First Mogao Caves carved at Dunhuang

Period

AD 366

Region

China

Place

둔황

Category

Religion

The Mogao Caves, also known as the Thousand Buddha Grottoes or Caves of the Thousand Buddhas, form a system of 500 temples 25 km (16 mi) southeast of the center of Dunhuang, an oasis located at a religious and cultural crossroads on the Silk Road, in Gansu province, China. The caves may also be known as the Dunhuang Caves; however, this term is also used as a collective term to include other Buddhist cave sites in and around the Dunhuang area, such as the Western Thousand Buddha Caves, Eastern Thousand Buddha Caves, Yulin Caves, and Five Temple Caves. The caves contain some of the finest examples of Buddhist art spanning a period of 1,000 years.

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Earlier and later events nearby

1. AD 366First Mogao Caves carved at DunhuangThis page
2. AD 868Diamond Sutra
3. 1755–1758Dzungar genocide
4. 1839–1842First Opium War

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