city ​​spirit pupil

Chapter 630 Five Dragon Gate Grotto

Fu Qingyang quietly left Ningyun City and came to Luo'an City, Yuzhou Province. ~~!-He originally wanted to stay in Ning Yun for a few more days, but because of He Yutong, he couldn't keep his mind as calm as water.Instead of staying in Ningyun to practice, it is better to leave Ningyun, and practice on the way to visit will be effective.Therefore, Fu Qingyang went on the road without hesitation.This time it is heading towards Yuzhou Province.

Yuzhou Province is located in the Central Plains, and Luo'an City is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization, one of the four ancient capitals of China, a world-renowned cultural city, the first batch of historical and cultural cities, the central city of the Grand Canal in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the longest capital city in China , the millennium with many dynasties as the capital, there is a saying that "the ancient capital of nine dynasties and the accompanying capital of eight dynasties".Luo'an has a history of more than 800 years as a city and [-] years as a capital.Luo'an is the second largest city in Yuzhou Province, the xng central city in Central China, the sub-central city of the Central Plains Economic Zone, the central city along the Yellow River, and the best leisure city in China.Luo'an is also one of China's old industrial bases.

But Fu Qingyang came to Luo'an only because of one place, that is Luo'an Longmen Grottoes.Fu Qingyang is elegant and fond of antiques. He prefers cultural landscapes to beautiful natural mountains and rivers.

Longmen Grottoes is one of the four major grottoes in China and one of the treasure houses of Chinese stone carving art. It is located in Yique Canyon, six kilometers south of Luo'an City, where Xiangshan Mountain and Longmen Mountain face each other, and Yihe River flows through it. Yique".After Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty moved his capital to Luo'an, the main gate of the imperial palace would face Yique. Since then, Yique has been known as the Dragon Gate by people.

Longmen has been a dangerous pass since ancient times, and it has always been a battleground for military strategists.Because of its beautiful mountains and rivers, quiet environment and pleasant climate, it was listed as the top of the eight great scenic spots in Luo'an. Bai Juyi, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, once said: "The surrounding suburbs of Luodu, the beauty of mountains and rivers, and the head of the dragon's gate." Because of the excellent stone quality, it is suitable for carving, so the ancients chose this place to build grottoes.

The Longmen Grottoes were excavated when Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved his capital to Luo'an. After that, they were constructed for more than 140 years in the Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Qi, Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, and Song dynasties. Among them, the Northern Wei and Tang dynasties had large-scale construction for more than 17 years. It has formed a grotto remains that is one kilometer long from north to south, with more than [-] cave niches, more than [-] statues, and more than [-] inscriptions.Among the caves, about [-]% are in the Northern Wei Dynasty, [-]% in the Tang Dynasty, and only [-]% in other dynasties.Fu Qingyang strolled in the Longmen Grottoes, deeply shocked by this splendid grotto built by the ancients.He came to the largest Buddha statue in the Longmen Grottoes, Lushena Buddha. This Buddha is about [-] meters high, with a head four meters high and ears nearly two meters long.It was shaped according to the image of Wu Zetian. It was created in the fourth year of Xianheng Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty. It is located in Fengxian Temple on the southern mountainside of Longmen West Mountain. It is the one with the highest artistic level, the most rigorous overall design and the largest scale among the Longmen Grottoes.Looking up at the Lushena Buddha, Fu Qingyang felt that he was shocked by the grandeur of the Buddha.Although this big Buddha is carved, it seems to have life, looking down at everyone with eyes that seem to be compassionate and indifferent.It sits elegantly and serenely on an octagonal waist-style rosette. Its bright, elegant, graceful and noble momentum brings the art of Tang Dynasty to the extreme.Fu Qingyang could feel that this big Buddha already had breath and life.She is no longer a dead thing, but a real god.In this holy and majestic cliff, anyone will be conquered by this majestic sculpture art that goes straight up to the sky and has a peaceful and tranquil expression, and will feel unprecedented physical and mental shock and soul excitement.It is said that Dalu Shena is the Sakyamuni statue, that is to say, it is another identity or realm of Sakyamuni, and it is an ideal incarnation.

Fu Qingyang stood in front of the Lushena Buddha for a full half a day.To be honest, he hadn't felt reverence for a long time since he entered the Dan Jin stage, but when facing this giant Buddha, reverence spontaneously emerged.While Fu Qingyang was watching the big Buddha, he occasionally glanced at the tourists beside him, and he found that there were tourists as pious as him. A middle-aged man and woman were standing beside him, observing the big Buddha carefully, with the same expression of masculinity in their eyes The color of drunkenness.Fu Qingyang didn't pay attention to it at first, but he accidentally discovered that the bodies of the middle-aged man and woman actually possessed sharp dark green psionic energy.That is to say, these two people are genuine Huajin stage warriors, and both of them have reached the peak of Huajin stage.

When he met his comrades in Luo'an, Fu Qingyang naturally felt that his interest increased greatly, so he couldn't help but glance at the two of them more.The middle-aged man noticed Fu Qingyang's gaze, nodded kindly to him, and left with the middle-aged woman.

