What scenic spots are recommended for Luoyang tourist attractions?

The tourist attractions in Luoyang include Longmen Grottoes, Laojun Mountain, King of Wu and so on.

Longmen Grottoes, located in Luoyang City, Henan Province, is the largest treasure house of stone carving art in the world, with the largest number of statues. It was rated as the highest peak of stone carving art in China by UNESCO, and the first of the caves in China. Now it is a world cultural heritage, a national key cultural relic protection unit and a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction.

Longmen was dug by Dayu when he was controlling water, and the legend of fish jumping over Longmen also happened here. Its grottoes began to be excavated during the reign of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, flourished in the Tang Dynasty and finally ended in the late Qing Dynasty. After 10 dynasties and 1400 years of construction, it became the longest grotto in the world. There are 2345 existing caves and niches, and more than 1 1000 statues. A lot of paintings were used in the construction, but most of them have faded.

Introduction to Longmen Grottoes

Luoyang * * * has three world cultural heritages, Longmen Grottoes is the only world heritage located in Luoyang, and it is also the most famous scenic spot in Luoyang, one of Luoyang's business cards. Longmen Grottoes is a treasure house of large stone carving art in the world, with many statues. It was rated as the highest peak of stone carving art in China by UNESCO, and it is also called the three largest grottoes in China together with Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes and Yungang Grottoes.

Now there are 2345 caves and shrines, more than 65438+ ten thousand statues and more than 2800 inscriptions in the scenic spot. Among them, Longmen 20 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, and it is also one of the tourist attractions recommended by Buyou.com.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Longmen Grottoes