{"id":2502,"date":"2016-10-16T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2016-10-16T07:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/?p=2502"},"modified":"2017-01-07T22:17:45","modified_gmt":"2017-01-07T21:17:45","slug":"die-buddhas-der-longmen-grotten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2016\/10\/16\/die-buddhas-der-longmen-grotten\/","title":{"rendered":"The Buddhas of the Longmen Caves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, we visited the Longmen Caves. Out of the walls of these caves (and the surrounding cliffs), more than one hundred thousand&nbsp;(!) Buddha statues have been carved in the time of the Northern Wei dynasty (some 1,300&nbsp;to 1,500&nbsp;years ago).<\/p>\n  <div class=\"update\">\n  <h2>\n   Update from October&nbsp;31, 2016\n  <\/h2>\nAdditional pictures are available.  <\/div>\n\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-hoch_re wp-caption alignright single-image\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"img_2345\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img240x360\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_2345-240x360.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"360\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Be your own Buddha!\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Be your own Buddha!\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n<p>This huge number alone is already quite impressive. Most impressive, though, are the largest statues (which are several metres in height) with their flanking bodhisattvas.<\/p>\n<p>  <div class=\"wp-bkab-hoch_2to3 wp-caption\">\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-hoch_li\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"img_2324\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img240x360\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_2324-240x360.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"360\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Middle Binyang Cave\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Middle Binyang Cave\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-hoch_re\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"img_2351\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img240x360\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_2351-240x360.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"360\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Wanfo Cave\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Wanfo Cave\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"clear\">\n\n  <\/div>\n<br \/>\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-quer wp-caption\">\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-quer_li\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"img_2330\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img360x240\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_2330-360x240.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Longmen Caves\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Longmen Caves\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-quer_re\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"img_2370\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img360x240\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_2370-360x240.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Bodhisattvas in the Fengxian Cave\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Bodhisattvas in the Fengxian Cave\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"clear\">\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[65,128,85],"class_list":["post-2502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-diary","tag-caves","tag-temples-sacred-sites","tag-unesco-world-heritage","trips-china2016","country-cn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}