First of all, it should be clarified that the grottoes were not destroyed because of the protection of local universities during the Cultural Revolution. On the one hand, the stone statues were gradually damaged by years of wind and sun, and chisels stolen by cultural relics dealers also accounted for a considerable proportion in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. Another important reason is man-made destruction in several Buddhist extermination movements (excluding the Northern Wei Emperor).
The largest is Lushenafo, and the disciples on both sides are Ye Jia and Ananda. Ye Jia's full name is Mahakaya. Ananda is the abbreviation of Ananda, which means "joy" and "celebration". Next to them are two bodhisattvas, Manjusri Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. Samantabhadra Bodhisattva serves the right side and Manjusri Bodhisattva serves the left side. Next to them are two kings, the south wall is the growth king of the south and the north wall is the king of the north.
The statue of Rushenafo in the middle of the grottoes is the largest Buddha statue in Longmen Grottoes, with a height of 17. 14m, a head height of 4m and an ear length of1.9m. ..
Cave Temple Buddhism is a picture that arranges the important events of Sakyamuni from birth to death (nirvana) in order and combines them into different contents. The Buddhist stories of Longmen Grottoes are mostly concentrated in Guyang Cave, Lianhua Cave, Weizi Cave, Huangfu Apartment and other caves excavated during the Northern Wei Dynasty. From the content point of view, there are more than a dozen Buddhist story reliefs with different plots, such as reincarnation of white elephants, gardens, birth under trees, lotus growing step by step, and initiation in Kowloon.
Longmen Grottoes have been protected by special government agencies throughout the ages, and the grottoes have been endowed with unique conditions. Most of them were destroyed by man-made disputes between Buddhism and Taoism. The most typical example is that the statue of Sakyamuni in Laojun Cave was painted as Grand Priest by Cixi, and was later restored under the organization of Liang Sicheng, but it was also destroyed. However, most grave robbers still chisel their heads, because from the late Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, they all looked down on Buddhism and praised Taoism, and at that time, the West set off a boom in archaeological collection of cultural relics in China. It has developed a kind of enthusiasm. Especially in the early19th century, the head injuries were mostly chisel head, chisel body and whole chisel. ...