China World Heritage Sites

Heritage Sites: Mogao Caves
Inscribed: 1987 Criteria: C (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi)

Situated at a strategic point along the Silk Route, at the crossroads of trade as well as religious, cultural and intellectual influences, the 492 cells and cave sanctuaries in Mogao are famous for their statues and wall paintings, spanning 1000 years of Buddhist art.

—WHC, UNESCO