Wanfo Mountain Grottoes

After more than an hour's drive, but still five kilometers of mountain dirt road. Occasionally cars roared past, the dust swarmed on the body, and the cockroaches couldn't fall off. The freshly washed clothes were heavy and gray. "This road will not be easy," I thought silently, "even in this wilderness, it is difficult to keep the beauty for a long time." Very close, you can see a pavilion or two from a distance. Surrounded by a barren, quiet, the sound of the Northern Wei has not been able to walk through time to this day. It is hard to imagine how people had picked up such ingenuity and chiseled such exquisite works in this mountain 1,500 years ago. I finally saw the face of the grottoes after turning the last corner and climbing a few steps, but I did not see the magnificent and stunning grottoes that I expected. It is more like ruins, with a lonely and wolverine. On the cave, it is written with a big thinness, but it is not a thin thin skin, but a thin skin, a thin skin. According to the grotto administrator, the Wanfoshan grotto has experienced many destructions and is no longer like it. The gonggu cave of the monastery, only the huge central square tower columns linger, the southern remaining Buddha statues flashing, let people speculate from the sky its original fine carving; The big Buddha in the upper temple nearly five meters away from the big Buddha was left with two arms and a blurred face. The second Buddha was also left on the upper body. Many small Buddha statues in the east cave were missing; there were thousands of small Buddha statues on the rock wall above the lotus cave, but it was blown up in the later opening of the mountain to collect stones. Quarrying, becoming the most color-changing vocabulary in Wanfoshan, no matter the dynasties, it is inevitable to come here to open the mountain to pick up stones, processed into drum stones, lotus pillars, or town tomb beasts and town house stone lions. The faint chisel axes of the sputum echoed in the deep and long valley, a little bit of it nibbled away the original appearance of the Wanfoshan Grottoes. But in the ruins of the scattered land, something attracted my attention. It was a huge number of rare and exquisite "lifo maps", the scale of the unique. The discovery of these patterns almost filled the two dents of the Longmen Grottoes. In addition, the lotus flower algae well on the east side of the double cave in the upper temple was changed to a Taiji map made up of yin and yang fish, which is said to be painted by the late Qing Taoists, which coincides with Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes and Longmen Guyang Cave. This magical operation of changing and "Buddhist change" is really amazing. There is also a lion next to the bhikuni on the north wall of this cave, with thin bones and a figure similar to a lying cat, which is quite interesting. I heard that I had to walk a few kilometers down the mountain, and the young man who cared for the grotto came out on a motorcycle and insisted on taking me a ride. On the way, I learned that he was a Buddhist, gave up the opportunity to work in the city, and volunteered to stay to protect the treasure trove left by the old ancestors. Not long after, the motorcycle suddenly entered the station, he insisted on accompanying me until the long-distance bus arrived. In this remote mountain, some Buddha statues lacked their heads, some lacked their faces, but piety and kindness were completely preserved. Beauty is indeed accidental, but it does not matter for long, as long as a moment is enough to touch the heart. - - -📍 Detailed address: Dongtou North of Dachaihe Reservoir, Jiyuan City, Henan Province - -⚠️ Regarding epidemic prevention: This location is in the middle of Luoyang and Jiyuan, which belongs to Jiyuan, but the actual test is not displayed on the itinerary code, and it may be just under 4 hours - -🕙 Business hours: The iron gate in front of the grotto is locked, and there is no time limit for shooting through the iron gate--🚌 Traffic Raiders: Luoyang Bus Station takes No. 936 to the crossroads or store station in front of Potou, and then follow the navigation for a few kilometers. Self-driving can follow the navigation directly, the map is included, the location is very accurate - -🗺 Related attractions: Longmen Grottoes, Shuiquan Grottoes, Hutou Temple Grottoes - -💰 Per capita consumption: free attractions, no tickets required #Surrounding travel peace of mind #Chong Ah Lang People #Exploring the treasure trove of stone art #History and ancient times Trail #Small Discovery

A lot of destruction, a little left, walking is OK.

Known as Wanfoshan, it is destroyed, only more than 100.