It is suggested that you should arrive at Luoyang Railway Station one afternoon or evening in advance, and then stop at the railway station for two hours.
Find a hotel three kilometers away, such as Jinjiang Inn in Luoyang. The budget hotel is not very expensive (check all hotels near the railway station), and it is about 1.5 km away from the railway station, which is relatively quiet. You can take a walk after dinner and enjoy the classical beauty of Luoyang. Suggested itinerary: Longmen Grottoes-Guanlin
Tips: I live in the railway station, because it is close to the tourist attractions to be visited the next day. If I live in the urban area, it takes one and a half hours from the railway station to the urban area, and then it takes more than one hour from the urban area to the Longmen Grottoes the next day. This is a bit of a waste of time.
First stop: Longmen Grottoes (morning): Ximen Grottoes-Dongmen Grottoes-Xiangshan-Baiyuan D 1: After a night of charging, a new day can start a new journey. Breakfast can be eaten in the restaurant, because there seems to be no special snacks near Luoyang Railway Station. Transportation: Take bus No.81near the railway station at around 7: 30 in the morning, and you can go directly to Longmen Grottoes (about one hour). Ticket price 1.5 yuan.
Ticket price: cross the road after getting off, and walk from the roadbed under the steps to the ticket office at the north gate. Ticket price 120 yuan, besides Longmen Grottoes, it also includes Baiyuan, Xiangshan Temple and Dongmen Grottoes. Not just selling tickets.
(1) Ximen Grottoes
There are many Buddha statues in the grottoes, each with its own characteristics. You can take more pictures. There are many Buddha statues and caves here, and there is no specific route. You can go to caves anywhere you like. For example, you can go to Fengxian Temple first, which is the largest open-air Buddhist shrine in Longmen Grottoes, because there is the largest and highest Buddha statue-Rushena Buddha statue, which is a very worthwhile attraction!
Then go to another famous cave-Binyang Cave, where you can see 1 1 Giant Buddha. Sakyamuni, the Lord, is a masterpiece of stone carving art in the mid-Northern Wei Dynasty.
There is also a prescription cave, which is still a Buddha statue, but the prescription of malaria and distress disease of 140 is carved in the cave, which is very good and is a work of the Tang Dynasty!
There is a statue of Buddha Sakyamuni in the Lotus Cave, which is 5. 10 meters high. Although the head and face were stolen, you can still see the Buddha's hands reaching forward. Moreover, the grottoes in the cave are beautifully composed, including pointed arches, lintel arches, eaves arches, wreaths, curtains, tassels, moire patterns, geometric patterns, lotus flowers, precious flowers and so on, which are full of changes. The high relief at the top of the cave is a beautiful big lotus. There are six large-scale flies flying in the wind in the high relief next to it, which are graceful and lifelike and worth seeing.
Another interesting cave is the Wanfo Cave, named after the 15000 small Buddha statues carved neatly on the north and south sides of the cave. Each small Buddha is only 4 cm high, and the cave has a front and back chamber structure. There are two strong men and two lions in the front room, and a Buddha, two disciples, two bodhisattvas and two heavenly kings in the back room. It is the most complete cave in Longmen Grottoes. There is a beautiful lotus at the top of the cave, surrounded by inscriptions.
Guyang Cave in Nanshan is also very famous, so you can go and have a look, because it is the earliest cave excavated in Longmen Grottoes, with rich contents. (2) Dongmen Grottoes
After seeing Ximen Grottoes, you can cross the Yihe Bridge and then go to Dongmen Grottoes. The steps of Dongmen Grottoes are steep. Although the number of Buddha statues is not as good as that of Ximen Grottoes in attracting tourists, it is for these reasons that Dongmen Grottoes add a bit of silence and solemnity. After crossing an aerial pontoon bridge and reaching a small hole, although the Buddha statue no longer exists, tourists still like to put small coins and banknotes into it to pray for the blessing and protection of the gods.
(3) Xiangshan
When you get off the East Gate Grottoes, you can go directly to Xiangshan. There are not many roads, and the scenery is good!
