longmen grottoes
states: [china]
category: cultural
year: 2000
location: Luoyang City, Henan Province
region: Asia and the Pacific
latitude/longitude: 34.4666666700, 112.4666667000
visited: 2019
The grottoes and niches of Longmen contain the largest and most impressive collection of Chinese art of the late Northern Wei and Tang Dynasties (316-907). These works, entirely devoted to the Buddhist religion, represent the high point of Chinese stone carving.
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