Yungang grottoes in urgent need of attention

January 9, 2008

Xinhua 

Agencies

The Yungang Grottoes, one of the three largest major cave complexes in China, is facing a life or death situation, with humans as the judges deciding its fate.

The legal information website efaw.cn reported that Yungang Grottoes, located on the southern foot of Wuzhou Hill, 16 kilometers west of Datong in Shanxi province, has been severely damaged by human activities and natural influences.

yungang-grotto.jpgyungang-grotto.jpgThe chest of this Buddhist statue at the Yungang Grottoes was scarred and battered through years of wind and water erosion in a photo published on Dec. 31, 2007. (Photo source: CRI/Agencies)

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