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Longmen Grottoes is one of the most important cultural treasures in China. It is located in Luoyang, Henan Province, on Longmen Mountain, hence the name Longmen Grottoes. Longmen Grottoes is a world cultural heritage. What it brings to mankind is more than stone carvings. Many stone carvings and materials inside it reflect the changes of politics, economy, culture and other fields in ancient China along with the changes of The Times and power. It can be said that the value of Longmen Grottoes is unspeakable.
The Longmen Grottoes were excavated during the reign of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, which reached its peak in the Tang Dynasty and ended at the end of the Qing Dynasty. Longmen Grottoes is a more royal grottoes, including the cave built by Emperor Xiaowen for his grandmother Empress Feng, the Bodhisattva statue of the Tizang King by the grandson of the famous King Lanling, the cave built by Li Tai for Empress Changsun, and the stupendous Buddha built by Gao Li for Emperor Xuanzong.
The Longmen Grottoes had gone through a lot since Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, such as the famous movement of Emperor Wu of the Tang Dynasty to destroy Buddha and the wars of the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, which also caused the Longmen Grottoes to be blown up and stolen. The mutilated and cut heads, inscriptions and reliefs were all bought and stolen by the Japanese or the Americans. After the founding of the people's livelihood, the protection of Longmen Grottoes was put on the agenda.
In 1961, Longmen Grottoes officially became one of the first key cultural relics under protection, and in 2000, Longmen Grottoes was added to the list of World cultural Heritage sites. And the World Heritage Organization has this to say about the Longmen Grottoes:
"The grottoes and shrines in the Longmen area show the largest and most excellent plastic arts in China from the late Northern Wei Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty (AD 493-907). These detailed depictions of Buddhist religious themes represent the peak of Chinese stone carving art."