Wanfotang grottoes
The Wanfotang Grottoes ( Chinese 万 佛堂 石窟 , Pinyin Wànfótáng shíkū , English Caves of the Ten Thousand Buddhas / Wanfotang Cave Temple - " Caves of the Ten Thousand Buddhas") in the district of Yi (义县) in the south of the Chinese province of Liaoning are a Buddhist Cave temple from the time of the Northern Wei Dynasty , in which many Buddhist statues and murals have been preserved.
The grottoes have been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (3-45) since 1988 .
literature
- Liu Jianhua 刘建华: Yixian Wanfotang Shiku义县 万 佛堂 石窟 [The Caves of Ten Thousand Buddhas in Yixian]. Beijing 2001.
Coordinates: 41 ° 34 '33.7 " N , 121 ° 9' 32.8" E