龙门石窟英文介绍

龙门石窟英文介绍

Longmen Grottoes of China is one of the four caves ( the other three major caves : Shanxi Yungang Grottoes, Gansu Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes and Gansu Maiji grotto ). Luoyang city is located 6 kilometers south of the Yique Canyon, here hill and Longmen Hill confrontation between two mountains, from Yi River flows and, in ancient times called Yique. The emperor moved the capital to Luoyang, the palace front gate is Yique, from now on, Yique were used to call Longmen. Longmen since ancient times for this pass, traffic hub, to a hotly contested spot for the military. Because the Shanqingshuixiu, beautiful environment, a pleasant climate, were included in the eight Luoyang king of the crown, the Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi once said: in all their wins, landscape, Longmen Yan, this element is men of literature and writing perspective tour resort. Because the stone fine, suitable for carving, so the ancients optional this built grotto. Here the green mountains and rivers, Vientiane Shenghui, Yi River thing Hill cliff caves and niches, such as dense dotted the hive. Longmen Grottoes built in Northern Wei Emperor Xiaowen moved the capital to Luoyang during (AD 493), the Eastern Wei, Northern Qi Dynasty, after the Western Wei, Sui, Tang, five generation, Song Dynasty more than 400 years of construction, the Northern Wei and Tang Dynasty large-scale construction for140 years, thereby forming a1 km long from north to south, with more than 2300 seats, caves and niches......余下全文>>