What is the introduction of Longmen Grottoes?

Longmen Grottoes can be described as a famous scenic spot in Xishan Mountain. Located at the terminal of Xishan Scenic Area, it starts from Sanqing Pavilion in the north and reaches Datian Pavilion in the south. It is the largest and most exquisite Taoist grottoes in Yunnan. Let's take a look at the introduction of Longmen Grottoes.

1. Longmen Grottoes is one of the treasures of stone carving art in China. Now it is a world cultural heritage, a national key cultural relic protection unit and a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction. Longmen Grottoes, located at13km south of Luoyang City, Henan Province, together with Dunhuang Grottoes in Gansu Province and Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi Province, are called the three treasures of ancient Buddhist grottoes in China. Longmen Grottoes were excavated in Luoyang (AD 494) when Emperor Xiaowen moved the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and then went through the Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Qi, Sui and Tang Dynasties until the Northern Song Dynasty.

2. 196 1 was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council. There are more than 10 million Buddha statues, more than 2,300 grottoes and more than 2,800 inscriptions. Among them, the "Longmen Twenty Products" is the calligraphy Wei Bei.

3. The Longmen Grottoes lasted for a long time, spanning many dynasties, and reflected the development and changes of China ancient politics, economy, religion, culture and many other fields from different aspects with a large number of physical images and written materials, which made great contributions to the innovation and development of China Grottoes. In 2000, it was listed as a world cultural heritage by UNESCO.

So much for the introduction of Longmen Grottoes.