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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Longmen Grottoes' has mentioned 'Cave' in the following places:
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Cave in People's Republic of China
Guyangdong or the Shiku Temple, credited to Emperor Xiaowen, was the first cave temple to be built at the center of the southern floor of the West Hill.
In 527, the Huangfugong or Shikusi grottoes, a major cave, was completed.
It is a well conserved cave located to the south of the West Hill.
In 675, Fengxiansi Cave, on the southern floor of the West Hill was completed during the Tang dynasty rule.
Guyangdong, or Guyang Cave, or Old Sun Cave, is recorded as the oldest Longmen cave with carvings in the Northern Wei style.
It is also the largest cave, located in the central part of the west hill.
The earliest carving in this limestone cave has been now dated at 478 AD, during the period when Emperor Xiaowen is thought to have been moving his capital from Datong to Luoyang.
The Buddhist statues in the niches of this cave are very well sculpted.
[5] Many of the sculptures inside the cave were contributed by royalty; religious groups supported this activity.
The cave has three very large images xe2x80x93 the central image is of Sakyamuni Buddha with Bodhisattvas on either side.
There are about 800 inscriptions on the walls and in the niches inside the cave, the most in any cave in China.
[3] There are two rows of niches on the northern and southern walls of the cave, which house a very large number of images; the artists have recorded their names, the dates, and the reasons for carving them.
Binyang has three caves, North Binyang Cave, Middle Binyang Cave and South Binyang Cave, of which the Middle Binyang Cave is the most prominent.
In the main wall of this cave, five very large Buddhist statues are carved all in Northern Wei style The central statue is of Sakyamuni Buddha with four images of Bodhisattvas flanking it.
The Buddhas, arranged in three groups in the cave, are representative of Buddhas of the past, the present, and the future.
Binyangnandong (xe5xaexbexe9x98xb3xe5x8dx97xe6xb4x9e), or the South Binyang Cave, has five very large images which were carved by Li Tai, the fourth son of Emperor Taizong of Tang, the first Tang Emperor.
Fengxian, or Feng Xian Si (xe5xa5x89xe5x85x88xe5xafxba), or Li Zhi cave is the Ancestor Worshipping Cave, which is the largest of all caves carved on the west hill built between 672 and 676 for Empress Wu Zetian.
The shrine inside the cave measures 39xc2xa0m x35m.
Huangfugong, or Shikusi, a three-wall, three-niche cave,[12] is situated south of the west hill, was carved out in 527.
Also seen are images of Buddhist groups in the niches of the cave.
Yaofangdong (xe8x8dxafxe6x96xb9xe6xb4x9e), or the Medical Prescription Cave, has small inscriptions[6] of 140 medical prescriptions for a wide range of medical problems from the common cold to insanity.
Reached by modern, concrete stairs up the face of a cliff, Qianxisi, or Hidden Stream Temple Cave, is a large cave on the northern edge of the west hill.
Made during Gaozong's reign (653xe2x80x9380), the cave has a statue of a huge, seated, early Tang Buddha[14] (Amitabha Buddha), flanked by statues of the Bodhisattvas Avalokitesvara and Mahasthamaprapta.
The Lianhua or the Lotus Flower Cave (xe8x8exb2xe8x8axb1xe6xb4x9e), dated to 527, belongs to the Northern Wei period.
Lotus Flower Cave
The Laolong or the Old Dragon Cave (xe8x80x81xe9xbex99xe6xb4x9e) created during the Tang Dynasty period, named after the Old Dragon Palace, has many niches dated to Gaozongxe2x80x99s reign.
Yaofangdong Cave contains 140 inscription recording treatments for various diseases and illnesses.
Work on the sculpture in this cave continued over a 150 year period, illustrating changes in artistic style.
The sculptural styles discovered in the Buddhist caves of the Tang Dynasty in the 7th and 8th centuries, particularly the giant sculptures in the Fengxiansi Cave are the most fully representative examples of the Royal Cave Templesxe2x80x99 art, which has been imitated by artists from various regions.