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Take a night tour in Henan's Longmen Grottoes
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Visitors crowd in front of the Buddha statues at the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province on October 26, 2023, as it opens night tours to the visitors. /IC
Visitors crowd in front of the Buddha statues at the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province on October 26, 2023, as it opens night tours to the visitors. /IC

Visitors crowd in front of the Buddha statues at the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province on October 26, 2023, as it opens night tours to the visitors. /IC

Buddha statues of Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, are illuminated at night in this photo taken on October 26, 2023. /IC
Buddha statues of Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, are illuminated at night in this photo taken on October 26, 2023. /IC

Buddha statues of Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, are illuminated at night in this photo taken on October 26, 2023. /IC

A Buddha statue of Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, is illuminated at night in this photo taken on October 26, 2023. /IC
A Buddha statue of Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, is illuminated at night in this photo taken on October 26, 2023. /IC

A Buddha statue of Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, is illuminated at night in this photo taken on October 26, 2023. /IC

The illumination at night offers the Buddha statues an aura of mystery and grandeur. /IC
The illumination at night offers the Buddha statues an aura of mystery and grandeur. /IC

The illumination at night offers the Buddha statues an aura of mystery and grandeur. /IC

A Buddha statue of Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, is illuminated at night in this photo taken on October 26, 2023. /IC
A Buddha statue of Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, is illuminated at night in this photo taken on October 26, 2023. /IC

A Buddha statue of Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, is illuminated at night in this photo taken on October 26, 2023. /IC

As night falls, Buddha statues standing in the world heritage Longmen Grottoes are lit up and welcome visitors into an amazing ambience. The evening light endows the 1,500-year-old statues with an aura of mystery and spectacularity. This is part of Luoyang city's efforts to promote night tours around the famous heritage site.

Located in Luoyang, Henan Province, the Longmen Grottoes is considered a treasure trove of Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) and Tang Dynasty (618-907) Buddhist art, featuring over 100,000 statues and images in more than 2,300 grottoes and niches.    

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