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Longmen (caves) |
Note: Located S of city of Luoyang; site of famous art grottoes, comprising over 2,000 caves & nearly 100,000 statues; caves contain Buddhist temples filled with important stone sculptures, paintings, & other artifacts. |
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| Longmen (preferred,C,V)
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| Lung-Men (C,V)
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............ | Wade-Giles name |
| Longmen Grottoes (C,O)
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| Yi Que (H,V)
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............ | ancient name of the site, meaning "gate of the Yi river" |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Henan (province) (P) |
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| caves (preferred, C) |
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| sacred site (C) |
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carvings in Buddhist caves here began in AD 493, when Emperor Xiao Wen Di moved his capital to Luoyang |
| archaeological site (C) |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Longmen Grottoes.......... |
[VP] |
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Longmen (1999) accessed 08/01/99 |
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