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Tuoshan Grottoes 驼山石窟Tuóshān Shíkū
National heritage site · Weifang, Shandong
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Weifang
- Region
- Shandong
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Tuoshan Grottoes
Tuoshan, or Camel Mountain, rises south-west of Qingzhou and carries five main grottoes with 638 Buddhist statues, carved from the Northern Zhou to the Tang along the mountain's eastern edge near the summit. The grottoes are protected by cages and the tallest figure, a seated Buddha, is over 7 m high, while the summit has Haotian Temple, a group of old buildings with a theatre, a Yuhuang hall and a Yuan-dynasty stone hall without beams. It is one of the larger groups of cliff-carved Buddhist images in Shandong and pairs well with Yunmen Mountain nearby.
How to get to Tuoshan Grottoes
About 5 km south-west of central Qingzhou, with the grottoes on the eastern side of the mountain near the summit, reached by road.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Longxing Temple Site, Qingzhou 青州龙兴寺遗址 (under 10 km), Qingzhou Ancient City 青州古城 (under 10 km), Jiulongyu, Qingzhou 九龙峪 (10 km), Shimenfang Scenic Area, Linqu 石门坊 (20 km), Qi Culture Museum, Linzi 齐文化博物院 (20 km).
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