Longmen Grottoes, one of the four largest grottoes in China, is located in the southern suburb of Luoyang13km. Green mountains and green waters are shining here. As early as 196 1, it was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit in the State Council, and 1982 was announced as the first batch of national scenic spots in the State Council. In June 2000, Longmen Grottoes was listed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO.

Its font is the so-called "Wei stele". These inscriptions did not receive special attention in the early days. The Longmen statue appeared in front of the world only after Huang Yi (Komatsu), a famous calligrapher and seal engraver in Qing Dynasty, visited Tuo. Luo Zhenyu's Record of the Stone Corner said: "At first, Huang only expanded the stone statues of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and later added Sun Qiusheng and Wei." Later, people increased it to ten, and then to twenty.

The Cultural Heritage Value of Longmen Grottoes

Longmen Grottoes are large in scale, magnificent in momentum, exquisitely carved and rich in content and subject matter, and are regarded as one of the greatest treasures of world classical art.. With its own systematic and unique language of sculpture art, it reveals various laws and rules of sculpture art creation. From the beginning, the sculpture art of Longmen Grottoes has been integrated with the understanding and strong pursuit of national aesthetic consciousness and form, which makes the grotto art show the trend of China and secularization, which can be called a "milestone" to show the artistic transformation of China Grottoes.