The Yungang Grottoes are the crowning achievement of this ancient culture. Although the city of Datong today has become a leading center for China's coal industry, the "land of Buddhism," with its ...

A worker (right) guides foreign visitors in a cave at the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi province. SONG JIAYE/FOR CHINA DAILY The Yungang Grottoes, a renowned UNESCO World Cultural Heritage ...

The Yungang Grottoes, in Datong city, Shanxi Province, with their 252 caves and 51,000 statues, represent the outstanding achievement of Buddhist cave art in China in the 5th and 6th centuries. The ...

Shanxi province has advanced scientific and technological innovation over the past year to accelerate the construction of a ...

Hang Kan, a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress and head of the Yungang Research Institute, suggests a tiered ...