🏔️ Longmen Grottoes
Buddhist cave temples carved between the Northern Wei and Tang dynasties, 5th–9th centuries
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: South of Luoyang, Henan Province, China
- Caves and niches: Over 2,300 with approximately 110,000 Buddhist stone statues
- Carving period: Late Northern Wei to Tang Dynasty, 5th–9th centuries
- UNESCO inscription: 2000
The Longmen Grottoes are a collection of Buddhist cave temples carved into limestone cliffs south of Luoyang in ...