Longmen grottoes is one of the four great grottoes in China; it is located 12 km south to the city of Luoyang.
Thee Binyang Cave of Longmen grottoes was built during the Northern Wei dynasty in the 6th century. The project took the longest time, i. e. 24 years among all the grottoes.
"The grottoes provide a rich field of study for specialists of all kinds of art historians, artists, archaeologists and historians, experts on ancient documents and art preservationists, even fashion designers and choreographers have found inspirations at the grottoes."
The French, too, were masters of subtle grade changes in the landscape with carefully placed walls, steps, and grottoes to make the ground plane more interesting.
In the 17th year of the Taihe reign of the Northern Wei Dynasty (493), Emperor Xiaowendi moved the capital to Luoyang, where another major group of grottoes soon started.
The study of Dunhuang grottoes are known as Dunhuangology.
Danapati Bodhisattva, Tang dynasty, cave fresco, cave 401, Mogao grottoes, Dunhuang.
Artificial grottoes built out of several pieces of rock are usually cemented together, and the cement shows.
As for Xumishan, a Buddhist enclave with more than 130 grottoes, the main threats are exposure to the elements, vandalism and limited resources to protect the cultural site.
People have disclosed a secret in Dunhuang grottoes .
To protect the Dunhuang grottoes, one has to start with an understanding of the surroundings.
The new discovery is an important significance for us to research the history of the temple, art of the grottoes and protection of cultural relics.
In Xinjiang, Buddhist culture reached a very high level, leaving a precious cultural heritage of statues, paintings, music, dancing, temples and sacred grottoes, greatly enriching the cultural and art treasury of China and the whole world.
The Longmen Grottoes (also Shiku), as one of the three greatest grottoes of China, was inscribed as one of the World Culture Heritage in 2000.
The spirits can also hover over mountain ranges, or in grottoes, or caves, where familiar voices echo our own when we call out their names.
The Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes or Caves of One Thousand Buddhas is one of the three famous grottoes in China.
On account of the influence of natural factors, there have been serious geological diseases in Tianlong Mountain grottoes.
He found it difficult to comment on these Grottoes because the shapes of these grottoes are the same.
"Datong' s Yungang grottoes were built in the Northern Wei dynasty(466-494). The 51,000 statues are based on traditional Chinese sculpture, with influence from India and Persian cultures. "
The finest grottoes sponsored by th Nanzhao royal household were carved by highly - skilled craftsmen from Sichuan Province but not by the local Bai Craftsmen.
The Kizit Thousand Buddha grottoes in Baicheng county are next only to the famous Mogao grottoes in scale.
Accumulating sand can lead to great pressure on top of the grottoes and ponding in the rock mass.
What were needed for the protection of the Dunhuang grottoes were knowledge and science.
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