architecture
Yungang Grottoes
Datong, Shanxi, China
云冈石窟 (Yúngāng shíkū) [Chinese simplified]
雲崗石窟 (Yúngāng shíkū) [Chinese traditional]
Architecture
historic names
Wuzhoushan Grottoes
武州山石窟
(Wǔzhōushān shíkū)
[Chinese]
武周山石窟
(Wǔzhōushān shíkū)
[Chinese]
built
460-525
style/period
work type
material
technique
architect / constr. phase
460-465
first carving phase (caves 16–20)
471-494
second carving phase
494-525
third construction phase
1049-1060
construction of the 10 temples of Yungang (destroyed by fire in 1122)
1621
construction of new protective wooden temple buildings
Specifications
height
18.0 m
length
790.0 m
Geography
local language location name
大同 (Dàtóng), 中國 (Zhōngguó) [Chinese]
historic location names
Pingcheng
平城
(Píngchéng)
[Chinese]
historical affiliations
460-535
535-550
550-577
577-581
581-618
618-690
690-705
705-907
907-960
960-1120
1120-1234
1234-1271
1271-1368
1368-1644
1644-1912
1912-1949
UNESCO World Heritage Site
type
cultural
criteria
I,
II,
III,
IV
designation
reference
1039