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A fact from Longmen Grottoes appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 May 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the approximately 1,400 caves of China's Longmen Grottoes contain about 100,000 statues, some of which are only 1 inch (25 mm) high, while the largest Buddha statue (pictured) is 57 feet (17 m) in height?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2011/May.

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Number of caves

The article quote 1,400, UNESCO site, on the other hand specify a very accurate number (2,345), Atlas of World Heritage: China spcify 2,300 and Illuminating the past, and present specify 23,000 (which is certainly an error, but it make sense if we omit the last zero). Avihu (talk) 15:55, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

" It is said that 800,000 workers created it over the period from 500 to 523"

Really? In a cave? Here is a better explanation "The project took 802,366 man-days, from the 1st year of Jinming to June of the 4th year of Zhengguang (AD 500 -- 523)." Middle Binyang Cave from China Daily Longmen Grottoes website. Avihu (talk) 20:40, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]