The Northern Wei was the most enduring and powerful of the northern Chinese dynasties that ruled before the reunification of China under the Sui and Tang dynasties.
386 –351 C.E.
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Yungang grottoes
Imagine peering into a cave and seeing a monumental carved Buddha peer right back at you.
Longmen caves, Luoyang
This cave complex reveals how Northern Wei and early Tang rulers used Buddhist imagery to assert authority.
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