Location | Zhangjiajie, China [1] |
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History | |
Builder | Li Jingkai [2] |
Founded | 1807 [3] |
Cultures | Taoism |
Yuhuangdong Grottoes [4] ( Chinese: 玉皇洞石窟), or Yuhuang Grottoes, [5] named after the statue of the Jade Emperor carved inside the cave, [6] are Chinese Taoist stone sculptures, [7] located on a cliff at the southern foot of Makong Mountain (麻空山), [8] Fengxianggang Township (枫香岗乡), Yongding District, Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province. [9]
Yuhuangdong Grottoes, 10 kilometers away from the urban area, [10] are distributed on a section of precipice about 300 meters long from east to west and more than 130 meters high. [11]
Yuhuangdong Grottoes were excavated by Li Jingkai (李京开), a Qing Dynasty Yongding country gentry (乡绅), [12] and In 1799, these grottoes began to be constructed in 1799 and it took eight years to complete in 1807. [13]