{"id":197,"date":"2019-11-02T08:06:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T08:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources.digmandarin.com\/?p=197"},"modified":"2019-11-16T15:41:05","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T07:41:05","slug":"longmen-grottoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.digmandarin.com\/longmen-grottoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Longmen Grottoes, Luoyang, Henan (\u9f99\u95e8\u77f3\u7a9f\uff0c\u6d1b\u9633\u5e02\uff0c\u6cb3\u5357\u7701)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n\nLongmen Grottoes are located in the south of Luoyang City. They are between Mount Xiang and Mount Longmen and face Yi River\uff0eLongmen Grottoes\uff0cYungang Caves and Mogao Caves are regarded as the three most famous treasure houses of stone inscriptions in China\uff0eThe grottoes were started around the year 494 when Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534 A.D.) moved the capital to Luoyang\uff0eThe work on these sites continued for another 400 years until the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127 A.D.)\uff0eThe first caves of Longmen were excavated in 494\uff0cthe 12th year of the Northern Wei Dynasty Xiaowen Emperor&#8217;s reign\uff0eThe grottoes extend for some 1,000 meters (about 1,094 yards) from north to south\uff0eThey contain over 2,300 holes and niches\uff0c2,800 steles\uff0c40 stupas\uff0c1,300 caves and 97,000 sculptured figures that have survived the test of time\uff0eMost of these works date from the Northern Wei Dynasty and the flourishing age of the Tang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.)\uff0eLots of historical materials concerning art, music, religion, calligraphy, medicine, costume and architecture are stored in the Longmen Grottoes\uff0e\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longmen Grottoes are located in the south of Luoyang City. 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