. . . . "22"^^ . "1003"^^ . "Longmen Grottoes"@en . "24"^^ . "Cultural"@en . . . "i, ii, iii"@en . "The Longmen Grottoes (ch. \u9F8D\u9580\u77F3\u7A9F/ \u9F99\u95E8\u77F3\u7A9F, l\u00F3ngm\u00E9n sh\u00EDk\u016B; lit. Dragon's Gate Grottoes) or Longmen Caves are located 12 km south of present day Lu\u00F2y\u00E1ng in H\u00E9n\u00E1n province, China. The grottoes, which overwhelmingly depict Buddhist subjects, are densely dotted along the two mountains: Xiangshan (to the east) and Longmenshan (to the west). The Yi River flows northward between them. For this reason, the area used to be called Yique (The Gate of the Yi River). From north to south, the distance covered by grottoes is about one km. Along with the Mogao Caves and Yungang Grottoes, the Longmen Grottoes are one of the three most famous ancient sculptural sites in China. There are over 2100 niches, more than 100,000 statues, some 40 pagodas and 3600 tablets and steles in the caves of Guyang, Binyang and Lia"@en . . . "2000"^^ . . . "The Longmen Grottoes (ch. \u9F8D\u9580\u77F3\u7A9F/ \u9F99\u95E8\u77F3\u7A9F, l\u00F3ngm\u00E9n sh\u00EDk\u016B; lit. Dragon's Gate Grottoes) or Longmen Caves are located 12 km south of present day Lu\u00F2y\u00E1ng in H\u00E9n\u00E1n province, China. The grottoes, which overwhelmingly depict Buddhist subjects, are densely dotted along the two mountains: Xiangshan (to the east) and Longmenshan (to the west). The Yi River flows northward between them. For this reason, the area used to be called Yique (The Gate of the Yi River). From north to south, the distance covered by grottoes is about one km. Along with the Mogao Caves and Yungang Grottoes, the Longmen Grottoes are one of the three most famous ancient sculptural sites in China. There are over 2100 niches, more than 100,000 statues, some 40 pagodas and 3600 tablets and steles in the caves of Guyang, Binyang and Lianhua."@en . . . . . . . "Longmen Grottoes"@en . . .