Longmen Twenty Statue Inscriptions

Longmen 20 refers to the selected 20 portraits of Luoyang Longmen Grottoes during the Northern Wei Dynasty, of which 19 are located outside Guyang Cave, which are classic works of calligraphy art during the Northern Wei Dynasty, and have an important role in studying that history.

Longmen Grottoes are located in the suburbs of Luoyang. It takes about 40 yuan to take a taxi from the city. The traffic is very inconvenient. If you take the bus, it seems to take two hours. Tickets are 90 yuan per person.

Nineteen of the 20 items of Longmen are in Guyangdong, and only one is in the 660th cave (Cixiang Kiln) outside Laolongdong. The main meritorious figures in these images are the princes, high-ranking officials and monks of Northern Wei. They made statues for the filial emperors or for the blessing of wealth and disaster. Their names are often recorded in the history books. These portraits often involve the historical facts of the year, so Longmen 20 products are not only the essence of calligraphy art in the Northern Wei Dynasty, the representative works of Weibei calligraphy, but also the historical materials with research value.

The landmark "Longmen 20" in Chinese calligraphy history is mostly concentrated in Guyang Cave, which is the earliest and richest cave in Longmen Grottoes and another representative cave in the Northern Wei Dynasty. "Longmen 20 products" represents Wei stele body, the font is correct and generous, the momentum is just and powerful, is the essence of Longmen Grottoes stele engraving calligraphy art.

Longmen 20 products, Guyang Cave has 19 products! There is also a product in other caves! This Longmen 20 products do not mean how exquisite the Buddha statue is, but are famous for the calligraphy works in this cave! So it is also a more distinctive cave here.