The Longmen Grottoes is the key tourist and scenic spot in Luoyang. Located in the southern out skirts of Luoyang, on both banks of the Yi River about 13 kilometers to the downtown of the city, the Longmen Grottoes is one of e three famous treasure houses of stone sculpture in China. Here two hills confront each other with the Yi River flowing between, just like a pair of Chinese gate towers; so it was called "Yi Que."(gatetowers of the Yi River) in the Zhou and Qin Dynasty. What's more, because it is located to the south of the Imperial City. Luoyang just like the gate to it, is also named "Longmen”.

Spanning a length of over 1,000 meters, the grottoes were chiseled on the cliffs of both banks of the Yi River. The scene of Longmen and its surroundings is very beautiful, because the "Longmen Mountain scene" ranks first place of the "Eight Scenic Spots of Luoyang". The grottoes were first sculptured and chiseled around the year when Emperor Xiaowen moved the capital to Luoyang in Northern Wei Dynasty. The entire construction of Longmen Grottoes lasted r over 400 years. Today, there are still 2,100 caves and niches, 100,000 Buddhist images, more than 3,600 inscribed tablets and 43 Buddhist pagodas remaining. Among the Buddhist images, the biggest stands 17.14 meters high while the smallest only 2 centimeters.
There are many caves and grottoes such as Qianxi Temple, Binyang Cave, Ten-thousand Buddhists Cave, Lotus Cave and Fengxian Temple, among which the Fengxian Temple is the most famous.. Located on the slope of the hill on the western bank of the Yi River with a horizontal depth of 38.7 meters and a south-to-north width of 33.5 meters, the Fengxian Temple is the largest one in the Longmen Grottoes. Sitting on the "Xumi" position, the chief statue Buddhist Lushena reaches a height of 17.14 meters; the head is 4 meters high and the ear, 1.9 meters. It wears a cheerful look with a shallow smile on its face. The whole statue is lively and vivid.

As one of the three great Buddhist treasures, the Buddhist statues in Longmen Grottoes are exquisitely caved and beautifully shaped, all presenting a vivid appearance of a dignified manner and delicate look. The Buddhist statues in Longmen Grottoes are an embodiment of a peculiar and extraordinary style of sculpture of Buddhist. Statues of the Chinese people, which also occupied a very important place in the Chinese art of sculpture. What's more, with broad breadth of spirit, profound implication and beautiful workmanship, the Longmen Grottoes is a bright pearl in the artistic treasure house of sculpture of the world.