A large Buddhist monastic center in northwest China, begun in A.D. 460, where there are numerous cave temples, each having a shallow, oval-shaped interior with a massive central image of Buddha flanked by two smaller Buddhas: the concept of carving into cliffs is believed to have come to China from India. Also, Yun-kang. (Ching, 1995)
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Yun-kang