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Wanfotang Grottoes 万佛堂石窟Wànfótáng Shíkū
National heritage site · Jinzhou, Liaoning
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jinzhou
- Region
- Liaoning
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Wanfotang Grottoes
A Buddhist cave temple cut into a cliff on the north bank of the Daling River, begun in 499 under the Northern Wei dynasty and among the oldest grottoes in north-east China. Sixteen caves and nearly 500 carvings survive in a west and an east group, including a 3 m cross-legged Maitreya in West Cave 6 and the Yuan Jing inscription, a well-known piece of Northern Wei calligraphy. A Ming-dynasty pagoda stands above the east group, and the site lies between Fu hill and the river.
How to get to Wanfotang Grottoes
On the north bank of the Daling River, about 8 km west-north-west of Yixian town and about 52 km north of central Jinzhou.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Guangsheng Temple Pagoda, Yixian 广胜寺塔 (under 10 km), Fengguo Temple 奉国寺 (under 10 km).
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