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 ...

Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2019 shows the snow scenery at Longmen Grottoes scenic area in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province. Photo:Xinhua Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2019 shows the snow-covered statues ...

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 ...

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 ...

Luoyang municipal government and Xinhua News Agency jointly organized a fact-finding press trip to the ancient Silk Road linking China with Central Asia and Europe, to answer the country's ...

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 ...