Yungang Grottoes
Yungang Grottoes are located at the foothills of Wuzhou (Zhou), 16 kilometers west of Datong City. The grottoes are excavated on the mountain and stretch from east to west for one kilometer. The grottoes are large in scale, exquisite carving art, rich in content, and vivid and touching images. They can be called the pinnacle of Chinese Buddhist art and represent the highest level of world carving art in the fifth century.
Yungang Grottoes is closely related to the spread of Buddhism to the east and the cultural exchange between the East and the West. Indian Buddhism was born in the Ganges River Basin. Around the first century BC, a new Buddhist shrine was formed in the upper reaches of the Indus River. With Gandhara as the center, Gandhara Buddhist art, which integrates ancient Indian art with Greek and Roman classical art, was produced. Buddhism, which entered China in the Eastern Han Dynasty, flourished during the Sixteen Kingdoms period and was accepted by the Northern Wei Dynasty that unified the Central Plains. Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty destroyed Beiliang, and Shamen Buddhism moved eastward to Pingcheng, the capital of the country. With the peace of the Western Regions, it directly led to the second climax of cultural exchanges between China and the West in my country's history. Yungang Grottoes came into being.
, Yungang Grottoes have the most Western style, and the so-called Hu Feng and Hu Yun are the most rich. Among them, there are not only Indian, Central and Western Asian art elements, but also Greek and Roman art modeling, decorative patterns, appearance characteristics, etc., reflecting the relationship with the world's major civilizations, which is unique in the Chinese art treasure house.
Design: Zhu Xihua
Carving: Wang Jianghao
Production and Distribution: Shanghai New Century Commemorative Medal Co., Ltd.
The circulation of the bronze medal is:
brass: 666 pieces (H001-H666)
copper: 666 pieces (Z001-Z666)
Sterling Silver: 66 (Y01-Y66)
pure gold: 6 pieces (J01-J06)
