What types of Dunhuang motifs are included?

Dunhuang caves decorative motifs, can be divided into ground decoration, Buddha backlighting, frieze decoration, cave wall decoration, altar seat decoration of five kinds. Dunhuang pattern according to its depiction of the decorative objects and parts of the algal well pattern, flat chess pattern, the human character slope pattern, niche frieze pattern, rosette pattern, border pattern, top light pattern, backlight pattern, clothing pattern, artifacts pattern, flower brick pattern and so on.

Dunhuang caves in general

Dunhuang pattern is an important part of the art of Dunhuang caves, it is decorated in the building, statues and murals, but also has its own independent form. Patterns and murals, statues, the relationship between the building, no pattern decoration, murals are incomplete, the statue is not complete, the entire cave art lacks a complete whole.

Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes to colored sculpture for the theme of the cave source. Color sculpture can be divided into relief, high relief, round three kinds of sculpture. Sheng Tang colored sculpture is the pinnacle of Mogao Caves art. Its pattern forms are diverse, thousands of them, endless variations. It is no exaggeration to say that the Dunhuang Grottoes is the world's richest art treasure trove of preserved decorative patterns.