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The showstoppers at Longmen, carved in the years 680 and 675, respectively, are the Cave of Ten Thousand Buddhas (Wanfodong), with 15,000 little Buddhas carved into its niches, and the Honoring Ancestors Cave (Juxianshiku), constructed at the behest of Tang Empress Wu.
The name Longmen, which means “Dragon’s Gate,” might derive from the lie of the land here: cliffs standing like gate towers rise on either side of the River Yi.
Counted among the most precious of the grotto complexes in China, the Longmen Caves lie about 14 km (9 miles) south of Luoyang.
Longmen Caves
It is the largest cave at Longmen and the large Buddha inside it is said to bear the face of the never-humble Empress Wu herself.