The mountains are green and the water is clear, as beautiful as a painting

There are so many stunning views in the Longmen Grottoes that give people infinite expectations! If you want to find the most beautiful landscape, why not go together. The mountains are green and the water is clear, as beautiful as a painting. There are so many stunning views in the Longmen Grottoes that give people infinite expectations! If you want to find the most beautiful landscape, why not go to the Longmen Grottoes and explore it! The Longmen Grottoes are located in Luoyang City, Henan Province, and are the world's largest treasure trove of stone carving art with the most statues. It has been rated by UNESCO as the 'peak of Chinese stone carving art', ranking first among all major grottoes in China. It is now a World Cultural Heritage site, a national key cultural relics protection unit, and a national 5A tourist attraction. The Longmen was excavated during the water control of Dayu, and the legend of the fish leaping over the dragon gate 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 ended in the late Qing Dynasty. After more than 10 dynasties, it has been built for more than 1400 years, making it one of the longest-built grottoes in the world. There are currently 2345 grottoes and niches, with more than 110,000 statues. A large amount of color painting was used during construction, most of which has faded. The statues of the Longmen Grottoes were mostly built by the royal nobles, making it the only royal grotto in the world. The main ones are the Lushena Buddha carved by Wu Zetian according to her own appearance, the Guyang Cave carved by Emperor Xiaowen for Empress Dowager Feng, the statue of the grandson of King Lanling in the Wanfo Cave, the Binyang South Cave built by Li Tai for Empress Changsun, the Jingshan Temple carved by Wei Guifei, and the Immeasurable Life Buddha built by Gao Lishi for Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. It also experienced foreigners from India, Silla, Tocharian, and Kangguo opening caves and making statues, and found European patterns, ancient Greek stone pillars, etc., which can be called the highest international level grotto in the world. The Longmen Grottoes have made the art of grottoes show a trend of sinicization, and are the 'milestone' of Chinese grotto art, which has had an important impact on the excavation of other domestic grottoes (such as the Big Buddha of Tiantan in Hong Kong)