Longmen Grottoes, the most beautiful Guanyin statue of the body is characterized by a graceful, delicate and smooth carving.

Longmen Grottoes Wanfo Cave Guanyin statue, 85 centimeters high, the statue of leisurely and reserved look, slender and graceful posture, delicate and smooth carving, was known as the Longmen "the most beautiful Guanyin statue".

It is said that when the Peking Opera master Mr. Mei Lanfang in the shape of "Luo Shen" this image, coincided with a visit to the Longmen Grottoes, see this Guanyin statue, get enlightenment, Luo Shen role can therefore be reshaped, leaving the world a classic hard to surpass.

But regrettably, the most reflective of its divine temperament of the five parts of the body has been damaged, greatly affecting the visitors to her complete perception of compassion and solemnity.

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As a World Heritage Site, the Longmen Grottoes currently contain 2,345 niches and more than 100,000 statues, many of which have collapsed over the millennia of their history or were stolen and cut up and dispersed in the 1920s and 1930s.

Today, through digital technology, these statues of the body and head separated from the world in front of the world, but also let the world cultural heritage to shine more glamorous charm.

Longmen Grottoes Research Institute director Shi Jiazhen said, in order to make the collection of cultural relics in the museum, displayed in the vast land heritage, written in the ancient text are alive, which is the new era under the Longmen Grottoes of 'cultural relics revitalization' and 'cultural heritage This is the new era of Longmen Grottoes 'heritage revitalization' and 'cultural heritage' put forward higher requirements, but also the direction of our next step.

References to the above: Luoyang network - CCTV "open class on archaeology" focus on the recovery of cultural relics in the Longmen Grottoes