Longmen Grottoes (World Cultural Heritage, China AAAAA-level tourist attraction)
The Longmen Grottoes are the treasure house of stone carving art with the largest number of statues and the largest scale in the world. It has been rated as "the highest peak of Chinese stone carving art" by UNESCO and ranks first among the major grottoes in China. Unit, AAAAA-level tourist attraction. (14 main attractions)
The grottoes in the Longmen area were first excavated in the Northern Wei Dynasty, flourished in the Tang Dynasty, and finally in the late Qing Dynasty. After more than 10 dynasties, including Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Qi, Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Song, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, it has been built for more than 1,400 years. It is the longest grotto in the world. Among all the caves in Longmen, about 30% of the caves in the Northern Wei Dynasty, 60% in the Tang Dynasty, and only about 10% in other dynasties.
After research, it was found that the Longmen Grottoes were built by Tianzhu (now India), Silla (now South Korea), Tocharo (Siberia), Kanguo (Central Asia) and other countries, and now they have found Western musical instruments, European patterns, ancient Greek stone pillars, etc. The extraterritorial elements are the product of the fusion of diverse civilizations such as Greece, Persia, India and China, and can be called the most internationalized grotto in the world.
The Longmen Grottoes are located in the southern suburb of Luoyang, the ancient capital. The two mountains face each other, the Yishui River flows, the Foguang Mountains are beautiful, and the scenery is beautiful.
Longmen, also known as Yique, is where the east and west mountains face each other, and the Yihe River flows through it. From afar, it looks like a natural gate, so it was called "Yique" in ancient times.
Statue of the Locanabuddha
Buddha statues: a total of nine bodies. The main Buddha in the middle is the Great Buddha of Lusena, carved by Wu Zetian according to his own appearance and manners. On the right is the eldest disciple Kasyapa, on the left is the younger disciple Ananda, and then is Samantabhadra Bodhisattva (left) and Manjusri Bodhisattva (right). The heroic and vigorous king, the aggressive warrior and the master Flushena together constitute a group of artistic group images with rich modal texture.
Lord Buddha: Locanabuddha is the Sambhogakaya Buddha, which means the light shines all over the place. The height is 17.14 meters, the head is 4 meters high, and the ears are 1.9 meters long. It is famous for its mysterious smile and is praised as "Oriental Mona Lisa" and "the most beautiful statue in the world" by foreign tourists. The Buddha statue has a plump and round face, wavy hair lines on the top of the head, eyebrows curved like a crescent moon, with a pair of beautiful eyes gazing down slightly, showing a peaceful smile, like a wise and kind middle-aged woman, which is respectable and not afraid.
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, the free translation of Sanskrit Samantabhadra, has also been translated as Banji Bodhisattva, and transliterated as Sanmando Bhadra. Samantabhadra Bodhisattva is one of the four bodhisattvas of Chinese Buddhism. It symbolizes virtue and conduct, and corresponds to Manjushri, who symbolizes wisdom and virtue. He is also the left and right attendant of Sakyamuni Buddha. In addition, Vairocana Tathagata, Manjushri Bodhisattva, and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva are honored as the "Three Saints of Huayan".
On the left is the "Tang Dynasty After the Journey" drawn by Zhang Xuan in the Tang Dynasty. Wu Zetian carved the Lushena Buddha in the Longmen Grottoes according to his own appearance.
Value influence: The lotus dome of the Great Hall of the People is designed based on this lotus.
The smallest Buddha statue in the Longmen Grottoes is only 2 centimeters high. These small thousand Buddhas are located above the south wall of the Lianhua Cave, which are vivid, detailed and lifelike.
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