Longmen Grottoes

The Grottoes consist of 1,400 caves filled with a total of over 100,000 statues. The statues range from just a few inches tall to 57 feet high. These ancient caves are just another of a ton of examples of beautiful Buddhist architecture and design. They were said to be excavated from around 493 A.D. to 1127 A.D. The caves stretch for 1 full kilometer and are carved out of limestone.