Lushena Buddha

We go out for a trip, always have to go to Longmen Grottoes, see the Lushena Buddha, blow the wind of Xiangshan Temple, feel the grandeur of the millennium grottoes! Some people say that watching the grottoes is very boring, and they don't want to go a second time after going once. I think that many things can only be understood but not expressed, and it is very interesting to feel the treasures of the millennium stone carving art with your heart. Bai Juyi also said: "The four suburbs of Luodu, the victory of mountains and rivers, Longmen is the first." We must always believe in the eyes of the ancients! The Longmen Grottoes scenic area is composed of four attractions: Xishan Grottoes, Dongshan Grottoes, Xiangshan Temple, and Baiyuan. The area is not small and there are many steps, which is quite tiring! 1⃣️Tickets🎫: Adults 90/person, half price for students, etc., you can search online for 99 yuan tickets, including Longmen Grottoes, Jiuzhou Pool, Yingtianmen, Paradise... 2⃣️ Transportation🚗: There are buses🚌 and taxis from the high-speed rail Longmen station, 10 yuan/person, taxi🚖 about 20. You can check the bus🚌 route by yourself if you start from the city, there are many, and you need to transfer to the bus from the subway🚇 line 2. 3⃣️There are two entrances: the Northwest Visitor Ticket Center and the Northeast Visitor Service Center. Choose the northwest gate to save time! 4⃣️Route: Xishan Grottoes➡️Cross Mingshui Bridge➡️Dongshan Grottoes➡️Xiangshan Temple➡️Baiyuan The Xishan Grottoes are the core of the scenic area, and the main grottoes are in Xishan, a spectacular group of grottoes. The scale of Dongshan Grottoes is not large, there are fewer grottoes, and those who are not interested can not visit, but you can take pictures of the grottoes group on the opposite bank from Dongshan, Lushena Buddha, etc. Walk from Xishan to Dongshan across the Mingshui Bridge, you can also take pictures of the landscape on the opposite bank without going up the mountain, there is a special viewing platform. Xiangshan Temple is on the top of Xiangshan, and you have to go up a steep step, which is not high. There is a villa where Chiang Kai-shek once lived. Personally, I think it can be filmed for photography, but there are not many landscapes. You can go if you have enough time! Baiyuan is the real tomb of Bai Juyi, there is a teahouse inside, if the weather is good, you can sit in the afternoon. Very comfortable! There is nothing else to see, you can ignore it if you are not interested! Next is the question that everyone cares about most, "Will the lights of the Longmen Grottoes be on? When will they be on" For the protection of cultural relics, the Longmen Grottoes have now stopped night tours, but the small Buddha niches use solar lights, so as long as the sun sets in the west (about 6 o'clock), the lights will still turn on automatically! The staff along the way all said that the lights would not be on. I suspect it was their unified rhetoric. Then around 6 o'clock, the staff of the battery car would keep shouting "Get off work, get off work, hurry up and take the car out of the park", in fact, there is no need to hurry, even without a battery car, it only takes 10 minutes to walk out of the scenic area from the Buddha Offering Platform. But what needs to be mentioned here is that the lights are all small Buddha niches. As for whether the Lushena Buddha niche will light up, it depends entirely on the Buddha's fate. Some bloggers say that it will light up around 7 o'clock. Anyway, when I went there, I waited until 7 o'clock and it didn't light up. People also left one after another, so I wish you good luck!

The Longmen, also known as Yique, are where the eastern and western mountains face each other, with the Yi River flowing through them. The story of the fish leaping through the Dragon's Gate took place here and has been passed down through the ages. How similar is the appearance of the giant Buddha of Lushena on the western mountain cliff to that of Empress Wu Zetian? The answer has already concluded on the stage of history, and we cannot know. Only the thousand grottoes sculptures reveal the past splendor and also protect the peace and tranquility of the world. 🕙 Business Hours: 08:00-18:00 (Ticket sales stop at 16:30) 🎫 Ticket Price: Adult ticket 90¥/person Concession ticket 45¥/person 📍 Detailed Address: No. 13, Longmen Middle Street, Luolong District, Luoyang City, Henan Province 🚉 Transportation Strategy: To reach the entrance of the scenic area, one must walk in, and there is a sightseeing car available directly to the area, costing 10¥ per trip

