Introduction of the Best Tourist Attractions in Longmen Grottoes

Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang is a world cultural heritage with high ornamental value. There are many interesting tourist attractions in Longmen Grottoes Scenic Area. It is suggested that when friends visit, they can visit the necessary tourist attractions first and then introduce them to you!

Fengxian Temple 1

Fengxian Temple is the largest and most exquisite cliff stone carving group in Longmen Grottoes. Because it belonged to the royal temple at that time, it was commonly known as Fengxian Temple.

2. Qianxi Temple

Qianxi Temple is the first big cave at the northern end of Longmen West Mountain. It is more than nine meters high, nine meters wide and nearly seven meters deep. It was built in the early Tang Dynasty more than 1300 years ago. The algae well at the top is a shallow carved lotus flower. Amitabha, the main Buddha, sits on the Sumeru platform, with Ye Jia, the great disciple, on the left and Ananda on the right. The next two disciples were Guanyin Bodhisattva and Dazhi Bodhisattva. Amitabha Buddha and the two bodhisattvas on both sides are collectively called the Three Saints of the West, that is, the Three Saints in charge of the Western Elysium. They are the targets of Puritanism in Buddhism.

3. Binyang Cave

Binyang Middle Cave is a representative cave in the Northern Wei Dynasty. "Binyang" means to welcome the birth of the sun. Three buildings in Binyang were excavated in the Northern Wei Dynasty, which was built by Xuan Wudi for his father Emperor Xiaowen. The plane of Binyang Middle Cave is horseshoe-shaped, with a dome at the top and a lotus cover with double lotus flowers carved in the middle.

4. Wanfo Cave

The Ten Thousand Buddha Cave is named after 15000 small Buddha statues carved in turn on the north and south sides of the cave. The cave has a front and back room structure. There are two lions in the front room and two buddhas, two disciples, two bodhisattvas and two heavenly kings in the back room. It is the best preserved cave in Longmen Grottoes. There is also a Buddha statue on the south side of the cave, which is an exquisite example of many Buddha statues in the Longmen Grottoes in the Tang Dynasty. Bodhisattva is 85 cm tall, with its head tilted to the right and its body in an "S" shape. The whole posture is very elegant and dignified.

5. Lianhua Cave

Lotus Cave, named after the lotus with high relief carved on the ceiling, was dug in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Lotus is a symbol of Buddhism, which means that mud comes out without being stained. Therefore, most Buddhist grottoes are decorated with lotus flowers, but the large and exquisite high-relief lotus flowers like the top of the Lotus Grottoes are rare in Longmen Grottoes. Flying around the lotus is light, with a thin waist and a long skirt, and its posture is free and easy. The lotus roof of the Great Hall of the People is designed on the basis of this kind of lotus.

6. Guyangdong

Guyang Cave, located in the southern section of Longmen Mountain, was excavated in 493 AD. It is the cave with the earliest excavation, the richest Buddhist content and the highest calligraphy art in Longmen Grottoes. It's huge and magnificent. The north wall of the cave is engraved with the words "Guyang Cave" in regular script.

Yangdong is the place where the wishes and statues of the royal family in the Northern Wei Dynasty are most concentrated. These dignitaries spared no expense to dig caves and shrines, in order to cultivate self-cultivation, accumulate virtue and pray for happiness, leaving a calligraphy treasure-Longmen 20 products. There are 19 products in the ancient cave, and the other product is in Cixiang kiln. "Longmen Twenty Products" refers to the inscriptions of twenty different statues selected from the Northern Wei Dynasty, which records the carving time, figures and uses of Buddhist niches.

The 20 products are characterized by standard and generous fonts, vigorous and simple momentum, and the structure and writing style are between Li Han and Tang Kai. Kang Youwei, a scholar in Qing Dynasty, strongly advocated the whole society to write in Weibei style, and Twenty Chapters of Longmen still has infinite artistic charm. They attract countless overseas friends to cross the ocean every year in order to witness this wonderful calligraphy with their own eyes.

