The rock houses have been owned by the National Trust since 1917, with restoration work taking place in parts of the cave in the 1990s. Homes at Holy Austin were restored in 1993 to show what life ...
Also called "dikengyuan" in Mandarin, which means "pit courtyards," the homes are a type of cave dwelling ("yaodong") commonly found in the Loess Plateau in northern China. "Academic literature ...