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History before Luohanchang in Luzhou
There is a mysterious Luohan Cave in the deep mountains of Sichuan. Why are all tourists "shocked" as soon as they step into the cave?

Because the appearance of Luohan Cave is ordinary, when you go in, you will find more than 40 lifelike stone statues in different shapes. Moreover, the stone statues are distributed on several floors, and the lifelike and peculiar Luohan stone statues bring a sudden sense of oppression to tourists. How can you not be shocked by them?

mouth of a cave

The specific process of the discovery of Luohan Cave, the shocking scene in the cave, and the historical value of Luohan Cave, let's listen to the sauce for the friends to talk about it in detail ~

1. The discovery process of Luohan Cave

Mr. Lu, who lives in Zigong City, Sichuan Province, will go back to his hometown to visit relatives and friends on holidays. On this day, Mr. Lu went back to his hometown by bus as usual. When he was about to cross the weeds in the jungle and return to his hometown, he passed the "Luohan Cave" in the story of the old man in the village. On a whim, he wanted to look for it and found it, but when Mr. Lu entered the cave, he was shocked by many lifelike stone statues inside. ......

2. A shocking scene in the cave

Summarize Mr. Lu's memories and reporters' reports as follows:

Luohan Cave is built near the cliff, which is about 1 m away from the entrance. There are three stone statues in front of Luohan Cave, and there are three stone statues on the left and right. On both sides of the cave, there are three layers of stone statues with different shapes. The stone statues on both sides should be "Eighteen Arhats", so the locals call them "Luohan Cave".

3. The historical value of Luohan Cave

According to the history of Luohan Cave in China and the history of local saltworks, experts concluded that this Luohan Cave should have been built during Daoguang period for salt merchants or caravans to pray.

According to textual research, this Luohan Cave has not been seen in history books, but the Buddha statue is well preserved, and the temple incense flourished during the Republic of China, which proves that the history of building the temple will not be too early.

Therefore, the mysterious Luohan Cave in Sichuan has historical value. When you are free, you can go shopping with friends and feel the shock of Teacher Lu and other tourists!