Longmen Grottoes
Luoyang City, Henan Province
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Identifier |
1003 |
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states |
cn |
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category |
cultural |
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criteria |
(i)(ii)(iii) |
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Title |
longmen grottoes |
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latitude |
34.4666671753 |
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longitude |
112.4666671753 |
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location |
luoyang city, henan province |
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Region |
asia and the pacific |
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year |
2000 |
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unique number |
1169 |
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description |
the grottoes and niches of longmen contain the largest and most impressive collection of chinese art of the late northern wei and tang dynasties (316-907). these works, entirely devoted to the buddhist religion, represent the high point of chinese stone carving. |
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justification |
criterion (i): the sculptures of the longmen grottoes are an outstanding manifestation of human artistic creativity.
criterion (ii): the longmen grottoes illustrate the perfection of a long-established art form which was to play a highly significant role in the cultural evolution of this region of asia.
criterion (iii): the high cultural level and sophisticated society of tang dynasty china is encapsulated in the exceptional stone carvings of the longmen grottoes. |
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