麦积山石窟

mài jī shān shí kū

Mt Maiji Caves at Tianshui 天水, Gansu

麦

mài

wheat; barley; oats

积

jī

to amass; to accumulate; to store up

山

shān

mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4])

石

shí

abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei

窟

kū

cave