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Xiaonanhai Grottoes 小南海石窟Xiǎonánhǎi Shíkū
National heritage site · Anyang, Henan
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Anyang
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Xiaonanhai Grottoes
Three small Buddhist caves cut into the limestone cliff of Guigai Hill above the Xiaonanhai spring in the Northern Qi Tianbao era (550s). The middle cave, sponsored by the eminent monk Sengchou, is the richest, with carved Buddhas and long engraved sutra texts; the east cave was moved beside it in 1999, and the group is close in style to the Xiangtangshan caves in Hebei.
How to get to Xiaonanhai Grottoes
Near Shanying village, about 25 km south-west of Anyang and around 40 minutes by car, just over the hill from the Lingquan Temple Grottoes.
Nearby
- Yinxu 殷墟 20 km
The last Shang capital, where China's earliest writing and Fu Hao's tomb came to light - Taihang Grand Canyon 太行山大峡谷 50 km
Sheer gorges in the Taihang Mountains, explored by boat, cliff path and cable car - Wanxian Mountain (Guoliang) 万仙山 60 km
A village that hand-cut a road through the cliff face
Also within 20 km: Lingquan Temple Grottoes 灵泉寺石窟 (under 10 km), Adouzhai 阿斗寨 (under 10 km), Xingyang Temple Pagoda 兴阳禅寺塔 (under 10 km), Wuyan Mountain 五岩山 (10 km), Ma Family Manor 马氏庄园 (10 km), Shilin Meeting Site 石林会议旧址 (20 km).
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