Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves

#Sign up for January Hotel Test Sleeper 2025 Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves, also known as Kizil Grottoes or Heser Grottoes, are Chinese Buddhist grottoes. They are one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units announced in 1961. They are located on the cliff of Mingyutag Mountain, 7 kilometers southeast of Kizil Town, Baicheng County, Xinjiang, and to the south is the Muzhat River Valley. There are 236 existing numbered caves. Most of the statues have been destroyed. There are still 81 caves with exquisite murals, which are cultural relics of the ancient Kucha Kingdom. Some of the murals were stolen by archaeological teams and transported to Europe, such as the Berlin Ethnological Museum in Germany. Address: Mingwudage Mountain, Kizil Township, Baicheng County, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region #Southern Xinjiang #Southern Xinjiang Attractions