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Characteristics of Hercules and Bodhisattva Longmen Grotto statues: a systematic literature review (SLR) by Li, Xiaoshu, Mohd Yusof, Mohd Johari, Ser, Wue Hiong, Perumal, Velu, Wang, Xiufeng

“…Second, Hercules statues in the Northern Wei Dynasty were found to exhibit the Central Plains Style, while the Bodhisattvas in Tang Dynasty bears more resemblance to the façade of “secularisation”. …”
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Sogdian Acculturation in Medieval China (fifth through ninth centuries): A Study of Sogdian Tombs Found in China by LYU, PIN

“…This was due to the intense cross-cultural interactions occurring in northern China and its direct involvement in the flourishing land-based silk roads across Eurasia. From the Northern Wei (386-534 CE) to the Northern Zhou (557-581 CE) and the Northern Qi (550-577 CE), nomadic Xianbei rulers created and consolidated a ruling coalition composed of multiple cultural and ethnic groups in northern China. …”
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