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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 ...

Since then, the plant flourished here. Locate twelve kilometers south of Luoyang, the Longmen Grottoes are among the greatest treasure troves of ancient stone carving in China, together with ...

What impressed me the most, and how I started learning about Wu Zetian-was a visit to Longmen Grottoes, where a Big Buddha is placed inside the mountain. This Buddha is associated with Empress Wu ...

Daniya Yerinkyzy, an artist and graphic designer from Kazakhstan, wove the images of the relics, such as the turquoise-inlaid bronze plaque, the Buddha at the Longmen Grottoes and the Tang tri-colored ...