cave in People's Republic of China
Longmen National Park is in Henan Province of China. It's inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Among Longmen's wealth of world-famous treasures are flying Apsaras, and fine works of Chinese calligraphy, represented by the 20 Longmen Calligraphic Samples. These are 20 pieces of calligraphy deemed perfect and correct representatives of the time they were created.
Enshrined in 2,100 cave-temples are 3,600 stone inscriptions and over 100,000 large and small Buddhist statues. The 17-m-high statue of Vairocana in Fengxian Temple is the most representative of the trove.
Construction of Longman Shiku (Dragon Gate Grottoes), one of three major grottoes in China, began in 494 CE, but it was not until the Sui and Tang dynasties that it acquired the scale as we see it today.
Longmen Caves are about 13 km southeast from the city of Luoyang.
Opening hours:
Bus route 81 (¥1.50) from East side of Luoyang train station. Journey lasts 50 min.
The last bus back to Luoyang leaves at 8:50PM.
Or, you can take a taxi.
Admission charges: ¥120