Announcement that the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang 2022 will be closed to the outside world due to the epidemic.

Due to the epidemic situation, Longmen Grottoes decided to stop opening to the outside world and suspend a related tourism activity from June 5438+1October 5, 2022. The reopening time of Longmen Grottoes will be announced separately. See below for details.

1, suspension of opening announcement Dear tourists and friends,

Recently, there have been many epidemics in the province, and the situation of Luoyang epidemic prevention and control is grim. In order to further strengthen the epidemic prevention and control measures in Longmen Scenic Area, strictly implement the deployment of epidemic prevention and control work, and effectively ensure the safety of tourists, according to the spirit of the Notice of Luoyang Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film and Television Tourism on Further Improving the Epidemic Prevention and Control Work, Longmen Scenic Area has temporarily stopped opening to the outside world since June 5438+10/0.5, 2022, and suspended all related tourist reception services and the ongoing "Youlong Gate Henan People Free Tickets" activity. Opening hours will be announced separately.

When the park is closed, we will release the scenic spot consultation in real time through official WeChat, Tik Tok, Weibo and other platforms to tell the story of Longmen and show its beautiful scenery. When the park was closed, the "Thousand Hundred Ten" epidemic prevention and control action plan was launched, and party member employees were organized to watch the scenic spot and support the community, and all efforts were made to strengthen the epidemic prevention and control in the whole region; If the park is closed, we will maintain and upgrade the basic service facilities in the scenic spot, train employees' service skills and build a beautiful home together.

Thank you sincerely for your understanding, support and cooperation. Longmen is waiting for you, never too late!

Tel: 0379-65980972, 65997645

Longmen garden tourism administration

65438+202210.5

2. Introduction to Attractions Longmen Grottoes is one of the treasures of stone carving art in China. Now it is a world cultural heritage, a national key cultural relic protection unit and a national 5A-level tourist attraction. It is located in Longmen Mountain and Xiangshan Mountain on both sides of the Yi River in the southern suburbs of Luoyang City. Longmen Grottoes, Mogao Grottoes, Yungang Grottoes and Maijishan Grottoes are also called the four major grottoes in China.

The Longmen Grottoes were dug in the reign of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and after more than 400 years of large-scale construction in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties and the Song Dynasty, the length from north to south was 1 km. Today, there are 2,345 grottoes, more than 654.38 million statues and more than 2,800 inscriptions. Among them, Longmen Twenty is the essence of Weibei calligraphy, and Chu Suiliang's A Que Buddhist Shrine Monument is a model of regular script art in the early Tang Dynasty. With a large number of physical images and written materials, it reflects the development and changes in China's ancient politics, economy, religion, culture and many other fields from different aspects, and has made great contributions to the innovation and development of China Grottoes. In 2000, it was listed as a world cultural heritage by UNESCO.

There are more than 50 large and medium-sized caves in the Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties on the cliff of Xishan Mountain. Guyang Cave, Binyang Middle Cave, Lianhua Cave, Huangfugong Cave, Weizi Cave, Putai Cave, Huoshao Cave, Cixiang Kiln, Ludong Cave, etc. It is a representative cave in the Northern Wei Dynasty. The representative grottoes in the Tang Dynasty are Qianxi Temple, Binyang South Cave, Binyang North Cave (the above two caves were decorated in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the Buddha statues were completed in the Sui and early Tang Dynasties), Jingshan Temple, Cliff Three Buddha Temple, Wanfo Cave, Huijian Cave, Fengxian Temple, Pure Land Temple, Longge Temple and Jinan Cave. Dongshan has many caves and sacred sites in the Tang Dynasty, including 20 large and medium-sized caves, such as Erlianhua Cave, Kanjing Temple Cave, Dawanwu Buddha Cave (also known as Leigutai Cave) and Wangdong Cave in Gaoping County.