Yungang Grottoes | A thousand years in one glance, the ultimate display of Northern Wei aesthetics

| A thousand years at a glance, the ultimate display of Northern Wei aesthetics. See the thousand-year-old Buddhist charm, appreciate the treasures of the grottoes, and feel the shock and weight of history 📜【Art Treasures】 🔸As one of the four major grottoes in China, the Yungang Grottoes are as famous as the Mogao Grottoes, the Longmen Grottoes, and the Maijishan Grottoes. They were excavated in the third year of the Northern Wei Dynasty (398 AD) more than 1,500 years ago and took about 150 years to complete. 🔸Every Buddha statue and every mural here was carved little by little by ancient craftsmen using hammers and chisels. It can be called an "epic of stone" 🔸It is the starting point of the "Sinicization" of grotto art. The Chinese palace architectural sculptures in the middle period grottoes, as well as the Chinese-style Buddhist niches developed from them, have a profound influence on the construction of grotto temples in later generations. 🔸In 1961, it was listed as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units and was also selected as a world cultural heritage. It is a national 5A-level scenic spot. The 1987 version of "Journey to the West" was filmed here. It is a veritable art treasure house. I think the cave is interesting ✨✨ ▪️Cave 3: Lingyan Temple Cave – the largest cave ▪️Cave 5: Big Buddha Cave – the largest Buddha statue ▪️Cave 6: Sakya Cave - depicts the life of Sakya ▪️Cave 8: Folai Cave - Yungang's unique multi-headed and multi-armed celestial statue ▪️Cave 12: Music Cave - Beautifully shaped ▪️Cave 20: White Buddha Cave - the Internet-famous Buddha ⏰【Opening hours & tickets】 Opening hours: 09:00-17:00 Tickets during peak season: Full price ticket 120 yuan, half price ticket 60 yuan, sightseeing bus 20 yuan extra Tickets in the off-season (November 1 to the end of March of the following year): Full price ticket 100 yuan, half price ticket 50 yuan 🚗Travel method: 🚍🚍Bus: 68 to 3 (68 from Datong South Station to Bus Company No. 4, fare 2 yuan; then transfer to 3 to Yungang Grottoes, fare 1💰 yuan) Bus No. 12 (take Bus No. 31 at Datong South Station, transfer to Bus No. 12 at Jinzeyuan Station and get off at Yungang Station, 4💰 blocks) 📍Didi location: Yungang Grottoes - Ticket Office or Visitor Center (Ancient City - Scenic Spot about 30💰)