Where is the Longmen Grottoes?

Longmen Grottoes is located in Luoyang City, Henan Province.

Longmen Grottoes is the largest treasure house of stone carving art in the world, with the largest number of statues. It was rated as "the highest peak of stone carving art in China" by UNESCO, ranking first among the caves in China. Now it is a world cultural heritage, a national key cultural relic protection unit and a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction. Longmen was dug by Dayu when he was controlling water, and the legend of fish jumping over Longmen also happened here. Its grottoes began to be excavated during the reign of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, flourished in the Tang Dynasty and finally ended in the late Qing Dynasty. After 10 dynasties and 1400 years of construction, it became the longest grotto in the world. ?

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According to the "Notes on Water Classics", "In the past, the Longmen of Dayu boiled water, and the two mountains were opposite. Therefore, if you look at it, the water will cross it, so it is called a gap." Longmen, also known as yique, is opposite to the east and west mountains, and the Yi River flows through it, which looks like a natural gate from a distance, so it was called "yique" in ancient times. "There are broken mountains and cliffs on both sides of the strait, which are relatively like doors, but dragons can cross them, so they are called Longmen."

Yang Guang of Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang Di, once climbed Mangshan Mountain in the north of Luoyang, and saw Yi Que in the south of Luoyang from a distance, so he said to his entourage, "Isn't this the gateway of the real dragon emperor?" Why didn't the ancients build their capital here? A minister replied obsequiously, "The ancients didn't know that they were just waiting for your majesty. Yang Di was very happy when he heard this, so he built the Tokyo City of the Sui Dynasty in Luoyang. The main entrance of Wei Zicheng was Tianmen, facing the Yi Que. Since then, I have become accustomed to being called Longmen.

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