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The Longmen Relics Care Agency was established in 1953 under the Ministry of Culture. [3] A 1954 site inventory was undertaken by the newly established Longmen Caves Cultural Relics Management and Conservation Office. The State Council declared the Longmen Grottoes as a national cultural monument needing special protection in 1961.
Caves are found around the world. The largest form in areas of karst landforms whose rocks dissolve easily. Preferable conditions for karst cave formation are adequate precipitation, enough plants and animals to produce ample carbon dioxide, and a landscape of gentle hills which drains slowly.
This list of longest caves by country includes the longest-known natural cave per country. To be listed, the caves must have been surveyed to cave surveying standards , and the results published in reliable sources.
North Binyang Cave interior. The rear and north walls are visible. (May, 2004) North Binyang Cave (simplified Chinese: 宾阳北洞; traditional Chinese: 賓陽北洞; pinyin: Bīnyáng Běi Dòng) is cave number 104 at the Longmen Grottoes near Luoyang, Henan, China.
The first caves were dug out in 366 CE as places of Buddhist meditation and worship; later the caves became a place of pilgrimage, and caves continued to be built at the site until the 14th century. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Mogao Caves are the best known of the Chinese Buddhist grottoes and, along with Longmen Grottoes and Yungang Grottoes , are one of ...
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
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
The main landscapes are travertine banks, colorful ponds and travertine waterfalls and caves. The main body of water starts from the ancient Buddhist/Benbo temple at the top of the valley and ends at the Guests Welcome Pond in the north with a length of 2.5 km and a width of 30–170m.