If this is your first time to Luoyang Longmen Grottoes as the iconic scenic spot of Luoyang I suggest you go to Longmen Grottoes for the first stop - Tour order🚶🚶 It is recommended to enter from the northwest gate, walk about ten minutes after getting off the car to the ticket inspection entrance, and then go around and exit from the northeast gate - Transportation🚗 1⃣️Bus: There is a direct bus to Longmen Grottoes 2⃣️Taxi: About 30 minutes by taxi from Luoyang city - Tour route Northwest gate of Longmen Grottoes➡️Lushena Buddha➡️East Mountain Grottoes➡️Buddha Viewing Platform➡️Xiangshan Temple - Photo location📸📸 ✅Taking pictures directly below the Buddha has a strong visual impact🌟 ✅The railings on both sides of the Buddha, the location near the basin is quite good, you can perfectly avoid the crowd🆒 ✅Also, on the opposite side of the Buddha's river, that is, at the position of the Buddha Viewing Platform, using the zoom telephoto mode of the lens, you can take pictures of the combination of the real and the Buddha, and the atmosphere is full🔥 - Play tips📝 1⃣️Longmen Grottoes ticket🎫90, half price for the elderly, students and teachers 45 2⃣️The scenic area is a one-way tour route, and you cannot enter for the second time after exiting the west gate of the grottoes 3⃣️It is recommended to bring your own mineral water and snacks, the price of things in the scenic area is slightly expensive 4⃣️The probability of the night view of Longmen Grottoes is very, very small, the lights are random, so don't have too high expectations 5⃣️It is recommended to go in the morning, there are fewer people, and the photos are taken in the light, and the effect is good📸 6⃣️It takes about 2-3 hours to stroll around the Longmen Grottoes scenic area

Each province has a prominent internet-famous city. Only Henan does not, Shandong has Zibo, Shaanxi has Xi'an, Sichuan has Chengdu, Zhejiang has Hangzhou... If Henan were to choose an internet-famous city, it would undoubtedly be Luoyang! Luoyang has the strongest internet-famous city genes. From Henan Satellite TV's 'Tang Palace Night Banquet', 'Luo Shen Water Fu', 'Longmen Diamond', to the popular TV series 'Wind Rises Luoyang'... Luoyang has always been busy. Luoyang is Henan's 'millennium second'. It has the most domineering name in the country, also known as 'China', and 'God's Capital'. Looking at the whole network, there is no second city name that is so loud! Although Luoyang's GDP is less than half of the provincial capital Zhengzhou, it can crush Zhengzhou in terms of fame. Luoyang is known as the 'ancient capital of thirteen dynasties'! It has been the capital for more than 1500 years, and a total of 105 emperors have clocked in at Luoyang. It's a real fighter in the imperial capital! It's not an exaggeration to say that Chinese culture was born in Luoyang. Luoyang is a city chosen by heaven, born with a golden spoon. Luoyang has three unique features: water banquet, peony, and grottoes. Today we are going to Luoyang's Longmen Grottoes It is the ceiling of Chinese grotto art. Entering the Longmen Grottoes, you can understand why Lushena is known as the largest and most carved grotto. From the entrance and exit of the scenic spot to Longmen and then to the grottoes, it seems to have traveled through time and space, from modern society back to more than 1500 years ago, standing in front of such grottoes deeply feel the power of history, and also sigh at the insignificance of individuals. Lushena in Sanskrit means 'light shines everywhere, light is universal'. It is said to be modeled after Wu Zetian. It is said that one morning, Wu Zetian was dressing up, and Emperor Tang Gaozong praised her for her dignified appearance, elegant and noble, with the demeanor of a Bodhisattva. Wu Zetian replied, no matter how good it is, it will be a pile of dry bones after a hundred years, who knows what I look like. Tang Gaozong decided to carve a large Buddha statue according to Wu Zetian's portrait. In order to make this statue more exquisite and last forever, Wu Zetian also donated 20,000 guan of rouge and powder money. Scenic spots: The Longmen Grottoes are very large, divided into West Mountain Grottoes, East Mountain Grottoes, Xiangshan Temple, Baiyuan, it takes 4-5h to visit all Route: Buy tickets online and navigate to the Dashi Gate ticket check, go straight in, don't go to the service Z heart, otherwise it will take more than 20 minutes Explanation: Ticket check point interpreter, 30/person, deposit 200, can also be explained in real time positioning in the Longmen Grottoes applet Play: Longmen Ancient Street→West Mountain Grottoes→Manshui Bridge→East Mountain Grottoes→Buddha Worship Platform→Xiangshan Temple→Baiyuan (single line tour of the scenic spot, no backtracking) Scenic spot introduction 1⃣West Mountain Grottoes: Most of the scenic spots are here, you can spend more time visiting and taking photos 2⃣East Mountain Grottoes: There are fewer grottoes here, and they are very small, and can be visited quickly 3⃣Buddha Worship Platform: Here you can take a panoramic view of the Lushena Buddha (it is said to be carved according to Wu Zetian's face), very photogenic, 200 meters ahead of Manshui Bridge 4⃣Xiangshan Temple: The temple is not big, you need to climb stairs, the steps are very high and steep, it is quite tiring, you can go and see if you have time 5⃣Baiyuan: Bai Juyi's cemetery, divided into Qinggu, tomb body, poetry gallery three parts If you have enough physical strength, you can visit the East Mountain Grottoes, Xiangshan Temple, and Baiyuan. If you don't have enough physical strength and time, it's worth just visiting the West Mountain Grottoes. I haven't seen the night view, I don't know if there are still lights on 📝Note tips: The journey back is a bit far, but it's only a 15-minute walk If you don't want to walk, you can take a sightseeing bus, 10r/person You can bring some supplies and water, the scenic spot is slightly expensive