Tag: thousand-year-old Buddha statue

Archaeologists have discovered that the colossal statue of the Buddha in the Longmen Grottoes in Henan may have once been gilded, silver-plated, and adorned with colored glass.Colossal statue of the ...

The Maijishan Grottoes are a unique complex of caves carved into rocky mountains. This site contains over 7,200 Buddhist sculptures. Construction began during the Qin Dynasty.The Maijishan Grottoes, China are ...