Introduction and history of Longmen Grottoes

Longmen Grottoes is the largest treasure house of stone carving art in the world, with the largest number of statues. It has been built for more than 1400 years and 10 dynasties.

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 has become one of the longest grottoes 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. Longmen Grottoes are the only royal grottoes in the world, and most of them were built by royal nobles.

The Value Significance of Longmen Grottoes

Longmen Grottoes, located in Luoyang City, Henan Province, is one of the famous grottoes in China and one of the world cultural heritages. Longmen Grottoes have extremely high artistic value and historical significance.

The sculpture art of Longmen Grottoes is a treasure house of ancient sculpture art in China. Its exquisite skills and outstanding artistic achievements represent the peak of Buddhist art in China. The images of Buddha, Bodhisattva and Lux in the grottoes are vivid and artistic, showing the wisdom and artistic talent of the ancient people in China.

Longmen Grottoes are important materials for studying the ancient history, religion and culture of China. The inscriptions and inscriptions in the grottoes recorded the social, political, economic and cultural information at that time, which provided valuable information for studying the ancient history of China. Longmen Grottoes is also one of the important representatives of traditional culture and art in China, which shows the unique charm and spiritual outlook of ancient China culture to the world.

In a word, Longmen Grottoes have extremely high artistic value, historical significance and cultural connotation. They are treasures in China's cultural treasure house and the wealth of all mankind.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Longmen Grottoes.