Xiangshan Temple is located in Dongshan, Longmen, Luoyang. Xiangshan is named because it produces fragrant kudzu. Bai Juyi once wrote, "Luodu has four suburbs, mountains and rivers win, and Longmen is the first." Ten temples in Longmen, the victory of sightseeing, are the first in Xiangshan. "On the column posted below Xiangshan Temple, you can see national celebrities who have been to Xiangshan Temple, including people in politics, military and business. Above Xiangshan Temple is another world, quiet and cool, and it is also a famous summer resort. You can take a photo with Qianlong in the house where the golden statue of Qianlong is displayed! Kannonji in the back is also very good. After entering, it was very quiet. Coupled with the solemnity of Master Guanyin, people can't help but be solemn. (4) White Garden
Leave Xiangshan Temple and continue to the west, and you can reach the legendary White Garden! In fact, the scenery of Baiyuan Garden is not very beautiful, but it is because of Bai Letian, Baiyuan Garden and even the whole Longmen that it is more distinctive. But the vegetation here is very good and the environment is very good. There are many overseas Bai descendants here. After many years overseas, they came back to find their roots and ancestors, went to the White Garden for a little repair and carved their names on stones. Tip: It takes about two to three hours to swim down the Longmen Grottoes! Lunch: It is suggested to eat some snacks or go to a small restaurant near the scenic spot, which can save money and enjoy Luoyang snacks, such as non-turning soup, Hu spicy soup, donkey broth, noodle soup, jiaozi and paste noodles. These are all delicious and cheap, all within four yuan! Second stop, Guanlin (afternoon)
Guanlin in Luoyang, one of the three famous temples at home and abroad, is the only ancient classic building complex integrating burial, temple and forest in China, and it is also a national AAAA-level tourist attraction.
Transportation: You can walk to Guanlin South Station first, then take bus No.80 or No.66 and get off at Longmen University.
Get off at the south intersection of Daoguanlin and walk to Guanlin. The whole journey takes about 20 minutes. Ticket price: 30 yuan/person
After buying the ticket, on the way from Guan Sheng Street to the scenic spot, the first thing I saw was a stone archway built in the Qing Dynasty. It is carved into western moire and Wu Yun, which is rich and brilliant, while the East is a god, a life, vigorous and upright, creating a solemn atmosphere for tourists to enter Guanlin.
There is an open-air square outside Guanlin Gate. According to legend, there are three major festivals, namely, spring, summer and autumn, on the 13th day of the first lunar month, May 13th and September 13th. The dance building facing the gate in the square was built by merchants from Henan, Anhui, Shaanxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang during the Qianlong period. It is called Qian Qiu Jianlou, and takes the ancient as a mirror.
There are two gates in Guanlin, both of which are spectacular and worth seeing! The second door is the instrument door. The iron lion in front of the instrument is very interesting. You can take a closer look. Behind the instrument door is the worship hall, where you can see the so-called "flying dragon in the sky"
The most worthwhile place to visit Guanlin is Guanzhong, especially our compatriots in Taiwan Province Province. In front of Guanzhong, there are two stone archways. On the first floor, the tomb of Hanshou Pavilion is engraved, and on the second floor, the tomb of Central and Wan Chai is engraved.
Third stop, Laoji snack street.
The snacks in Laoji Snack Street are authentic, delicious and cheap!
Transportation: Walk to Hongqi Lane Station in Guanlin, then take Bus No.58 and get off at Laoji Station for about 40 minutes.
Here you can eat non-turning soup, donkey broth, Hu spicy soup, glutinous rice balls, paste noodles, beef soup and so on. The price is cheap and the taste is super positive. Of course, when you arrive in Luoyang, you must try the Luoyang water mat.
The price is not very expensive, almost 6.0/ bowl, and the taste is not bad. You can try Laoji Night Market. Tips: It is close to Luoyang Railway Station, about 20 minutes' drive. You can take bus No.56 and get off at Luoyang Railway Station, then walk to the hotel. If you are in a hurry, you can also go directly to the train station to buy a ticket to go home. If you go shopping, you can go to Xiguan or Youth Palace in the old city, because these places have complete grades and reasonable prices.
It is recommended to taste Luoyang Yan, Luoyang pork slices and Luoyang boiled goods. It's really different There are many local snacks in Luoyang, such as paste noodles, confused noodles and instant noodles jiaozi. You can try.
2. In addition, Luoyang's delicious food is Luoyang's soup, including mutton soup, beef soup, donkey broth, bean curd soup and meatball soup ... There are many varieties, each with its own taste. Southerners may not like it, but I still recommend it because it is very distinctive and delicious. When choosing a soup restaurant, just look at whether its business is booming, and you will know how it tastes. If there are many people inside, you can go in and drink. Breakfast soup, the price is generally 2-3 yuan a bowl, very cheap.