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The damaged statues at Longmen Grottoes Royalty Free Stock Photo

Longmen Grottoes hillside with carved Buddha statues caves, Luoyang, China Royalty Free Stock Photo

Longmen Grottoes hillside, which contains hundreds of caves with carved Buddha statues Royalty Free Stock Photo

Buddha sculpture in cave interior of Luoyang Longmen Grottoes, Henan, China Royalty Free Stock Photo

Buddhist Longmen Caves or Dragons Gate Grottoes, Louyang, Henan, China are one of the finest examples of Chinese Buddhist art, ho Royalty Free Stock Photo

Statues in Longmen Grottoes, Luoyang, Henan, China Royalty Free Stock Photo

This photo shows the damaged statues at Longmen Grottoes, which is located on both banks of the Yi River, 13 kilometers south of Luoyang City, Henan province, China. Longmen Grottoes have been the choice of the imperial members and nobles of the Northern Wei and Tang Dynasty to make vows and create statues. there are lots of damages to the statues.The most of them happened during the Cultural Revolution, which is between 1966 and 1976.