Dunhuang Grottoes
Dunhuang Grottoes ( Chinese 敦煌 石窟 , Pinyin Dūnhuáng Shíkū , English Dunhuang Grottoes ) is a collective name for various Buddhist cave temples in the area of Dunhuang , Gansu Province , China. Sometimes only the Mogao Grottoes and the Western Thousand Buddha Caves (Xi Qian Fo dong) are understood as such, or just the Mogao Grottoes.
The Dunhuang Grottoes include
- the Mogao Grottoes ( 莫高窟 , Mògāo Kū , English Mogao Grottoes ), 40 ° 2 ′ 14 ″ N, 94 ° 48 ′ 15 ″ E
- Western Thousand Buddha Caves - Xi Qianfodong ( 西 千佛洞 , Xī Qiānfódòng , English West Thousand Buddha Caves ), 39 ° 58 ′ 37 ″ N, 94 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ E
- the Yulin Grottoes ( 榆林 窟 , Yúlín Kū , English Yulin Grottoes ) 40 ° 3 ′ 33 ″ N, 95 ° 56 ′ 10 ″ E
- Eastern Thousand Buddha Caves - Dong Qianfodong ( 東 千佛洞 / 东 千佛洞 , Dōng Qiānfódòng , English East Thousand Buddha Caves )
- Small Thousand Buddha Caves Shuixiakou - Shuixiakou Xiao Qianfodong ( 水峽口小千佛洞 / 水峡口小千佛洞 , Shuǐxiákǒu xiǎo Qianfodong , English Small Thousand Buddha Caves at Shuixiakou ) - in Chinese mostly as Shuixiakou Xiadongzi Shiku ( 水 峽口 下 洞子 石窟 / 水 峡口 下 洞子 石窟 , Shuǐxiákǒu Xiàdòngzi Shíkū ) known
- Five Temple Grottoes of Subei - Subei Wugemiao Shiku ( 肅北 五個 廟 石窟 / 肃北 五个 庙 石窟 , Sùběi Wǔgèmiào Shíkū ),
- One-temple grottoes - Yigemiao Shiku ( 一個 廟 石窟 / 一个 庙 石窟 , Yīgèmiào Shíkū ),
- Changma Grottoes of Yumen - Yumen Changma Shiku ( 玉門 昌 馬 石窟 / 玉门 昌 马 石窟 , Yùmén Chāngmǎ Shíkū ).
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