Eastern Thousand Buddha Caves
The Eastern Thousand Buddha Caves is a series of rock cut Buddhist caves in Guazhou County, Gansu, northwest China. Of the twenty-three caves excavated from the conglomerate rock, eight have murals and sculptures dating from the Western Xia and Yuan dynasty; many of the statues were reworked during the Qing dynasty.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Ruins
- Description: Buddhist site in Gansu, China
Eastern Thousand Buddha Caves
- Categories: cultural heritage of China and historic site
- Location: Jiuquan, Gansu, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
40.1655° or 40° 9′ 56″ northLongitude
96.42508° or 96° 25′ 30″ eastOpen location code
8MGR5C8G+52OpenStreetMap ID
way 1223687570OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q10869660
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Eastern Thousand Buddha Caves” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “东千佛洞石窟”
- Hungarian: “Keleti ezer buddha-barlangok”
- Spanish: “Cuevas de los Mil Budas del Este”
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