When did frescoes first appear? What are the characteristics of frescoes?

Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes foundation of the era, according to the early Tang dynasty of Wuzhou, " Li Jun Shuji Buddha stage record" tombstone, when the origin of the original qu Fu Jian Jian Jianbang 2 years (366 years), and after the rest of the various generations of excavation! The first is the "Buddha's Terrace", which was built in 366, and then excavated by various generations. Although after more than 1,600 years of man-made factors and the ravages of nature, now it is still preserved 492 caves, 45,000 square meters of wall paintings, if sorted down, can be composed of nearly 25 kilometers of the painting garden. This kind of colorful wall paintings fully illustrate the colorful imagination and great creativity of the artists in the Middle Ages, which is the world's existing larger treasure house of Buddhist art. According to the Mogao Grottoes murals of the theme of specific content, style characteristics and artistic techniques, can be divided into three periods of early, middle and late.

Early wall paintings: attributed to the North and South Dynasties period stage of the wall paintings of the 36 caves, all over the four walls of the caves, the top of the caves and the tower columns in various places, in addition to a small number of purely ornamental theme, the key theme contains a plot composition method of Buddha's biography of the short story, the Buddha's birth story, the fates of the short story, but also a lot of Guanyin Buddha, the moon, Kabuki, medicine fork, etc. brand image. Narrating Buddha's birth short story before the birth of Rudraksha and Buddha's birth short story after the birth of the Buddha's path, the theme is clear, vivid drama, used to promote the Buddhist concept of humility, goodness of heart and the concept of karmic reincarnation. In which the most expressive when the 254th Cave "Sattva that Prince gave up his body to feed the tiger", "King Zebi cut meat trade pigeons", the 285th Cave "five hundred robbers become Buddha story", the 257th Cave "Nine-colored deer to save the drowning" and its 290th Cave "the story of the Buddha" and so on.

The Dunhuang Feitian is the personal calling card of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, a symbol of Dunhuang culture. Just by seeing the beautiful running moon, everyone will think of Dunhuang Mogao Caves plastic arts. Dunhuang Mogao Caves 492 caves, basically cave cave painting with the running moon. According to Mr. Chang Shuhong in the "Dunhuang Flying" plastic arts brochure foreword, "a total of more than 4,500 bodies," can be said to be the world's Buddhist grottoes group of monasteries, the storage of the largest number of Running Moon is a group of grottoes.

Dunhuang flying art style is not long wings, not long plumes, relying on clouds without the help of clouds, but instead by virtue of the long, fluttering skirts, fluttering colorful silks to take to the air to spread their wings and soar. The forms are varied and colorful. This is also on the basis of the national tradition, digestion, absorption, combined with the outside world of the moon styling art of creation, development trend of writing made of Dunhuang flying brand image. Due to the moon in the cave only play a supporting effect, does not account for the main position, so only a comprehensive and detailed phased introduction.