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 ...

Tourists visit the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, April 17, 2017. The Longmen Grottoes has entered into tourist rush season. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang) Tourists visit the Longmen ...

The statues in Longmen Grottoes have got a great diversity of Buddhist figures and images, in all shapes and sizes. There is the 17.14 meters high Losana Buddha as well as small statues of few ...

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 ...

After dynasties of carving and centuries of worship and protection, the Longmen Grottoes in central China's Henan Province has gained its unique reputation as a Buddhist site of the only empress in ...

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 traversing ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This fragment came from the Longmen ...

The Buddhist statues of the Longmen Grottoes are a Chinese heritage—one in urgent need of preservation. To do this, archaeologists use advanced scanning technology to pinpoint the vulnerable areas in ...

Archaeologists have made a stunning discovery of more than 80 stone carvings and building units, dating back about 1,300 years, at the Leigutai caves of the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, Henan province ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This massive, early sixth-century ...