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Cave 5
Cave 5
Section 9 on 20

Yungang Grottoes
Place(s) of worship

between 470 and 493

Model : Bouddha
Area related : Datong

UNESCO World Heritage Site (Définitif) : 2001

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Cave 5 forms a pair with cave 6, and each has the front and back chambers. The main statue in the back chamber of cave 5 shows the Trikala Buddhas. The seated statue of Sakyamuni, 17 meters high in the middle of the northern wall is the largest Buddha in the Yungang caves.
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Description   
All over, the inner surface of the cave is carved with niches and Buddhist statues. On both reveals of the arched doorway are two Buddhas sitting face to face under a Bodhi tree. In front of these two caves stand a four-storeyed wooden structure rebuilt in the 8th year of Shunzhi's reign at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty (1651)
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Statues
Sizes : 17 m high
from 470 to 493
Place(s) related   
Cave 20 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 19 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 18 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 17 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 16 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 15 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 14 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 13 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 12 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 11 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 3 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 9 and 10 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 8 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 7 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 6 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 5 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 1 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 2 (Yungang Grottoes)
Cave 21 (Yungang Grottoes)
Yungang Grottoes
Cave 5 (1)