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Longmen's Grottos: The Legacy Carved in Chinese Stone - La R Diary

The Longmen Grottos were excavated in the seventeenth year of Taihe, during the North Wei Dynasty (493 AD), when Emperor Xiaowen of the same dynasty moved the capital of Datong, Shanxi, to Luoyang. Their construction extended for more than 400 years and spanned several dynasties from the East Wei to the North Song. According to statistics, there are 2,345 caves and niches, more than 2,800 inscriptions on stelae, more than 70 pagodas and 110,000 …
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The Longmen Grottos were excavated in the seventeenth year of Taihe, during the North Wei Dynasty (493 AD), when Emperor Xiaowen of the same dynasty moved the capital of Datong, Shanxi, to Luoyang. Their construction extended for more than 400 years and spanned several dynasties from the East Wei to the North Song. According to statistics, there are 2,345 caves and niches, more than 2,800 inscriptions on stelae, more than 70 pagodas and 110,000 …

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