The Longmen Grottoes (simplified Chinese: 龙门石窟; traditional Chinese: 龍門石窟; pinyin: Lóngmén Shíkū; lit. 'Dragon's Gate Grottoes') or Longmen Caves are...

to: Longmen (mythology), The Dragon Gate in Chinese mythology, located at the top of a waterfall cascading from a legendary mountain Longmen Grottoes, collection...

people to the site by 495, and started the construction of the rock-cut Longmen Grottoes. More than 30,000 Buddhist statues from the time of this dynasty have...

are the best known of the Chinese Buddhist grottoes and, along with Longmen Grottoes and Yungang Grottoes, are one of the three famous ancient Buddhist...

service. Wu also had an important impact upon the statuary of the Longmen Grottoes and the "Wordless Stele" at the Qianling Mausoleum, as well as the...

Chinese: 賓陽南洞; pinyin: Bīnyáng Nán Dòng) is cave number 159 at the Longmen Grottoes near Luoyang, Henan province, China. Initiated by order of Emperor...

The Yungang Grottoes (Chinese: 云冈石窟; pinyin: Yúngāng shíkū), formerly the Wuzhoushan Grottoes (Chinese: 武州山 / 武周山; pinyin: Wǔzhōushān), are ancient Chinese...

Chinese: 賓陽中洞; pinyin: Bīnyáng Zhōng Dòng) is cave number 140 at the Longmen Grottoes near Luoyang, Henan, China. 12m long, 10.9m wide, 9.3m high. Constructed...

Townships Gucheng Township (古城乡) Longmen Grottoes：The Longmen Grottoes are example of Chinese Buddhist art. The grottoes were carved a few years before...

such as in the Mogao Caves, Yulin Caves, Tianlongshan grottoes, the Yungang, and Longmen Grottoes. They are also depicted on tiles of pagoda, such as Xiuding-si...

Observatory in Dengfeng, the oldest astronomical observatory in China. Longmen Grottoes, near Luoyang, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000. Mount Jigong...

that could be observed in the gardens near the Buddhist shrines of Longmen Grottoes. In the 16th century, the famous physician and herbalist Li Shizhen...

In 673 Wu provided 20,000 cash for a gigantic statue of Maitreya at Longmen Grottoes. Unlike her predecessor's dynasty, Wu Zetian selected people in her...

large groups of excavated caves, include the Yungang Grottoes, Longmen Grottoes, Maijishan Grottoes, and Mogao Caves. Bronze mask, from Sanxingdui, 2nd...

Pingyao Suzhou 4 5 Dazu Wuyi Qingcheng and Dujiangyan Xidi and Hongcun Longmen Xianling 7 8 6 Xiaoling Fuling, Zhaoling and Yongling Yungang Three Parallel...

Chinese: 賓陽北洞; pinyin: Bīnyáng Běi Dòng) is cave number 104 at the Longmen Grottoes near Luoyang, Henan, China. Initiated by order of Emperor Xuanwu of...

pinyin: qián xī sì dòng also zhai fu tang) is cave number 20 at the Longmen Grottoes near Luoyang, Henan, China. The cave had wooden structured eaves added...

Bamiyan in Afghanistan and the Buddhist Grottoes of central China, Yungang Grottoes near Datong and Longmen Grottoes near Luoyang. Over the centuries, earthquakes...

The Fengxian cave (c. 675 AD) of the Longmen Grottoes, commissioned by Wu Zetian....

caves near Yongjing in Gansu province, the Longmen Grottoes near Luoyang in Henan province, the Yungang Grottoes near Datong in Shanxi province, and the...

which was frequently depicted in the hands of Bodhisattvas, e.g., the Longmen Grottoes. I do not mean to say that the Buddhist emblem called Ju-i has developed...

the Yungang Grottoes near Datong during the mid-to-late fifth century, and towards the latter part of the dynasty, the Longmen Grottoes outside the later...

incomplete list of caves in China. It includes natural caves and rock cut grottoes. List of caves Speleology "Chinese Village Finds Alien-Fish in Cave". Weird...

provinces as far as Shanxi, as evidenced by caves 7 through 9 of Yungang Grottoes in Datong, dedicated to various Hindu deities such as Vishnu and Shiva...

846). The various artistic complexes from this period, such as the Longmen Grottoes, also attest to the artistic vibrancy of Chinese Buddhism at this time...

large groups of excavated caves, include the Yungang Grottoes, Longmen Grottoes, Maijishan Grottoes, and Mogao Caves. Sculptures in the round, first began...

Daoism Handbook (Leiden: Brill, 2000). Buddhist grottoes (China) Longmen Grottoes Mogao Caves Yungang Grottoes Sacred Mountains of China Xianren Cave Beyul...

Hidden Stream Temple Cave Kizil Caves Longmen Grottoes Middle Binyang Cave Mogao Caves Mount Emei Mount Xumi Grottoes Mutou Valley North Binyang Cave South...

Tang dynasty Amitābha sculpture, Hidden Stream Temple Cave, Longmen Grottoes, China...

moved into China along the trade routes. The Longmen Grottoes, the Mogao Caves, and the Yungang Grottoes consist of hundreds of caves many with statues...