Xishan Grottoes

Longmen Grottoes is bounded by Yihe River. It is divided into two Grottoes: Xishan and Dongshan. The Xishan grottoes were excavated in the Northern Dynasties and Sui and Tang Dynasties. It is the most complete and the most essential part of Longmen Grottoes.

Xishan Grottoes include Qianxi temple, Binyang three caves, Wanfo cave, Lianhua cave, Fengxian Temple, Guyang cave, Yaofang cave and other famous caves. Among them, the most famous are the Lushena Buddha in Fengxian Temple and the 19 of the "Longmen 20 products" in Guyang cave.

Lushena Buddha is created according to the image of Wu Zetian. It is more than 17 meters high. It is flanked by two disciples, JIAYE and Ananda. There are also nine statues of the Buddha, which are reserved and dignified, the king of heaven, and the aggressive warrior. There are 15000 small Buddhas on the north and south sides of the Wanfo cave, and more than 150 kinds of prescriptions are carved on both sides of the prescription cave, which is the earliest existing stone prescription in China.

Xishan Grottoes

Xishan Grottoes scenic area is located on the Bank of Taohua river with beautiful scenery in Guilin. It has a long history. It is a thousand year old natural cave integrating Buddhist culture, history and cultural landscape, and mainly for sightseeing.

geographical position

Xishan Grottoes Scenic Area

It is located on the Bank of Taohua River in Guilin. It is the birthplace of human landscape in Guilin.

Famous landscape

Xishan Grottoes scenic area has a long history. It is a thousand year old natural karst cave with Buddhist culture and history.

The natural karst cave has three largest caves in the world.

Thousand-hand Bodhisattva

The world's most famous "thousand hands and thousand eyes" Avalokitesvara, with 1280 hands and eyes, is the only "thousand hands and thousand eyes" Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva in the cave, which is 6 meters high and 13 meters wide, with 1280 hands and eyes. When viewed from the front, the fingers are slender and long, with a variety of shapes, just like a peacock, which is very spectacular.

Reclining Buddha

The largest reclining Buddha in the cave in the world is the largest reclining Buddha in the cave. Using the natural rocks in the cave, he created the largest "Nirvana statue" of Sakyamuni, which is 43 meters long in the cave of the world. His face is full and round, his ears are big, and he lies on his side, facing the Western Paradise.

It was before master Jianzhen's sixth eastward voyage that he came here to find the reclining Buddha and meditated in the cave for a year.

Baidi relief

"Baidi relief" is the longest corridor in the world. "Baidi relief" is a two meter high and 200 meter long relief of Baidi. It is carved with the historical background of the relevant characters to record the merits and demerits of the emperors of all dynasties. The plot is vivid, full of wit and ingenuity, which makes the still painting extremely dynamic and condenses the history of the Chinese millennium.

Adjacent landscape

Five hundred arhat Hall

"Five hundred Arhats hall": it is the only "five hundred Arhats hall" in South China, which worships five hundred Arhats of different shapes and names. It is said that all living beings in this world are reincarnation of each arhat; tourists can find their own arhat status in the previous life from 500 Arhats.

Zodiac cave

In addition, there are "twelve zodiac cave", "release pool" and a series of historical and cultural landscapes in the cave,

The scenic spot is a thousand year old cave integrating Buddhist grottoes, historical culture and unique human landscape.

Address: Longmen Grottoes scenic area, Luoyang

Longitude: 112.475337982

Latitude: 34.55794855914

Tour time: 2 hours

Transportation information: to get to the scenic spot: take bus No.1, 57, 82, 334, 335 and get off at Longmen Grottoes station;

Traffic in the scenic area:

Battery car: in addition to walking, tourists can also choose the battery car in the scenic area for sightseeing. 2 yuan per station, 10 yuan for the whole journey;

Route 1: parking lot - Central Plaza - ticket office - terminal;

Route 2: lifotai xiangshansi Baiyuan Daqiao West terminal station;

Cruise: cruise service is provided in the scenic area. The route is from fengxiansi Wharf in Xishan to Baiyuan Wharf in Dongshan. The whole journey is about 15 minutes. The ticket price is 20 yuan / person (cruise hotline: 0379-65980287)

Ticket information: included in the ticket of Longmen Grottoes

Opening hours: February 1 - March 31: 8:00-17:00, closing time: 18:00;

April 1 - October 7: ticket selling 7:30-17:30, closing 18:30;

October 8 - October 31: ticket selling 7:30-17:00, closing 18:00;

November 1 - January 31: 8:00-16:00, closed at 17:30;

Ticket selling time: 19:00-20:40 (stop at 21:00);

Light on time: 19:30;

Clearance time: stop entering at 21:00, Xishan Grottoes closed at 21:00

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