Toyuq Cave Temple
The cave temples of Toyuq (or Toyok, Toyoq and others; Chinese 吐峪溝 石窟 / 吐峪沟 石窟 , Pinyin Tǔyùgōu shíkū ) are Buddhist cave temples in Xinjiang (Sinkiang), the westernmost province of China .
The temples are located near Turpan in Piqan County (鄯善县) and are named after the Toyuq community . The earliest date from the 5th century, the latest from the 9th to 14th centuries, the time of the ancient Uighur state of Gaochang . You have been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China since 2006 (6-873)
literature
- Albert von Le Coq : Chotscho , Dietrich Reimer, Berlin 1913.
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Coordinates: 42 ° 51 ′ 38.8 " N , 89 ° 41 ′ 33.8" E