The grottoes and niches of Longmen contain the largest and most impressive collection of Chinese art of the late Northern Wei and Tang Dynasties (316-907). These works, entirely devoted to the ...

Longmen Grottoes - the treasure house of ancient Buddhist cave art is on the most popular search item, again. Only this time, the star is a cute lion statue of the grottoes. Left: A visitor takes ...

A lotus flower sprang up under his feet after every step he walked. Lotus flowers [Photo / Longmen Grottoes on WeChat] Longmen Grottoes, the sacred land for Buddhism culture is also a world of ...

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 ...

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 ...

People visit the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, April 11, 2018. The Longmen Grottoes has started to greet its boom season for tourism since April. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang ...

The boat was touring the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, Henan province, China. Authorities quickly activated an emergency response plan, dispatching two diesel-powered speedboats to tow the larger ...

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 ...

Longmen Grottoes are located at the south of Luoyang City, Henan Province. Longmen used to be called Yi Que (Gate of Yi River). When Luoyang became the capital of Sui Dynasty, Yi Que was renamed ...