7. prescription hole

Fangzidong is named after many prescriptions of the Tang Dynasty engraved on the cave door. There are 150 kinds of prescriptions engraved on both sides of the cave, and the medicinal materials involved can be found among the people, which greatly facilitates the people. Dongfang Fang is the earliest existing stone cube in China, which has played an important role in the research of traditional Chinese medicine.

The Old Dragon Cave is carved from a natural cave with a long horseshoe-shaped hole.

8. Laolongdong

Weijing Hall was built in the period of Wu Zetian, with a double-room structure. There are dozens of niche statues on the stone wall in the front room. The main tomb is1170cm deep,116cm wide and 825cm high. Its four walls are vertical, and the lower parts of the three walls are carved with 29 ancestors (front wall 1 1, two walls with 9), and the height is 180 cm. This grotto only carves arhats instead of Buddha statues. It looks like a big meditation hall, probably carved by Zen Buddhism. It is the largest cave in Longmen Dongshan, Kanjing Temple, and the statue of 29 arhats is well preserved.

9. Hui Jiandong

Xiangshan Temple is located in the west depression of Xiangshan, south of Luoyang, the ancient capital of the 13th Dynasty13km. Longmen Grottoes Xishan Grottoes are separated by water, facing each other across the river, connected with Longmen Grottoes Dongshan Grottoes and Baiyuan Grottoes, and stand side by side. Named after the fragrant kudzu vine.

In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, Balado, an Indian monk, was buried here to rebuild the Buddhist temple for her body. Wu Zetian proclaimed himself emperor in Luoyang, named it "Xiangshan Temple" and rebuilt the temple. Wu Zetian often travels with her relatives, leaving the story of "Xiangshan Fu's Golden Gun". Later, Baiyin Juyi, Henan Province donated 60-70 million yuan to rebuild Xiangshan Temple, and was named "the magic soldier of past dynasties". The first sentence at the beginning of this article is the praise of Xiangshan Temple, "Luodu Four Suburbs wins, Longmen First Temple, Longmen Tenth Temple, Sightseeing wins, Xiangshan First Temple". Bai Juyi died and was buried next to Daman Tower in Xiangshan Temple.

Kanjing Temple 10

Baiyuan, located on the Pipa Peak in Dongshan, Longmen Scenic Area, Luoyang, is the graveyard of Bai Juyi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty.

Xiangshan Temple 1 1

Twenty pieces of Longmen refers to the inscriptions of twenty statues in Longmen Grottoes in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and is the representative of calligraphy in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. Weibei inherited Li Han and opened Tang Kai, which has the charm of Li Kai and Kaizhi Li. Among them, Guyang Cave 19 and Cixiang Cave 1. On the basis of Li Han and Kincaid, his calligraphy developed and evolved, forming a unique style of dignified, generous, rich and simple, with both official script style and regular script factors. It is the essence of northern Wei calligraphy art and the representative of Weibei calligraphy style.

White House 12

1936, in order to celebrate Chiang Kai-shek's 50th birthday, the local government chose the south side of Xiangshan Temple and built a two-story building named Sung River Villa.

13, inscription

Before the road at the foot of Dongshan was opened, there was a platform on the boulder. According to legend, when Fengxian Temple was completed, Wu Zetian personally led Guanbai Youlong Gate to preside over this grand opening ceremony. A huge band played drums on this platform to entertain people, so people later called it a drum platform. The three holes adjacent to the drum platform are called the three holes of the drum platform.

There are seven statues in the cliff niche, of which three are sitting and four are standing. This combination of statues is extremely rare in China Cave Temple. Maitreya, the main Buddha in the middle, appeared as the successor of Sakyamuni. Wu Zetian used Maitreya belief to create public opinion for her accession to the throne, and later called herself "cishi" (Maitreya), which promoted the popularization of Maitreya belief. The three niches on the cliff appeared in this historical background. With the collapse of Wu and Zhou regimes, Sanya Shrine also stopped working. Although this group of statues is semi-finished, it provides valuable information for people to understand the excavation procedure of grotto statues.