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Take a half-day tour to the impressive UNESCO site at Yungang Grottoes from Datong. With their 252 caves and 51,000 status, the Yungang Grottoes art represent the successful fusion of Buddhist religious symbolic art from south and central Asian with Chinese cultural traditions. Walk with your tour guide to explore the grottoes and niches, get to know its history and culture. This private walking tour including transfer, entrance fee and English speaking tour guide.
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Duration: 3 to 4 hours
Starts: Datong, China
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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Take a half-day tour to the impressive UNESCO site at Yungang Grottoes from Datong. With their 252 caves and 51,000 status, the Yungang Grottoes art represent the successful fusion of Buddhist religious symbolic art from south and central Asian with Chinese cultural traditions. Walk with your tour guide to explore the grottoes and niches, get to know its history and culture. This private walking tour including transfer, entrance fee and English speaking tour guide.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Yungang Grottoes, Wuzhou Mountain, Urban Area, Datong 37000 China
Your tour guide will pick you up from the lobby of your Datong hotel or Datong Railway Station, then heading directly to Yungang Grottoes.
Located at the southern foot of the Wuzhou Mountain, the Yungang Grottoes were built against the mountain and extend about one km (0.62 miles) from east to west. Comprising 252 caves and 51,000 statues within a carved area of 18,000 square meters.
Yungang Grottoes represent the outstanding achievement of Buddhist cave art in China during the 5th and 6th centuries. The Five Caves created by Tan Yao, with their strict unity of layout and design, constitute a classical masterpiece of the first peak of Chinese Buddhist art.
While influenced by Buddhist cave art from South and Central Asia, Yungang Grottoes have also interpreted the Buddhist cave art with distinctive Chinese character and local spirit. As a result, Yungang Grottoes have played a vitally important role among early Oriental Buddhist grottoes and had a far-reaching impact on Buddhist cave art in China and East Asia.
Yungang Grottoes were added to the World Cultural Heritage List in December 2001.
Walk with your tour guide to explore the grottoes and niches, get to know its history and culture. Since this is a private tour, feel free to ask questions during the tour.
Your tour will ends here, you can choose to explore more of the area on your own, your tour guide also can help you to get a taxi to your next destination.
Duration: 3 hours
