Visual Index of Datong Sites (Site name and description)
Yungang Grottoes Yungang Grottoes (5th century onward)
China's first major stone-carved grottoes.

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All images copyright 1987, 2003 by Professor Robert D. Fiala of Concordia University, Nebraska, USA

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