The Yungang Grottoes - Where Buddhism Became Chinese, China | Treasures of the World

In the Cloud Ridge Grottoes, which is the translation of the name Yungang, Indian Buddhism was transformed into a Chinese folk religion. In the 5th century, the foreign religion of Buddhism was declared the state religion by the emperors of the Wei dynasty. In the heyday of cave art under the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Sui and Tang Dynasties, 252 caves were decorated with 51,000 stone figures at the behest of the Buddhist Emperor Wen Cheng Di. ------- #documentary #unesco #treasuresoftheworld #heritageofmankind #china #yunganggrottoes #buddhism ------- Watch all documentaries of the series in our playlist: https://bit.ly/treasures_of_the_world Subscribe to wocomoTRAVEL: https://goo.gl/tIk2Qc Follow us on Facebook:   / wocomo   ------- UNESCO has been protecting the world's most valuable natural and cultural monuments as the "Heritage of Humanity" since 1972. The television series “Treasures of the World” tells of these places in impressive images. © Licensed by Telepool ------- A channel for travelers, tourists and backpackers and all those who want to inform themselves about foreign countries and cultures. WocomoTRAVEL offers high-quality content produced by renowned film and TV producers. Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries: ▷ wocomoHUMANITY:    / wocomohumanity   ▷ wocomoWILDLIFE:    / wocomowildlife   ▷ wocomoHISTORY:    / wocomohistory   ▷ wocomoDOCS:    / wocomodocs   ▷ wocomoCOOK:    / wocomocook   Wocomo TRAVEL is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.