Xiangtang Mountain Grottoes, also known as Xiangtang Temple Grottoes, are located in Fengfeng Mining Area, Handan City, the southernmost end of Hebei Province, and are among the first batch of key cultural relics protection units in China. Xiangtang Mountain Grottoes are divided into two parts, north and south, about 15 kilometers apart. Xiangtangshan Grottoes were first excavated in the Northern Qi Dynasty (A.D. 500-577), and were built by the royal capital of the Northern Qi Dynasty. Subsequently, the Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties were augmented. There are 16 grottoes and more than 4,000 statues. The grottoes are chiseled in the best quality rock of Gushan, which has beautiful mountains and waters. Because the grottoes are on the mountainside, people can talk and laugh, brush their sleeves and walk around, which can give a loud and clanking echo and make them known as the Xiangtang Grottoes. Surprisingly, when I asked a friend who lived in Handan for more than 20 years about the Beixiangtangshan Grottoes, she didn't even know about the site, which has a history of more than 1500 years.