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Longmen Grottoes


Sunset of Gate of Nations — photo by Mghadiripix, accompanying poem "Longmen Grottoes"
Photo: Mghadiripix · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Three of the four great grottoes I've seen,
Luoyang's Longmen by the river green.
The Fengxian Temple, ancient and bare,
Northern Wei and Tang endure frost's care.