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Longmen Grottoes, located at13km south of Luoyang, Henan, are called the three treasures of ancient Buddhist grottoes in China together with Dunhuang Grottoes in Gansu and Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi. Longmen Grottoes were excavated in the Northern Wei Dynasty when Emperor Xiaowen moved to Luoyang (AD 494). Until the Northern Song Dynasty, there were more than 10 million Buddha statues and more than 2,300 grottoes. 196 1 was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council. One of the four major Buddhist grottoes in China. It took more than 400 years to build. The scale of this project is amazing. In more than 265,438+000 caves, there are more than 654.38+million Buddha statues, more than 3,600 inscriptions and more than 40 pagodas. On June 30th, 2000, the 24th session of the World Heritage Committee decided to list Longmen Grottoes in China as a new World Heritage Site.

Wei Dong-In 495 AD, Qiu Huicheng, the imperial clan of Wei State, began to dig Guyang Cave in Longmen Mountain. From 500 to 523, Emperor Wu and Emperor Di successively dug three large caves in the north, south and south of Binyang Cave. The construction of Shiyang Cave and Binyang Cave cost more than 800,000 people, and the Fangzi Cave and Lianhua Cave dug during the Eastern Wei Dynasty were also dug. Grottoes in the Northern Dynasties were all located in Longmen Mountain, and Guyang Cave was built for more than 50 years from the Hui Dynasty to the end of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, showing many China art forms, and the posture of the giant Buddha changed from the majestic Yungang Grottoes to the gentle and amiable Longmen Grottoes. The Buddha statue represented by the main Buddha in Binyang Middle Cave is smiling. Longmen Grottoes show more China art Buddha statues than Yungang Grottoes.

Tang grottoes-the most prosperous period is the Tang Dynasty, accounting for more than 60% of the total number of grottoes. During the reign of Wu Zetian, most of the grottoes in the Tang Dynasty were excavated, which was related to her long-term presence in Luoyang. Fengxian Temple is the most representative Tang grottoes, with two bodhisattvas 70 feet high, and Ye Jia, Ananda, King Kong and God King each 50 feet high (the length of Tang Dynasty). The scale is the first in Longmen Grottoes. It took four years, and Wu Zetian paid 20,000 yuan herself.

Longmen 20 series products are precious calligraphy works of Wei Bei. Representing the stele style of Wei Dynasty, it is tall and straight, generous and powerful, and it is the font in the transition from official script to regular script, Guyangdong 19.