Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Longmen Grottoes' has mentioned 'China' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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| Housing tens of thousands of statues of Shakyamuni Buddha and his disciples, they are located 12 kilometres (7.5xc2xa0mi) south of present-day Luoyang in Henan province, China. | WIKI |
| In 2000 the site was inscribed upon the UNESCO World Heritage List as xe2x80x9can outstanding manifestation of human artistic creativity,xe2x80x9d for its perfection of an art form, and for its encapsulation of the cultural sophistication of Tang China. | WIKI |
| This complex is one of the three notable grottoes in China. | WIKI |
| During the period of 1368 to 1912, when two dynasties ruled in China, namely the Ming dynasty from 1368 to 1644, and the Qing dynasty from 1644 to 1912, there was cultural revival and the Longmen Grottoes received recognition both at the national and international level. | WIKI |
| With the establishment of the Peoplexe2x80x99s Republic of China in 1949, the grottoes have been declared as protected area and are being conserved. | WIKI |
| The Constitution of China, under Article 22, which among other issues also provides for protection of the natural heritage sites, has been further defined under various legal instruments enacted to protect and conserve this cultural heritage of China. | WIKI |
| There are about 800 inscriptions on the walls and in the niches inside the cave, the most in any cave in China. | WIKI |
| The huge Vairocana statue is considered as "the quintessence of Buddhist sculpture in China. | WIKI |
| Hence, it is conjectured that the Vairocana Buddha was carved to resemble the Empress herself and termed a "Chinese Mona Lisa, Venus or as the Mother of China". | WIKI |
| The recognition is based on Criteria (i), (ii), and (iii): "Criterion (i), the sculptures of the Longmen Grottoes are an outstanding manifestation of human artistic creativity; Criterion (ii) the Longmen Grottoes illustrate the perfection of a long-established art form which was to play a highly significant role in the cultural evolution of this region of Asia; and Criterion (iii), the high cultural level and sophisticated society of Tang Dynasty China is encapsulated in the exceptional stone carvings of the Longmen Grottoes." | WIKI |
| This also enjoins the Government of China to take adequate steps to preserve the monument in its heritage status according to guidelines issued from time to time after frequent inspections of the site. | WIKI |
| All the efforts taken by the government of China over the last nearly six decades has ensured that the grottoes are preserved in a fairly presentable state of conservation. | WIKI |
| All this has been achieved by the integrated action of three institutions, namely: the China Institution of Cultural Relics Protection, who provided the professional scientific inputs, the China University of Geosciences, and the Longmen Cultural Relics Care Agency. | WIKI |
| The two sculptural art styles, the earlier xe2x80x9cCentral China Stylexe2x80x9d and the later xe2x80x9cGreat Tang Stylexe2x80x9d had great influence within the country and throughout the world, and have made important contributions to the development of the sculptural arts in other Asian countries. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iii)xc2xa0: The high cultural level and sophisticated society of Tang Dynasty China are encapsulated in the exceptional stone carvings of the Longmen Grottoes. | UNESCO |
| As one of Chinaxe2x80x99sState Priority Protected Sites, the Longmen Grottoes have received protection at national level under the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Cultural Relics. | UNESCO |