Historical and Cultural Value of Longmen Grottoes

Longmen Grottoes is the place with the largest number of ancient steles in China, which is called the ancient forest of steles. * * There are more than 2,860 stone inscriptions, among which the long-standing Longmen Twenty Pieces and the Chu Yi Que Buddhist Temple Monument are the models of Wei Bei and the tablet respectively, which can be called the fine works of China calligraphy art.

Longmen Grottoes are also the art history and treasures of calligraphy.

The famous calligraphy masterpiece "Longmen Twenty" is the best calligraphy selected by later northern extension connoisseurs from many stone inscriptions in Longmen Grottoes.

These inscriptions not only record the motive and purpose of the statue of the wishing man, but also provide a basis for the archaeological staging of the grottoes.

Kang Youwei, a scholar in Qing Dynasty, strongly advocated writing with Wei Bei in the whole society, praising Wei Bei's ten beauties, such as jumping brushwork, natural structure and rich flesh and blood.

Today, Wei Bei is widely used as a slogan and decorative text.

It can be seen that twenty products occupy a decisive position in calligraphy.

Longmen Grottoes is an artistic expression of Buddhist culture, but it also reflects the political, economic and cultural trends at that time.

The grotto is a large stone carving art museum, because it preserves a large number of physical materials such as religion, art, architecture, calligraphy, music, clothing, medicine and so on.