Altogether 11 statues were caved in the Middle Binyang Cave, the main statue of Sakyamuni, two disciples, two Buddhas, two Bodhisattvas, and so on.

The front wall from the top to the basement is covered successively with large reliefs of Vimalakirti, Prince sattva jataka, Prince Suddtta jataka, emperor and empress worshipping scene, as well and ten deity kings.

A lotus-flower pool decorates the floor. The center of the cave was engraved a large lotus-flower in full blossom, around with are eight musical apsarases, two attending apsarases, surrounded by various tassel-drapery patterns, thus forming a magnificent lotus-flower canopy. Outside the gate is carved a house-shaped niche on both sides, with a warrior standing inside.

The whole cave looks natural, graceful and magnificent, exhibiting the worship of religion during the northern dynasties and representing typical imperial artistic charm.

Xiangshan Temple, which ranked the first among the ten temples at Longmen, is situated in the middle mountainside of the East Hill. The East Longmen Hill is teemed with spices name “Xiangge”, hence the name Xiangshan. Then the temple was named Xiangshan Temple.

The original construction site of the Xiangshan Temple was located somewhere near the former sanatorium of Luoyang Bearing Corporation in the south end of the East Longmen Hill.

The present Xianshan Temple was reconstructed in about 1707, during the Qing Dyansty, on the basis of an old temple. In 2002, Xiangsha Temple was expanded on the basis of the Qing Xiangshan Temple by Longmen Grottoes Administration, with the Beltry, the Drum Tower , the Wing Room, the Hall of Mahavira and Hall of Nine Persons newly constructed. Besides, the Hall of Arhats, the stele of Emperor Qianlong, the belfry, the Palace of Emperor Qianlong, Wing-room, Eighten Arhats, the Villa of Jiang Jieshi and Song Meiling, the stairs, the plank roads and the bouding wall within the temple have all been remedied. A new gate was constructed to the south of the temple.

Lotus-flower Cave (Lianhua Cave) is so named because of the big lotus flower carved on the ceiling. The lotus flower is the most exquisite on the caissons of the niches at Longmen. The lotus flower is surrounded by six flying apsaras, slim in figure. The back wall is occupied with a Buddha and two disciples. The two disciples was engraved relief, with Kasyapa on the left, holding a stick, and Ananda on the right, all of the three standing. Beside the two disciples are two bodhisattvas. The head of Ananda was stolen and is now collected in Jimei Museum of France. On the north and south walls were cut several layers of medium and small-sized Buddhist niches, the three layers on the south wall were cut in good order, while those on the north wall are different in size and severely eroded. The small niches are of different shapes, all finely sculptured.

To the north of the gate of this cave is engraved a Buddhist sutra, which is one of the early stone carving sutras in China.

Ten-thousand-Buddha Cave (Wanfo Cave) is a big cave located on the middle floor of West Longmen Hill. On the ceiling of the cave is the chronicle record of the date when it was completed. It was a contribution from eunuch Yaoshenbiao and Nun Zhiyun for the emperor, empress, and princes. On the main wall are five statues, the main Buddha, Amitabha, two disciples, and two bodhisattvas. Behind the halo of the chief Buddha are cut fifty four lotus-flower born offering bodhisattvas. They distinguish themselves and are graceful. On the south and north walls are scattered ten thousand sitting buddhas, cross-legged, with musical apsarases on the lower parts of the walls. On both sides beside the front wall is carved a full-figure heavenly king, and on the walls beside the gate arch are caved 500 statues of Maitreya and a niche. Outside the cave gate are carved two vajras, with two lions beside them. But unfortunately the lions were stolen and are now collected in the New York Metropolitan Museum and Nelson Art Museumof Kansas City in the United States.

Fengxiansi Cave (completed in 675 A.D.) is the largest open-air niche among all the caves in China, cut on cliffs, 34 meters wide and 38 meters deep. A total of nine giant statues stand in the cave, including one Buddha, two disciples, two bodhisattvas, two heavenly kings, and two warriors, on the north, west and south walls. In the middle of the back wall sits Grand Losana, cross-legged, on an octagon lotus seat, 17.14 meters in height, his ears 1.9 meters high and his head 4 meters high. The disciples are 10.65 meters high, the bodhisattvas 13.25 meters, the heavenly kings 10.5 meters, and the warriors 9.75 meters. Losana, which means “purity, fullness, bright shining across the land”, ranks the highest among the Buddhas in the Kegon School. The grand Buddha has a plump face, thick eyebrow, down-looking eyes, looking dignified, kind reserved, and wise. According to the stele under the seat of grand Losana, the cave was cut by Emperor Li Zhi of the Tang Dynasty, and Empress Wu Zetian donated 20,000 strings of cash to the decoration of statues in this cave. So Fengxina Temple was initiated by the emperor himself, designed by prestigious monks and supervised by high-rank officials in the court. This group of statues embodied the great material and spiritual strength of the Tang Dynasty, demonstrated the supreme level attained in the art of stone carving in the Tang Dynasty, and is a symbol of the Tang Dynasty as a great era and an vivid example of the oriental Buddhist art.