Night Tour Longmen Grottoes Photography

If I had to choose 202 1 the most shocking scenic spot I have ever been to, it would be Longmen Grottoes!

As a native of Henan, I have been to Longmen Grottoes many times, and this time I took my father-in-law to see it. Every time I see the dense grottoes, it can bring me a thrill. /kloc-The statue that stood on Longmen Mountain more than 0/300 years ago seems to have broken free from the shackles of time and recorded the rise and fall of the dynasty.

Perhaps it is too professional, and the reputation of Longmen Grottoes has always been polarized. Many tourists spit out that there is nothing to see except grottoes, and they are Buddha statues from beginning to end, which is easy to be visually tired.

During my visit, I often hear complaints about "what is worth seeing" and "the Buddha statue is incomplete" ... This is really the problem of Longmen Grottoes, and it is also the most proud place of Longmen.

Longmen Grottoes, full of Buddha statues, is a world-famous cultural heritage and one of the most famous scenic spots in China. In 2000, it was officially listed in the World Heritage List, and UNESCO evaluated it as follows:

Longmen Grottoes and Buddhist shrines show the largest and best plastic arts in China from the late Northern Wei Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty (493-907 AD). These works of art, which describe the religious themes in Buddhism in detail, represent the highest peak of stone carving art in China. "

In fact, in addition to the Buddha statue, Longmen Grottoes also have a dazzling array of inscriptions, interesting cultural relics and legends.

There are 2,860 ancient inscriptions all over the Longmen, including Song Zhenzong's Longmen Inscription, which is a treasure in the history of calligraphy. These inscriptions record the changes of past dynasties and many precious documents. For example, Fangzidong has the inscription 140, which records the treatment methods of various diseases, which is of great significance for future generations to understand Chinese medicine.

Longmen Grottoes have also been favored by scholars in past dynasties as "the place to punch cards among network celebrities". When Bai Juyi lived in Luoyang, he went there many times with his friends. They drank wine, wrote poems and enjoyed the beautiful scenery of Longmen. Maybe he loves Longmen too much. In his later years, Bai Juyi spent a lot of money to rebuild Longmen Xiangshan Temple and lived there all day. Up to now, there are still Xiangshan Temple ruins on the mountain.

Luoyang's position in the Song Dynasty was not as good as before, but Longmen was still the place that literati yearned for. Ouyang Xiu, Mei and Su Shi have all been here. They rowed on the Yi River, climbed Longmen Mountain and visited Bai Juyi's cemetery, which was very elegant.

The construction of Longmen Grottoes itself is quite legendary. Take the most spectacular Rushana Buddha as an example. According to legend, this giant Buddha with a height of 17 meters was shaped according to the appearance of Wu Zetian, and there is a folk saying that Wu Zetian donated a huge sum of rouge.

It is impossible to know whether it is true or not, but the Buddha statue of Lushe does have the demeanor of the Tang Dynasty. There is a spiral bun on the top of the head, with a plump and round face, crescent-shaped eyebrows and a smile at the corners of the mouth, which not only has the outline of a man's face, but also has the beauty and exquisiteness of a woman. If you have seen the portrait of Wu Zetian, you will find that there are really similarities between the two.

Although it is a world cultural heritage, Longmen Grottoes do have natural disadvantages in tourism development. For example, after the baptism of time and the destruction of war, most of the Buddha statues have been ruined, and some have only bodies without heads, which seriously affects the tourism experience.

Fortunately, the Lushena Buddha has become a well-deserved "treasure of the town hall" in Longmen Grottoes because it is too big to be stolen.

In order to make the world heritage alive, Luoyang also took great pains. Many years ago, it was built into a smart scenic spot. Just sweep it with your mobile phone and you will hear the introduction of this Buddha statue. In order to better protect and repair the damaged Buddha statues, Longmen Grottoes spend huge sums of money, use digital technology to make virtual restoration of cultural relics, and reproduce the true contents of the missing Buddha statues with documents.

In order to let people see different world cultural heritage, Luoyang began to build Longmen Night Tour as early as 20 12. At first, it adopted the practice of truly reappearing the original appearance of the Buddha statue, giving it bright colors through modern lighting, but later it was controversial and the lighting equipment was dismantled.

Now, a brand-new light show has been launched, which abandons the previous practice of "wearing colorful clothes and putting on red lips" and uses warm colors to give the grottoes a different tenderness and texture. If you haven't seen the Longmen Grottoes at night, I suggest you go and see them. Lushena Buddha stands in the mountains, and the warm lights create a golden blurred texture. The Buddha statue is reflected in the Yi River, which is like a dream and infatuated with the moonlight.

Longmen Grottoes are like a glass of old wine. The more delicious, the more charming. Recently, I have been paying attention to the variety show "The Shape of Culture", which is the first world heritage program exclusively named Jiugui Liquor. Following the footsteps of alcoholic liquor, several star guests visited China's famous world cultural heritage.

I also hope that through this program, more people will participate in the action of "Rich and Drunken, Protect World Heritage" and let more people know about China's world cultural heritage. # Let the World Heritage Live #