Shanxi Sheng

Places in this region

Image of Yungang Grottoes located in Shanxi Sheng, China
Shanxi Sheng, China

Yungang Grottoes

Massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China

Buddhism came to China along the Silk Road from India in the early 400s. In the Shanxi region of central China, the monk Tan Yao and other Buddhists began carving sculpture-filled caves around the... »

Architectural Oddities, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by M Rebekah Otto