A little guide to visiting the Longmen Grottoes, for everyone, hope it helps!

Longmen Grottoes 🐟4 attractions: West Hill Grottoes, East Hill Grottoes, Xiangshan Temple, Bai Garden 🐟Complete tour: 7-8 hours 🐟12 entrances: Northwest Service Area, Northeast Service Area, it's 3km more to walk from the Northeast 🐟Cultural and Tourism Bureau's 7-scenic-area joint ticket: 420~ 79 🐟Boarding pass at Luoyang Airport can waive the ticket for 70 attractions 🐟【Longmen Grottoes 4-hour Route Strategy】 1. Arrival Don't go to the Northeast Service Area Northwest Service Area saves you 3km of walking!! 2. Ticket price: 90/person 3. Hours: 8:00-18:00, night tours closed starting from October 15 If you want to avoid the crowds and take it easy, enter the park at 14:00 4. The walk before entering the scenic area If you've bought tickets online, navigate directly to the Dashi Gate ticket checkpoint and walk straight in!! Don't go to the service center, it's a big detour!! The scenic area has 3 levels of gates, archway ticket checkpoint Longmen Bridge The first gate, at least 1km walk Made me too tired to walk before even entering the scenic area 5. Explanation Ticket checkpoint audio guide: 30/person, deposit 200 Not necessary, the Longmen Grottoes mini-program provides real-time positioning and explanations·Manual explanation next to Longmen Bridge, 200 for up to 5 people, duration 1 hour, only includes the official grottoes of the West Hill, not the folk grottoes 6. Binyang Three Caves Representative royal grottoes from the Northern Wei period, where the Buddha resides 7. Thousand Buddha Cave 8. Lushena Buddha The largest scale in Longmen Grottoes, also the only large-scale stone carving in the country that splits open a cliff and carves along the cliff Climb the steps, and as the face of the Buddha gradually reveals itself with the ascent, it feels like an enlightening experience Legend has it that the main Buddha's face is modeled after Empress Wu Zetian Manual explanation ends 9. Folk Grottoes Many folk grottoes are unrecorded, if interested you can climb on your own, I didn't climb 10. Manshui Bridge Cross the Manshui Bridge to the east side of the scenic area: ·East Hill Grottoes are small folk grottoes ·Xiangshan Temple for a full view of West Hill, but the Buddhist platform is also good ·Bai Garden is the tomb of Bai Juyi Due to the lazy person's strategy, I decided to give up because I had to return the same way 11. Buddhist Platform A good spot for a photo with a straight view of the Lushena Buddha Don't rush to the platform to squeeze in, there's also a lower level 12. Night Lights Small cave lights are solar-powered and turn on automatically The big Buddha niche lights are controlled by the scenic area, night tours closed starting from October 15, and they won't be lit after the National Day You might encounter the lights during testing in the previous days, but don't wait foolishly, the ferry car stops running at 17:30 🐸If you don't catch the car, you can only walk 3km out!! 13. Ferry Car Next to the Buddhist platform is the ferry car, to prevent adjustments in winter time After reaching the Buddhist platform, go ask what time it stops running first! After watching, take the car directly out 14. The walk out of the scenic area The ferry car doesn't go to the service center, it goes to Longmen Ancient Street, you can stroll if you want, and it's another 10 minutes walk out 15. Return trip