Approved by State Bureau of Cultural Relics, lamplight test held at Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang city, Henan Province, April 2, 2007. Night tour will open to visitors from April 7. The grottoes and niches of Longmen contain the largest and most impressive collection of Chinese art of the late Northern Wei and Tang Dynasties (316-907). These works, entirely devoted to the Buddhist religion, represent the high point of Chinese stone carving. (Xinhua) |