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Guyangdong, or Guyang Cave, or Old Sun Cave, is recorded as the oldest Longmen cave with carvings in the Northern Wei style. It is also the largest cave, located in the central part of the west hill. It was carved under the orders of Emperor Xiaowen. The earliest carving in this limestone cave has been now dated at 478 AD, during the period ...
Mountain Lu National Park * Jiangxi: 1996 ii, iii, iv, vi The park is known for its granite peaks, dense vegetation, waterfalls, and cloud-covered landscapes and has served as a retreat for scholars, artists, and political figures throughout Chinese history, influencing poetry, painting, and philosophy.
Middle Binyang Cave (simplified Chinese: 宾阳中洞; traditional Chinese: 賓陽中洞; pinyin: Bīnyáng Zhōng Dòng) is cave number 140 at the Longmen Grottoes near Luoyang, Henan, China. Dimensions
Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves: Bingling Temple: Binyang Middle: Binyang North: Binyang South: Dazu Rock Carvings: Hidden Stream Temple Cave: Kizil Caves: Kumtura Thousand Buddha Caves: Lingyin Temple: Longmen Grottoes: Maijishan Grottoes: Located in Gansu Province. Mogao Caves: Located in Gansu Province. Tuoshan: Western Thousand Buddha Caves ...
Longmen County, alternately romanized as Lungmoon, [a] is a county of Guangdong, China, administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Huizhou. In 2020, Longmen County had a population of 319,183 residing in an area of 2,295 square kilometers (886 sq mi).
Hailuogou is a glacier national park located southeast of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province. It is by the east face of Mount Gongga(Miya Konka) at the east boundary of Eastern Tibetan Plateau. Inside this park there are hanging glaciers, hundreds of ice caves, giant icefalls and quiet forest.
Longmen (simplified Chinese: 龙门; traditional Chinese: 龍門; pinyin: Lóngmén; lit. 'dragon gate') may refer to: Longmen (mythology) , The Dragon Gate in Chinese mythology, located at the top of a waterfall cascading from a legendary mountain
The danxia landform is named after Mount Danxia, one of the most famous examples of the danxia landform. A very peculiar feature of danxia landscape is the development of numerous caves of various sizes and shapes. The caves tend to be shallow and isolated, unlike true karst terrain where caves tend to form deep, interconnecting networks.