how to navigate. We kind of looked through the books and it kind of looked all logical and close. Of course, ... read more

Asia » China » Shanxi » Datong

For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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