北魏孝文帝于公元493年由平城(今山西大同市)迁都洛阳后,同时拉开了营建龙门石窟的序幕。龙门石窟历经东魏、西魏、北齐、北周、隋、唐和北宋等朝,断断续续雕凿了400年之久,其中北魏和唐代大规模营建140多年,因而在龙门的所有石窟中,北魏洞窟约占30%, Emperor Xiaowen in the Northern Wei Dynasty in 493 AD by Pingcheng (now Shanxi Datong City) moved to Luoyang, at the same time opened the prelude to build Longmen Grottoes. Longmen Grottoes through the Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Qi, Northern Zhou Dynasty, Sui, Tang and Northern Song Dynasties such as North Korea, intermittently carved for 400 years, of which the Northern Wei and Tang Dynasty large-scale construction of more than 140 years, so all the gantry in the Northern Wei Dynasty Cave Accounting for 30%