Longmen Grottoes were started around the year 493 when Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) moved the capital to Luoyang and they were continuously built for 400 years until the ...

The decorative patterns of cave lintels in Longmen Grottoes belong to an important category of decorations in the treasure house of ancient Buddhist cave art. A cave, or grotto in Longmen, is the ...

Tourists visit the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, April 17, 2017. The Longmen Grottoes has entered into tourist rush season. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang) Tourists visit the Longmen ...

These grottoes reflect the heyday of Tang Dynasty culture (618-907). Located 13 km south of Luoyang, Henan province, the Longmen Grottoes are concentrated on the east and west cliffs of the Yishui ...

After dynasties of carving and centuries of worship and protection, the Longmen Grottoes in central China's Henan Province has gained its unique reputation as a Buddhist site of the only empress in ...

BEIJING, May 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A report from People's Daily: On May 19, Chinese President Xi Jinping toured the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, central China's Henan province, to learn about local ...

The Binyang North Grotto in the Longmen Grottoes, located in Luoyang, an ancient dynastic capital in central China's Henan Province, has become especially popular among young people due to its iconic ...

The Buddhist statues of the Longmen Grottoes are a Chinese heritage—one in urgent need of preservation. To do this, archaeologists use advanced scanning technology to pinpoint the vulnerable areas in ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This fragment came from the Longmen ...

The world-famous Longmen Grottoes are located 12km south of Luoyang. Here two mountains, namely, East Hill (Mt. Xiangshan) and West Hill (Mt. Longmen), confront each other with the Yi River traversing ...