Posts Tagged With: Buddhist statue

The Amazing Carvings at the Yungang Grottoe

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Becky

  About 4 hours north-west of Beijing lies a small mining city called Datong(大同). It’s a relatively unremarkable city, with most tourists not even going into the city, preferring hotels around the train station, but it is well worth a visit. Why? For the Yungang Grottoes. The Yungang Grottoes is a collection of Buddhist carvings &hellip Continue reading »

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The Statue with a Thousand Hands and Eyes

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Becky

In the middle of Kaifeng stands the Temple of the Chief Minister. And in the middle of that temple stands one of the most amazing statues I have ever seen. The Four-Faced Thousand Eyes Thousand Hand Statue of Guanyin. It is an amazing statue, towering at 23 feet and in the center of an octagonal &hellip Continue reading »

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