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The Xumi Grottoes are located at the eastern part of Mount Xumi, about 320 km. south of Yinchuan. Over one hundred caves chiselled out of the faces of the cliffs on five adjacent peaks measuring one by two km.. More than 300 statues of Buddhas and niches dating form the Northern Wei to the Sui and Tang dynasties are in a good state of preservation. In Cave 5 which is located at the inlet of the Xumi Mount, is the 19-metre-high sitting Maitreya, square-faced and large-earred. It looks dignified in the open air. It is the symbol of the Xumishan Grottoes.The Buddhas at the Xumishan Grootoes are similar to the ones at the Yungang and Dunhuang. There are also a lot of inscriptions and stone carvings in the caves dating to the Tang, Song. Western Xia, Jin and Ming Dynasties.

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