炳靈寺石窟 Bingling Temple Grottoes
河西走廊 Hexi Corridor along the Yellow River
玉林石窟 Yulin Grottoes
莫高石窟 Mogao Grottoes
西千佛山 Western Grottoes of Thousand Buddhas; Western Thousand-Buddha Grottoes
2)佛教文化游(Buddhist cultural tour)
敦煌藝術(shù)游(Art Tour of Dunhuang)。The Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu Province are a treasure- house of ancient Chinese culture. In fact, a new academic discipline called Dunhuangology has emerged worldwide to cover the studies of the paintings, sculptures and documents preserved in the grottoes.
大足石刻(Dazu Stone Sculptures)。Located in Dazu County,Chongqing Municipality, the carving of the Dazu Stone Sculptures started in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, and continued into the Qing ( 1644-1911 ). Buddhist, Taoist and Conf ucian figures can all be found here,mainly in the form of base-reliefs. The most famous statues are located on North Mountain, Mt. Baoding, South Mountain, Mt. Shizhuan and Mt. Shimen. In 1999, the Dazu Stone Sculptures was put on the World Cultural Heritage list.
洛陽龍門石窟 (Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, Henan Province)。Extending for one km,the grottoes are located on both banks of the Yishui River, 13 km south of Luoyang City, Henan Province. The carving of the grottoes started in the Taihe reign of the Northern Wei (365-534)and the work, continued for 400 years, into the Tang Dynasty (618-907). There are 1 952 grottoes,750 niches?more than 40 pagodas and over 100 000 Buddha statues of various sizes.