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.
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 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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Many researchers believe that China’s arid northwest is becoming warmer and wetter. Frequent temperature changes contribute to fresco damage, and many are concerned about the Mogao paintings.