2022山西太原景点打卡之天龙山石窟01-网红桥和国宝展厅｜Tianlongshan Grottoes E01, Taiyuan, Shanxi

What's up? We're taking a bus going up to the Tianlongshan. We're going to pass the very, very spectacular highway. The design to even the height difference. I think the whole structure is over 300 meters. The height difference is over 300 meters. To make two ends meet even. Smart design. Circled up to even the height difference. The whole structure is equivalent to a building of 120 floors, I guess. 120 floor buildings, the height of this structure. First we came to this beautiful museum. It talks about the history and where the Buddha's heads are at today. Some animations. Very informative museum. And you see some old pictures. Let me show you one old picture. Like this one, cave nine. I'm going to go there. This is the only surviving statues, sculptures in this place. Today a lot of international organizations and institutions are working together to digitize this whole Tianlongshan cave temples. I believe this is a restoration, reframing of Tianlongshan. This is cave eight. This is the entire cave. Due to the digital technology and 3D painting, this is revived. It's like a pillar. With statues, carvings on four sides. A central pillar in the cave. With four niches on four sides. Beautiful flowers, dripperies. I even see the pigment. A beautiful curtain, beautiful flower petals. Lotus and the ceiling. 3D painting restoration. In 2020, a Chinese in Japan, Mr. Zhang Rong, generously bought this head, lost head, from Tianlongshan Mountain and donated. Gave it back to Tianlongshan. This is the first return of the Buddha's head of Tianlongshan. This is truly significant for the country and for the people's spirit. You can see the back of his head is flat. It's all chopped away, removed from the rocks. Chinese Buddhist architecture, Buddhist temples. Beautiful.