Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang City, Henan Province, 13 km south Department, which with the Dunhuang Grottoes in Gansu, Shanxi Datong Yungang Grottoes ancient Buddhist grotto art in China and said the three treasures. Longmen Grottoes drilled in the Northern Wei Qianduluoyang (AD 494), until the Northern Song Dynasty, the existing statue of thousands of statues and Kukan over 2300. The State Council in 1961 as a national key cultural relics protection units. One of the four Buddhist grottoes in China. Create a time before and after 400 years. Massive and amazing. In the more than 2100 caves, there are more than 100,000 Buddhist statues respect, inscription inscriptions more than 3,600 products, 40 Block pagoda. November 30, 2000, the 24th World Heritage Committee decided to head China's Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang as the new World Heritage
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