The largest open-air stone carving art museum in China.

Longmen Grottoes is the largest open-air stone carving art museum in China.

Longmen Grottoes, located in Luoyang City, Henan Province, is a treasure house of stone carving art with the largest number of statues in the world. It was once rated as "the highest peak of stone carving art in China" by UNESCO, ranking first among the big caves in China. It has the reputation of "the largest open-air stone carving art museum 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 in the reign of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, flourished in the Tang Dynasty and finally ended in the late Qing Dynasty. After more than 10 dynasties, it has been built for more than 1400 years, making it the longest grotto in the world. There are 2345 existing grottoes, with more than 1 1000 statues, and a large number of paintings were used in the construction.

Introduction of Xishan Grottoes, the main attraction of Longmen Grottoes.

There are more than 50 large and medium-sized caves in the Northern Dynasties and Sui and Tang Dynasties on the cliff of Xishan Mountain. Representative caves in Northern Wei Dynasty: Guyang Cave, Binyang Middle Cave, Lianhua Cave, Huangfugong Cave, Weizi Cave, Putai Cave, Huoshao Cave, Cixiang Kiln, Deer Cave, etc.

Representative caves in the Sui and Tang Dynasties: Ashe Statue Cave in Dalu, Qianxi Temple, Binyang South Cave, Binyang North Cave (the above two caves and the ceiling decoration were completed in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the Buddha statues were completed in the Sui and early Tang Dynasties), Jingshan Temple, Cliff Three Buddhas, Wanfo Cave, Huiji Cave, Pure Land Cave, Longgeji Cave, Jinan Cave, etc.

Main Buddha: Lushena is the Buddha of the body, which means that the light shines everywhere. Its height is 17. 14m, its head height is 4m, and its ear length is1.9m. It is famous for its mysterious smile and is praised by foreign tourists as "the Mona Lisa in the East" and "the most beautiful statue in the world".