EPISODE · May 22, 2026 · 18 MIN

Yungang Grottoes

from Chasing Dragons: A Kid’s Guide to Ancient China · host Vivian Zhang

Discover the Yungang Grottoes, an ancient cliff face where builders carved 51,000 giant stone statues 1,500 years ago without modern power tools. In this episode, we solve the mystery of a massive statue wearing a stone "Apology Cloak" covered in thousands of tiny faces. We also unlock ancient engineering secrets—like how workers carved 15-meter-high statues from the top down and used freezing winter ice to split massive rocks.

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