Stairs and gravity defying high walkway / stairways and walkways attached to the sheer rockface allowed visitors close contact with the clay figures and ancient stone carvings. The site of Buddhist representations / figures depictions and Buddha imagery (some appears to be very recently restored using concrete) on the rock face of the Maijishan Grottoes, formerly romanized as Maichishan, a series of 194 caves cut in the side of the mountains of Majishan in Tianshui, Gansu province, China. PRC. (67/125)

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Stairs and gravity defying high walkway / stairways and vertiginous walkways attached to the sheer rock face allow visitors close contact with the clay figures and ancient stone carvings. The site of Buddhist representations / figures depictions and Buddha imagery (some appears to be very recently restored using concrete) on the rock face of the Maijishan Grottoes, formerly romanized as Maichishan, a series of 194 caves cut in the side of the mountains of Majishan in Tianshui, Gansu province, PRC China. (67/125)

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Size: 3000px × 4000px
Location: Maiji District, Tianshui, Gansu Province, northwest China. PRC
Photo credit: © David Gee / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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