Παρασκευή 22 Απριλίου 2016

Buddha statues at grottoes across China

Buddha statues at grottoes across China
                

 
CHINA-BUDDHA STATUES (CN)
BEIJING, April 19, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 10, 2015
shows Buddha statues in one of the caves of 
the Yungang Grottoes, a 1,500-year-old Buddhist
site in north China's Shanxi Province. Listed 

as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2001, the
Yungang Grottoes contain more than 51,000
statues of the Buddha, with the largest measuring 

17 meters high and the smallest two centimeters.
(Xinhua/Wang Song)