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Mati Temple Grottoes 马蹄寺石窟群Mǎtí Sì Shíkūqún
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Zhangye, Gansu
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Zhangye
- Region
- Gansu
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Mati Temple Grottoes
A group of Buddhist cave temples in the Qilian foothills of Sunan, begun in the Northern Liang in the early 5th century and used into the Qing, spread over seven sites including the Mati North and South temples, the Thousand Buddha Caves and Jinta Temple. The best-known is the 'Thirty-three Heavens', five tiers of chambers cut into the cliff of Mati North Temple and linked by internal passages, and the scenic area adds forested valleys and Yugur and Tibetan culture.
How to get to Mati Temple Grottoes
About 65 km south of Zhangye by road, roughly 1–1.5 hours.
Nearby
- Zhangye Danxia (Rainbow Mountains) 张掖七彩丹霞 60 km
Mountains striped red, orange and yellow like the layers of a painted cake
On the map
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