Budhist grottoes at Bingling Si

Bingling means 1000 budhas; in this majestic site you find approximately 36 caves and 80 niches sheltering the statues. Most of them date from the Tang Dynasty (7th to 10th century) Just a bit of history for you: I learned that during the Silk Road, the building and preservation of these grottoes were sponsored by rich traders. I must confess that I was highly impressed by their artistic carving skills

Connecting the West and East on the Silk Road, in China

February 28th 2007
Creating a blog... how does it work? They made it easy, it seems...I just hope that I'm doing it quite well, so, let's start with my first travelling holidays in China, quite hectic -I must say- as back in July 2006, (my sister'd never forgive me for this as it meant cutting my holidays short in Colombia) I decided to do the Silk Road (3 weeks) and the trip to Colombia (5 weeks) at roughly the sam ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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