Attractions: Mt.Maijishan in Tianshui City, Gansu Province

Source:Global Times Published: 2009-11-16 9:19:56

Mt.Maijishan is one of China's top scenic spots because of its peculiar grottoes, exquisite clay sculptures, luxuriant vegetation, various rock formations and landforms, and mountain peaks. Its main area is 142 square kilometers, including Maijishan Grottoes, the Immortal Cliff, the Stone Gate, Quxi Stream and Jieting Hot Spring. The Maijishan Grottoes are located southeast of Tianshui City in Gansu on a 142 meter-high hill named Maijishan, meaning "wheat-pile hill". Work on the grottoes started in the late 4th century and continued through the successive Northern Wei (386-534 AD) and Song (960-1279 AD) dynasties until the 19th century. There are 194 existing caves, in which are preserved more than 7,000 sculptures made of terracotta and over 1,000 square meters of murals. Earthquakes, rain and fire have damaged a large part of the caves and wooden structures. [Globaltimes.cn]

 

Mt.Maijishan is one of China's top scenic spots because of its peculiar grottoes, exquisite clay sculptures, luxuriant vegetation, various rock formations and landforms, and mountain peaks. Its main area is 142 square kilometers, including Maijishan Grottoes, the Immortal Cliff, the Stone Gate, Quxi Stream and Jieting Hot Spring. The Maijishan Grottoes are located southeast of Tianshui City in Gansu on a 142 meter-high hill named Maijishan, meaning "wheat-pile hill". Work on the grottoes started in the late 4th century and continued through the successive Northern Wei (386-534 AD) and Song (960-1279 AD) dynasties until the 19th century. There are 194 existing caves, in which are preserved more than 7,000 sculptures made of terracotta and over 1,000 square meters of murals. Earthquakes, rain and fire have damaged a large part of the caves and wooden structures. [Globaltimes.cn]

 

Mt.Maijishan is one of China's top scenic spots because of its peculiar grottoes, exquisite clay sculptures, luxuriant vegetation, various rock formations and landforms, and mountain peaks. Its main area is 142 square kilometers, including Maijishan Grottoes, the Immortal Cliff, the Stone Gate, Quxi Stream and Jieting Hot Spring. The Maijishan Grottoes are located southeast of Tianshui City in Gansu on a 142 meter-high hill named Maijishan, meaning "wheat-pile hill". Work on the grottoes started in the late 4th century and continued through the successive Northern Wei (386-534 AD) and Song (960-1279 AD) dynasties until the 19th century. There are 194 existing caves, in which are preserved more than 7,000 sculptures made of terracotta and over 1,000 square meters of murals. Earthquakes, rain and fire have damaged a large part of the caves and wooden structures. [Globaltimes.cn]

 

Mt.Maijishan is one of China's top scenic spots because of its peculiar grottoes, exquisite clay sculptures, luxuriant vegetation, various rock formations and landforms, and mountain peaks. Its main area is 142 square kilometers, including Maijishan Grottoes, the Immortal Cliff, the Stone Gate, Quxi Stream and Jieting Hot Spring. The Maijishan Grottoes are located southeast of Tianshui City in Gansu on a 142 meter-high hill named Maijishan, meaning "wheat-pile hill". Work on the grottoes started in the late 4th century and continued through the successive Northern Wei (386-534 AD) and Song (960-1279 AD) dynasties until the 19th century. There are 194 existing caves, in which are preserved more than 7,000 sculptures made of terracotta and over 1,000 square meters of murals. Earthquakes, rain and fire have damaged a large part of the caves and wooden structures. [Globaltimes.cn]

 

Mt.Maijishan is one of China's top scenic spots because of its peculiar grottoes, exquisite clay sculptures, luxuriant vegetation, various rock formations and landforms, and mountain peaks. Its main area is 142 square kilometers, including Maijishan Grottoes, the Immortal Cliff, the Stone Gate, Quxi Stream and Jieting Hot Spring. The Maijishan Grottoes are located southeast of Tianshui City in Gansu on a 142 meter-high hill named Maijishan, meaning "wheat-pile hill". Work on the grottoes started in the late 4th century and continued through the successive Northern Wei (386-534 AD) and Song (960-1279 AD) dynasties until the 19th century. There are 194 existing caves, in which are preserved more than 7,000 sculptures made of terracotta and over 1,000 square meters of murals. Earthquakes, rain and fire have damaged a large part of the caves and wooden structures. [Globaltimes.cn]

 

Mt.Maijishan is one of China's top scenic spots because of its peculiar grottoes, exquisite clay sculptures, luxuriant vegetation, various rock formations and landforms, and mountain peaks. Its main area is 142 square kilometers, including Maijishan Grottoes, the Immortal Cliff, the Stone Gate, Quxi Stream and Jieting Hot Spring. The Maijishan Grottoes are located southeast of Tianshui City in Gansu on a 142 meter-high hill named Maijishan, meaning "wheat-pile hill". Work on the grottoes started in the late 4th century and continued through the successive Northern Wei (386-534 AD) and Song (960-1279 AD) dynasties until the 19th century. There are 194 existing caves, in which are preserved more than 7,000 sculptures made of terracotta and over 1,000 square meters of murals. Earthquakes, rain and fire have damaged a large part of the caves and wooden structures. [Globaltimes.cn]

 

Mt.Maijishan is one of China's top scenic spots because of its peculiar grottoes, exquisite clay sculptures, luxuriant vegetation, various rock formations and landforms, and mountain peaks. Its main area is 142 square kilometers, including Maijishan Grottoes, the Immortal Cliff, the Stone Gate, Quxi Stream and Jieting Hot Spring. The Maijishan Grottoes are located southeast of Tianshui City in Gansu on a 142 meter-high hill named Maijishan, meaning "wheat-pile hill". Work on the grottoes started in the late 4th century and continued through the successive Northern Wei (386-534 AD) and Song (960-1279 AD) dynasties until the 19th century. There are 194 existing caves, in which are preserved more than 7,000 sculptures made of terracotta and over 1,000 square meters of murals. Earthquakes, rain and fire have damaged a large part of the caves and wooden structures. [Globaltimes.cn]



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