Major earthquake in Gansu threatens 1,600-yr-old temple grottoes; Dunhuang Mogao Caves remain safe

Following the 6.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Jishishan county in the Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Northwest China’s Gansu Province, on Monday, the Bingling Temple Grottoes, part of China’s first batch of cultural relic sites and located near the disaster’s epicenter, saw several stones get knocked loose and fall to the ground, according to the site’s official WeChat account on Tuesday.

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