“Luoyang Silk Road Art and Archaeology Workshop” Successfully Held
Jointly organized by the Center for Silk Road History and Culture at Shaanxi Normal University and the Archaeological Research Center of the Longmen Grottoes Research Institute, and supported by the National 111 Project Base “Innovation and Talent Introduction Base for the Study of Chang’an and Silk Road Cultural Communication” (B18032), the Luoyang Silk Road Art and Archaeology Workshop was successfully held in Luoyang from June 13 to 16, 2025.
The 4th Youth Forum on Cave Temple Archaeology Held at the Longmen Research Institute
The 4th Youth Forum on Cave Temple Archaeology was convened in Luoyang, China, at the Longmen Grottoes on June 14. The forum was co-hostedby Shaanxi Normal University and the Longmen Grottoes Research Institute, and organized by the School of History and Culture at Shaanxi Normal University alongside the Institute’s
“Longmen Lecture Hall” Opens
On September 2, the Longmen Lecture Hall, hosted by the Longmen Grottoes Research Institute, officially commenced. Researcher Liu Shuguang, Chairman of the Chinese Museums Association and Editor-in-Chief of China Museum, delivered the inaugural lecture titled “The Changing Times of Cultural Relics Work.”
Safeguarding Artistic Treasures, Continuing the Light of Civilization: A Sidebar Report from the 2025 International Forum on Cave Temple Conservation
Cave temples, as significant cultural heritage sites in China, carry cultural memories that transcend time and space, bearing witness to the exchange and mutual learning among different civilizations. Their conservation and utilization represent a massive, systematic project.
Professor Xu Jin from the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University Visits the Longmen Grottoes
On the morning of April 23, Professor Xu Jin from the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University visited the Longmen Grottoes to conduct academic exchanges.
Longmen Grottoes Academic Salon: Sculptors’ Perspectives on the Longmen Grottoes
In recent years, to further strengthen the preservation, research, exhibition, utilization, inheritance, and promotion of the site, the Longmen Grottoes Academy has actively explored and innovated the “Longmen Model” for the protection and utilization of grotto temples.
Longmen Grottoes Academic Salon: A Review of Professor Jia Zhuofei's Lecture
On May 23, 2023, the “Longmen Grottoes Academic Salon” was held in the Academic Lecture Hall of the Longmen Grottoes Academy.
Longmen Grottoes Academic Salon: Unlocking the Code of Creation through Microscopic Cultural Relics
Recognized by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage site, the Longmen Grottoes are acclaimed as "the pinnacle of Chinese stone carving art."
Academic Symposium on the Opportunities and Challenges Facing Grotto Temple Conservation and Archaeology under the New Situation
From October 18 to 21, the Grotto Committee of the China Society for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage (CSCH) held its 2023 Annual Meeting in Yichang, Hubei Province.
The Longmen Grottoes Academy held an academic exchange seminar with the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art and the University of Chicago
On May 15, a delegation from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art and the University of Chicago visited the Longmen Grottoes Academy.