Longmen Souvenirs
2 min read“The Longmen Caves are magnificent work with incredible historical value.Without coming here in person，it is hard to appreciate the level of the skills that allowed humans to create such exquisite art on these rocks.”
“The awesome Longmen Caves shows how marvelous a place can be made by pursuit of excellence and dedicated hard Souvenirs Apart from Chinese paintings of peonies that can be bought all over Luoyang，another local specialty is Tang dynasty tri-colored porcelain（tong sancai）.Traditionally，most works are of horses，camels or people，but modern pieces have expanded into framed pictures of peonies or Chinese zodiac animals.Prices range from about RMB 100 and up for these exquisite pieces.Besides the color-glazed pieces，you can also find exquisite pottery replicas from Han and North Wei Dynasty tombs.For something that’s less fragile，pick up some heluo stones（heluo qishi），which come in odd shapes and colors.
Replicas of ancient bronzes（fanggi qingtongqi）are a local specialty-especially well made are the ancient wine vessels.Since the Tang dynasty，peonies have been a major theme in Luoyang and this is reflected in the paintings and calligraphy（midan zihud）.
The White Horse Temple，earliest Buddhist Temple in China.（baimosi）The Luoyang Tourist Shopping Center on 1 Jiandong Lu has a selection of nearly 3，000 different Tang tri-colored glazed pottery with prices starting at RMB 20.The Art Expo Garden（yiboyuan）at 43 Jinghua Lu has lots of replicas of the statues found at the Longmen Caves.They also have a big selection of paintings and calligraphy.
The Yinyixuan，Seal Art Co.（yinyixuin）at Shizi Jie in the old city specializes in traditional paintings，the scholar’s“four treasures”（Chinese Brush，Inkstone，Chinese ink and Xuan Paper）and Chinese seals.
