Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves

The Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves is a complex of Buddhist cave grottos dating from the 5th to 14th century between the cities of Turpan and Shanshan (Loulan) at the north-east of the Taklamakan Desert near the ancient ruins of Gaochang in the Mutou Valley, a gorge in the Flaming Mountains, in the Xinjiang region of western China. They are high on the cliffs of the west Mutou Valley under the Flaming Mountains, and most of the surviving caves date from the West Uyghur kingdom around the 10th to 13th centuries.

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  Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves ⓘ
  cave in People's Republic of China

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  Pazikelike Qianfo Dong ⓘ
  

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  Tuyoq caves ⓘ
  site of Buddhist monasteries in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China

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Manichaean mural in 1909

Monks from Central Asia and China wearing traditional kāṣāya. Bezeklik Caves, eastern Tarim Basin, 9th-10th century.

Bezeklik Caves, from south to north. In 2023

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Bezeklik, cave 6 and cave 7 in Von Le Coq system, the house numbers are cave 16 and cave 17

Marchands, dynastie Tang

• Aux frontières de la Chine - French documentary series, 2017
• Bezeklik - encyclopedia article

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	cave		Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves	grotto, archaeological site	Wikidata
site	cave		Pazikelike Qianfo Dong	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Tuyoq caves	architectural structure, cave	Wikidata
commons	image		Turpan-bezeklik-desierto-d06		Commons
commons	image		Manichaean mural in 1909		Commons
commons	image		Monks from Central Asia and China wearing traditional kāṣāya. Bezeklik Caves, eastern Tarim Basin, 9th-10th century.		Commons
commons	image		Bezeklik Caves, from south to north. In 2023		Commons
commons	image		Turpan-bezeklik-desierto-d02		Commons
commons	image		Turpan-bezeklik-desierto-d03		Commons
commons	image		Turpan-bezeklik-desierto-d05		Commons
commons	image		BezeklikSogdianMerchants		Commons
commons	image		Bezeklik, cave 6 and cave 7 in Von Le Coq system, the house numbers are cave 16 and cave 17		Commons
commons	image		Marchands, dynastie Tang		Commons