Middle Binyang Cave

Visitor information

Also known as

宾阳中洞

City

Luoyang

Address

Luoyang City, Henan Province

Coordinates

34.5570172, 112.4706663

About Middle Binyang Cave

Binyang Middle Cave is located on the west mountain of Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang City, Henan Province. "Binyang" means welcoming the rising sun. The cave was excavated in the early Jingming Dynasty (500 AD) of Emperor Xuanwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Emperor Xuanwu built the Gongde Grotto for his father, Emperor Xiaowen. It lasted 24 years and employed a total of more than 800,000 people. Due to the influence of the palace coup and war in the Northern Wei Dynasty, of the three caves originally planned to be built, only the main statue in the middle cave was completed, and the south and north caves were completed in the early Tang Dynasty. The cave is in the shape of a horseshoe, with a lotus caisson and a relief sculpture of Jile Tian carved in the center of the dome. The main image is the theme of the Third Buddha, with a total of 11 large images.

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• The Longmen Grottoes 12 — 5A
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• Luanchuan Cymbidium (Huilan) Culture Industrial Park — 4A
• Luoyi Ancient City 3 — 4A

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