Yecheng (ancient Ye)

Yecheng (ancient Ye), in the area of modern Linzhang in Hebei province, China, was a capital of several short-lived dynasties of the Northern dynasties period. Under the Northern Qi (550–577) it became a major Buddhist centre, surrounded by cave-temple complexes such as the Xiangtangshan grottoes, before suffering persecution under the succeeding Northern Zhou.