North China
Shanxi
Datong Shi

Yungang Grottoes

The Yungang Grottoes, formerly the Wuzhoushan Grottoes, are ancient Chinese Buddhist temple grottoes built during the Northern Wei dynasty near the city of , then called Pingcheng, in the province of .
Tap on a place
to explore it
whc.unesco.org
Wikipedia
Photo: Sfu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Protected area
  • Description: ancient Chinese Buddhist temple grottoes in Shanxi
  • Also known as: “灵岩寺” and “石佛寺”

Yungang Grottoes

Latitude
40.11258° or 40° 6′ 45″ north
Longitude
113.13015° or 113° 7′ 49″ east
Open location code
8PGM447J+23
Open­Street­Map ID
way 366453832
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­heritage
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q308805
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Yungang Grottoes from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Yungang Grottoes” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كهوف يونقانغ”
  • Asturian: “Covarones de Yungang”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yunqan mağara-məbəd kompleksi”
  • Balinese: “Goa Yungang”
  • Basque: “Wuzhoushan leizeak”
  • Basque: “Yungang leizeak”
  • Belarusian: “Юньган”
  • Bulgarian: “Юнган”
  • Catalan: “Coves de Yungang”
  • Chinese: “云冈石窟”
  • Chinese: “云岗石窟”
  • Chinese: “大同云冈石窟”
  • Chinese: “雲岡石窟”
  • Chinese: “雲崗石窟”
  • Croatian: “Spilje Yungang”
  • Croatian: “Špilje Yunganga”
  • Czech: “Jeskyně Jün-kang”
  • Czech: “Jün-kang”
  • Danish: “Yunganggrotterne”
  • Dutch: “Grotten van Yungang”
  • Dutch: “Jun-kang”
  • Dutch: “Juun-kang”
  • Dutch: “Yun-kang”
  • Dutch: “Yün-kang”
  • Dutch: “Yungang-grotten”
  • Dutch: “Yungang”
  • Dutch: “Yunkang”
  • Esperanto: “Kavernaro Yungang”
  • Finnish: “Yungangin luolastot”
  • Finnish: “Yungangin luolat”
  • French: “grottes de Yungang”
  • French: “Grottes de Yungang”
  • French: “Yungang”
  • Georgian: “იუნგანი”
  • German: “Yungang shiku”
  • German: “Yungang-Grotten”
  • Hebrew: “מערות יונגאנג”
  • Hungarian: “Jünkang-barlangok”
  • Indonesian: “Gua Yungang”
  • Italian: “Grotte di Yungang”
  • Italian: “Grotte di Yúngāng”
  • Japanese: “雲岡石窟”
  • Japanese: “雲崗洞窟”
  • Japanese: “雲崗石窟”
  • Japanese: “雲崗石窟寺院”
  • Korean: “운강 석굴”
  • Korean: “운강석불”
  • Korean: “윈강 석굴”
  • Korean: “윈강석굴”
  • Lithuanian: “Jungangas”
  • Lithuanian: “Jungango grotai”
  • Lithuanian: “Jungango urvai”
  • Macedonian: “Пештери Јунганг”
  • Maltese: “Grotti ta‘ Yungang”
  • Maltese: “Grotti ta’ Yungang”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yunganggrottene”
  • Norwegian: “Yunganggrottene”
  • Persian: “غارهای یونگانگ”
  • Polish: “Groty Junkang”
  • Polish: “Groty Jünkang”
  • Polish: “Groty Yungang”
  • Polish: “Junkang”
  • Polish: “Jünkang”
  • Polish: “Yungang”
  • Portuguese: “Grutas de Yungang”
  • Romanian: “Grotele Yungang”
  • Russian: “Юнан”
  • Russian: “Юньган”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pećine Yunganga”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Spilje Yungang”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Spilje Yunganga”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Yungang spilje”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Yungang”
  • Slovak: “Jün-kang š‘-kchu”
  • Slovak: “Jün-kang š’-kchu”
  • Slovenian: “Jame Jungang”
  • Spanish: “Grutas de Yungang”
  • Swedish: “Yungang-grottorna”
  • Swedish: “Yunganggrottorna”
  • Tamil: “யுன்காங் கற்குகை”
  • Thai: “ถ้ำยฺหวินกัง”
  • Turkish: “Yungang Mağaraları”
  • Ukrainian: “Юньган”
  • Ukrainian: “Юньґан”
  • Vietnamese: “Hang đá Vân Cương”
  • Welsh: “Ogofâu Yungang”
  • Wu Chinese: “云冈石窟”
  • Yue Chinese: “雲岡石窟”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Temple of the Dragon King and Cave 2.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as 石兵像 and 镇北大将军.

Shanxi: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Taiyuan, Wutaishan National Park, Linfen, and Changzhi.

Curious Protected Areas to Discover

Uncover intriguing protected areas from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Yungang Grottoes”. Photo: Sfu, CC BY-SA 4.0.