A 400-word essay on Longmen Grottoes

A 400-word essay on Longmen Grottoes (1)

In the early morning, the bright sunshine shone on the earth, and our aunt and family came to Longmen Grottoes with excitement.

I saw many caves as soon as I got off the car. I was surprised to find that there were many Buddha statues in the caves. I heard that these Buddha statues were carved out bit by bit by people in the past. Some of them The Buddha statue is only as big as the palm of your hand. The largest Buddha statue is about five or six stories high. It took 25 years to carve it. When I came to Xishan Grottoes, I saw the tallest Buddha statue in Longmen Grottoes, which is called Fengxian Temple Buddha. It is the largest grotto among the Tang Dynasty grottoes. The main statue is 17 or 14 meters high, with a plump face, slender eyebrows and long eyes. Sitting there quietly with his ears drooped and his eyes looking straight ahead, standing at the foot of the stone statue and looking at the stone statue, he felt that the stone statue really looked like a giant standing tall on the sky and on the earth.

The Longmen Grottoes have more than 2,100 caves and more than 100,000 Buddha statues, which dazzled me. I couldn't help but admire the ingenuity of the ancients.

When we came to Dongshan Grottoes and stood on the opposite side of the bridge, we saw two mountains facing each other, the Yishui River flowing through it, and the scenery beautiful. Most of the giant Buddhas in Dongshan Grottoes have been stolen. What a shame!

I came to Baiyuan again. There is Bai Juyi’s tomb in Baiyuan, so this place is called “Baiyuan”. Next to Bai Juyi’s tomb, there is a piece of stone erected by people from Germany, Japan and other countries to commemorate him. The tombstone has words in memory of Bai Juyi written on it.

We walked out of Longmen Grottoes and looked back, and it looked even more majestic. The construction of Longmen Grottoes is the crystallization of the hard work and wisdom of the working people of our country. It deserves to be one of the famous tourist attractions.

A 400-word essay on the Longmen Grottoes (2)

On Saturday and Sunday this semester, we went to the Longmen Grottoes in Henan.

Longmen Grottoes is located 15 kilometers south of Luoyang City, Henan Province. We arrived at the Longmen Grottoes scenic spot with the tour group. We saw that the outermost gate is the Longmen Grottoes scenic spot gate composed of a long bridge. , with two words written in big letters: Dragon Gate. After we passed this gate, there was a small gate inside. The tour guide said: This small gate used to be the main gate of Longmen Grottoes. After we entered, we saw countless Buddha statues as big as an index finger. The tour guide said: This place was built during the Eastern Jin Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago. Because the emperor at that time was very obsessed with Buddhism, he asked the common people to carve these large and small Buddha statues. Countless Buddha statues. We couldn't understand it. It was amazing that they could carve such a large Buddha statue on such a tall and steep mountain. It is indeed one of the eight wonders! The tour guide said: The poor can only make small Buddha statues in some small places, while the rich can hire people to carve larger Buddha statues. We finally arrived at the Thousand Buddha Cave, which consists of several large Buddha statues and many small Buddha statues. We can see that the Buddha statue on the left has a strange shape due to weathering. That Buddha statue has a unique shape! gesture. On the way back, we asked the tour guide: Why are there so many Buddha statues missing arms and heads? The tour guide replied: Because China has held three Buddhist extermination activities, many of them have been destroyed.

It was getting late, we returned to the hotel, and lying on the bed, I was thinking: So this is the crystallization of the wisdom and labor of the ancient working people!

A 400-word essay on Longmen Grottoes (3)

Just after school on Friday, my mother happily said to me: "Tomorrow we will go to Luoyang Longmen Grottoes to play!" As soon as I heard the news, I Jumped with joy.

The Longmen Grottoes I dreamed of is finally here. (m.taiks.com) After a bumpy journey, we arrived in Luoyang. Originally we wanted to see peonies, but then we thought: Peonies are almost gone, although the best time to see peonies is April 1st to May 8th. When I arrived at Longmen Grottoes, I thought there was a gate, but it was completely different from what I thought. There was no gate and there was only one way. On the right side were places to buy water and eat. The further you go in, the more you buy: ethnic clothes, jade, stones, masks, clay figurines - on the left is the lawn, with many people sitting on the lawn, it's really a sea of ??people! After crossing a bridge, we arrived at the Longmen Grottoes. There are many caves inside. When you get into the caves, you can see many lifelike and beautiful stone statues carved by people.

Some stone statues are carved in earthen pits, and many of them are giant Buddhas. This is what my mother told me: "Longmen Grottoes are named after these stone statues. In the past, this was a mountain with a lot of stones, so some skilled stonemasons used the stones to make stone statues. The stone statues here were carved so lifelike that it can be seen that The masons worked skillfully.

After listening to my mother’s words, I knew the origin of Longmen Grottoes. Longmen Grottoes made me linger and never want to leave. I will definitely go there next time!