The Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, Henan province is one of the three notable grottoes in China. The other two are the Yungang Caves near Datong in Shanxi province, and the Mogao Caves at Dunhuang 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 ...

The Huangfugong Cave in Longmen Grottoes is located in the upper south side of Guyang Cave. The cave was built in 527 during Northern Wei Dynasty (AD 386-534), with integrated planning and is now ...

More than 80 stone carvings, including a Buddha head, and building components have been discovered inside a cave of the Longmen Grottoes, a 1,500-year-old UNESCO World Heritage site, in Luoyang, ...

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 ...

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 ...

With bursting firecrackers, and the night sky lit up by fireworks echoing the red gleam of the lanterns below, a tour was officially launched at the Longmen Grottoes, Henan Province, on April 9.

Flicking a peace sign is said to be the most-popular photo pose among the youth of east Asia, so it's no wonder this stone Buddha statue in China has gained huge popularity. The 24ft-tall Amita Buddha ...

The caves that were chiseled then were mainly located at the West Hill, occupying one third of the statues of Longmen Grottoes. The most famous ones include a dozen of middle and large scale caves, ...