Where is the Longmen Grottoes?

Longmen Grottoes is located in Luoyang City, Henan Province.

Longmen Grottoes, located in Luoyang City, Henan Province, is the largest treasure house of stone carving art in the world, with the largest number of statues. It was rated as "the highest peak of stone carving art in China" by UNESCO, ranking first among the caves in China. Now it is a world cultural heritage, a national key cultural relic protection unit and a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction.

Longmen was dug by Dayu when he was controlling water, and the legend of fish jumping over Longmen also happened here. Its grottoes began to be excavated during the reign of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, flourished in the Tang Dynasty and finally ended in the late Qing Dynasty. After 10 dynasties and 1400 years of construction, it became the longest grotto in the world. There are 2345 existing caves and niches, and more than 1 1000 statues. A lot of paintings were used in the construction, but most of them have faded.

Introduction to Longmen Grottoes:

Longmen Grottoes are the only royal grottoes in the world, and most of them were built by royal nobles. There are mainly Lushenafo carved by Wu Zetian according to his own appearance, Guyang Cave carved by Emperor Xiaowen for Feng Taihou, Binyang South Cave carved by Samurai Sun Yu Wanfo Cave, Binyang South Cave carved by Lee Tae for his eldest grandson, Jingshan Temple carved by Wei Guifei, and Infinite Life Buddha carved by Gao Lishi for Tang Xuanzong, etc.

I also experienced the grottoes of foreigners such as Tianzhu, Silla, Tuhuoluo and Guo Kang, and found European patterns and ancient Greek stone pillars, which is the highest level of internationalization in the world.

Longmen Grottoes make the grotto art show the trend of China, which is a "milestone" of the grotto art in China and has an important influence on the excavation of other grottoes in China.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Longmen Grottoes.