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A UNESCO-sponsored project to protect a prestigious Buddhist grotto in central China "has set an excellent example and has a good beginning in international cooperation," a top protection official ...

The grottoes and niches of Longmen contain the largest and most impressive collection of Chinese art of the late Northern Wei and Tang Dynasties (316-907). These works, entirely devoted to the ...

Since then, the plant flourished here. Locate twelve kilometers south of Luoyang, the Longmen Grottoes are among the greatest treasure troves of ancient stone carving in China, together with ...