Fu Qingyang looked at the Lushena Buddha for a while, and then reluctantly left, and began to visit other caves.The smallest Buddha statues in the Longmen Grottoes are in the lotus huong, each only two centimeters, called miniature carvings.The Longmen Grottoes are the most concentrated places where the royal aristocrats made vows in the Northern Wei and Tang Dynasties. They are the embodiment of the will and actions of the royal family and have a strong national religious color.The statues of the two dynasties reflect completely different styles of the times. The statues of the Northern Wei Dynasty lost the rough, majestic, and vigorous features of the Yungang Grottoes here, and gradually became more lively, elegant, and gentle.These statues of the Northern Wei Dynasty have slender faces, thin shoulders, and straight chests. The carvings of the clothing patterns use straight knife techniques, which are strong and simple.

Among the many caves carved in the Northern Wei Dynasty, the caves of Guyang, Binyang Zhong, Lianhu and Shikusi are the most representative.Among them, the statues of Gu Yangong gathered a group of royal nobles and court ministers in the early days when the capital was moved to Luo'an in the Northern Wei Dynasty, which typically reflected the historical mood of the whole country worshiping Buddha in the Northern Wei Dynasty.These strange shapes and dazzling array of stone carvings are precious records of the integration of Chinese traditional culture and foreign civilizations.During the Northern Wei Dynasty, people advocated thinness as beauty, so Buddha statues also pursued the artistic style of delicate bones and delicate images.In the Tang Dynasty, people considered fat to be beautiful, so the Buddha statues in the Tang Dynasty had round faces, broad shoulders, and raised chests.The statues of the Tang Dynasty in the Longmen Grottoes inherited the excellent traditions of the Northern Wei Dynasty and absorbed the culture of the Han nationality, creating a vigorous, vivid, simple and natural realistic style, reaching the peak of Buddha carving art.

Influenced by bouldering, Fu Qingyang also likes carving, but his level is not good.To become a master sculptor, in addition to hard work, you must also have a certain amount of talent.Just like boulders, he was born for stones, born for carving, his talent is amazing, and learning is naturally a thousand miles away.But Fu Qingyang does not have such artistic talent, although he likes it, his carving level is very average.

At this moment, facing these exquisite miniature sculptures and seeing these straight and straight knife techniques, Fu Qingyang felt that he had benefited a lot.He knew that those who left behind these miniature sculptures must be called master sculptors.Even if boulders are revived, they may not be able to carve such stone carvings.

After seeing the grottoes of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Fu Qingyang came to the key caves of the Longmen Grottoes in the Tang Dynasty. To Fu Qingyang's surprise, he met the middle-aged man and woman again in many grottoes.As the number of meetings increased, the middle-aged man and woman obviously noticed Fu Qingyang, and looked at him a little strangely.Originally, it wasn't surprising that tourists bumped into each other while visiting scenic spots, but Fu Qingyang found it a little strange. The middle-aged man and woman didn't seem to be simply admiring the statues.A word suddenly flashed in Fu Qingyang's mind, step on the spot.He felt that the purpose of this middle-aged man and woman coming to Longmen Grotto might not be pure, and the two seemed to have some ideas.

Fu Qingyang is still not sure whether these two people really have impure motives as he thinks, he just has such thoughts, and he doesn't know whether his feelings are accurate.But Fu Qingyang was not in a hurry at all, it was only in the afternoon, and there were still a few hours before dark, even if the two of them wanted to do it, they would definitely not choose the daytime when there were many tourists, and they should do it after dark.And they are probably targeting Lian who can walk with a crane.Obviously, stealing something with a crane is absolutely impossible.

Since it was still early, Fu Qingyang was not in a hurry, he went to Qianyin Temple again.Qianxi Temple is the first large cave at the northern end of Longmen West Mountain.It is more than 300 meters high and [-] meters wide, and nearly [-] meters deep. It was built in the early Tang Dynasty more than [-] years ago. The caisson on the top of the cave is a large shallow lotus.The main Buddha, Amitabha, sits upright on the Sumeru Platform, with a full face, protruding chest, and slanted clothes hanging in front of the seat. The proportions of all parts of the body are well-proportioned, and the expression is wise. The whole posture gives people a sense of serenity and kindness.On the left side of the main Buddha is the big disciple Kasyapa, and on the right side is the young disciple Ananda.Next to the two disciples are Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva and Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva.In particular, the Great Strength Bodhisattva on the south wall has a plump and thick shape and a quiet demeanor. A one-to-one replica is displayed in the Palace Museum.Amitabha and the two Bodhisattvas on both sides are collectively called the Three Saints of the West, that is, the three saints who are in charge of the Western Paradise, and are the object of Buddhist Pure Land Buddhism.When he was in Yanjing, Fu Qingyang visited the Palace Museum several times and saw these Bodhisattvas with his own eyes. When he saw the real ones, he couldn't help but feel that compared with the Buddha statues in the Palace Museum, they were a bit more mysterious, just like the Buddha statues themselves It can produce magic power, and people can't help but fall in love with it.

The more Fu Qingyang watched, the more he realized that the skills of the ancient craftsmen were really exquisite and breathtaking.Whether it is the Great Buddha of Lushena or the caisson in the cave of Qianyin Temple, each has its own characteristics.Fu Qingyang's interest not only did not lose as the viewing time increased, but showed signs of becoming stronger and stronger.

Fu Qingyang looked at the sun, saw that the head was still high, and there was still some time before the gate of the scenic spot closed, so he simply came to Binyang Middle School again.Fu Qingyang didn't know much about Binyang Middle School, so he first went to the place where the introduction was engraved to read the inscription.