Gongyi Grotto Temple Travel Guide

Scenic spot introduction:

Gongyi Grotto Temple was founded during the period of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty. It is one of the large-scale royal grottoes used to hold Buddhist rituals in the Northern Wei Dynasty. It is also the starting point of the land route of the world-famous Silk Road. Later dynasties successively carved niches and statues here. There are now five caves, more than 300 Buddhist niches, and 7,743 statues, which are of high artistic and historical value. Gongyi Grottoes is a grotto excavated after the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang. It was called Xixuan Temple when it was first built. It was renamed Pure Land Temple in the early Tang Dynasty and was renamed Grotto Temple in the Song Dynasty.

Attractions distribution:

The cave temple has beautiful scenery and was praised as "a secluded resort on the misty bank of the stream" in ancient times. The Gongyi Grottoes have a history of more than 1,500 years. There are a large number of precious statues and inscriptions in existence. The pictures of Feitian, Emperor and Queen paying homage to Buddha are perfectly composed and well preserved. They can be called national treasures. They occupy an important position in the history of sculpture art and have high historical, artistic and scientific value. The main attractions of the Grotto Temple are the pictures of emperors and empresses worshiping Buddha, inscriptions on stele, flying statues, the picture of emperors and queens worshiping Buddha in the fourth cave, the top of the cave, the musicians, the thousand Buddha niches, the square caisson, the forest of steles, the Han Dynasty cave dwellings, the Tang pagoda, and the Heluo intersection. wait.

Scenic spot qualifications:

National 3A scenic spot, national cultural relics protection unit

Scenic spot features:

history, grottoes, culture, grottoes