The Introduction of Longmen Grottoes Tour in Henan

Binyang in the cave for the U-shaped flat, dome top, a large central carved lotus petals of the lotus pose Baogai, Lotus Music and Dancing around the eight days and two support Heaven. They belt flying, the wind flying around in the lotus Baogai, graceful and moving. Inside the theme for the Buddhas, namely, past, present and future Buddhas. Lord Buddha as Sakyamuni. He is the founder of Buddhism, whose original name was learned, it was in ancient India Suddhodana son. He and China's Confucius lived in the same era, Confucius to be older than 12 years of age. He was a monk at age 29, after six years, enlightenment Buddha, founder of Buddhism. As the Northern Wei Dynasty advocating thin is beautiful, so the Lord Buddha Sakyamuni cheeks lean, slender neck, slender body. Drapery intensive sculptures using the flat blade of the Northern Wei Dynasty. As the Northern Wei capital Luoyang, imposed after a series of localization policy, so the hole of the main Buddha statue costumes changed the kind of partial to the Yungang Grottoes right shoulder style robe, and wearing a cassock Kuanpao big sleeves. All present themselves two disciples of Sakyamuni, the second Buddha. Two Buddha with the Air a smile, gentle honest. Statues around the walls also have a shop, is a Buddha, the second Buddha, the praise with a robe Bo clothing, stand on rosette cover.

North and south sides of the cave wall, from top to bottom with four exquisite relief. The first layer is the "Offerings by" the theme of the story of relief, called "Korimaro change." The second layer is the two Buddhist Jataka stories. The third layer is the famous Empress Buddha figure. The fourth layer of "Ten Gods" relief like. Especially the third floor of the Empress Buddha figure, they reflect the court's Buddhist activities, carved out of a devout Buddhist, serious, quiet mood, style and accurate, beautifully produced, representing the genre painting of life was high level of development, important artistic value and historical value. Regrettably, however, in the last century, three, four decades has been stolen abroad. Now on display in New York's Metropolitan Museum and the Nelson Art Museum Kansas.

Binyang South Cave
Binyang South Cave caves dug for the Northern Wei period, but the main cave several statues of Buddha are done in Tang Dynasty. Amitabha Buddha is the main cave, face full, generous shoulders, plump body, reflects the fat for the United States to the Tang Dynasty style. Binyang South Cave is the fourth son of Emperor Li Shimin of the king and Lee Tae-abandoned on the basis of the Northern Wei Dynasty and continued cutting from its mother Empress was built to do good deeds, is a transitional period of work.