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Buddha statues at grottoes across China

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Updated: 2016-04-20

Buddha statues at grottoes across China

Tourists view a Buddha statue in one of the caves of the Yungang Grottoes, a 1,500-year-old Buddhist site in North China's Shanxi province. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2001, the Yungang Grottoes contain more than 51,000 statues of the Buddha, with the largest measuring 17 meters high and the smallest two centimeters. [Photo/Xinhua]

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