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  2. Yungang Grottoes - Wikipedia

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    Cave 6 is one of the richest of the Yungang sites. It was constructed between 465 and 494 C.E. by Emperor Xiao Wen. The cave's surface area is approximately 1,000 square meters. The entire interior of the cave is carved and painted. There is a stupa pillar in the center of the room extending from the floor to the ceiling.

  3. Cave temples in Asia - Wikipedia

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    Buddha statues of the Yungang Grottoes near Datong, China The Longmen Grottoes near Luoyang viewed from Manshui Bridge, China, 2,345 caves. Bingling Temple , great Maitreya Buddha, China The extensive Buddhist and Hindu cave temple complexes of ancient India have been imitated in numerous regions of Asia since the second century AD.

  4. Chinese Buddhist sculpture - Wikipedia

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    Major rock-cut sites, with large groups of excavated caves, include the Yungang Grottoes, Longmen Grottoes, Maijishan Grottoes, and Mogao Caves. Buddha Dipankara (Rándēng Fó), The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Sculptures in the round, first began in India and eventually came to production in China during the 4th century CE.

  5. Mount Baoding Buddhist Sculptures - Wikipedia

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    [8] [9] [10] The most obvious difference between Great Buddha Bend and other Chinese cave sites is the lack of caves, or even cave-like niches, in which the statues would normally be positioned. Caves at Buddhist sites such as Dunhuang and Yungang were seen as a necessary part of the religious process. They were places where the worshipper ...

  6. List of Buddhist architecture in China - Wikipedia

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    Yungang Grottoes; Statues ... Tian Tan Buddha (The Big Buddha) in Hong Kong; ... This page was last edited on 20 September 2024, ...

  7. Longmen Grottoes - Wikipedia

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    Reached by modern, concrete stairs up the face of a cliff, Qianxisi, or Hidden Stream Temple Cave, is a large cave on the northern edge of the west hill. Made during Gaozong's reign (653–80), the cave has a statue of a huge, seated, early Tang Buddha [14] (Amitabha Buddha), flanked by statues of the Bodhisattvas Avalokitesvara and ...

  8. Sakya Muni Buddha Gaya Temple - Wikipedia

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    The Sakya Muni Buddha Gaya Temple is one of the most prominent and widely visited Buddhist temples in Singapore, [5] often referred to as the Temple of 1,000 Lights.It features a 15-meter high statue of a seated Buddha, which weighs nearly 300 tons, as well as many smaller Buddha images and murals depicting the life of Gautama Buddha.

  9. Chinese Buddhism - Wikipedia

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    The Dunhuang and Yungang cave complexes are a great example of early Chinese Buddhist art from this period. [20] Another important translator was Paramārtha (Zhēndì, 499–569 CE) who along with his team of Chinese disciples translated numerous works on Abhidharma, Yogachara philosophy, and other Mahayana texts.