Bingling Temple: Carved into the Yellow River’s red cliffs
On the north bank of the Yellow River, Bingling’s red-sandstone caves preserve a dated inscription from 420, a monumental seated Buddha and centuries of changing Buddhist art.
Bingling Temple Grottoes
Bingling Temple occupies the cliff at Dasigou in the Little Jishi Mountains, on the Yellow River’s north bank. A large seated Buddha faces the water. Cave 169 preserves an ink inscription dated 420, and UNESCO lists the complex as component 1442-027 of the Silk Roads corridor.
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