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Grotto art, to be exact, "Buddhist grotto art" is the result of the interaction between Buddhist theological concepts and religious theological culture. In a sense, without the widespread spread of Buddhism, there would be no real prosperity of grotto art. Grotto art is one of the main carriers of Buddhism and Buddhist culture, and it is also one of the important types of Buddhist art.

Since Ashoka of the Peacock Dynasty in ancient India took Buddhism as the state religion in the 3rd century BC, under the influence of Mahayana Buddhism, the trend of 1 century Buddha statues gradually rose. In ancient India, the climate was hot. In order to observe the Buddha statues during meditation, Buddhists cut holes in caves, placed Buddha statues and pagodas in caves, and painted murals in caves, thus creating cave temples. Grottoes are a combination of architecture, sculpture and murals in terms of artistic composition, all of which revolve around the life of Buddha, Buddhist stories, changes and other themes. The original grotto statues and murals were only for Buddhist meditation, but later they evolved into the effect of educating people with images, and the grotto excavation became more and more magnificent, and the Millennium grotto art was born.

Buddhist grottoes are dug in the mountains, so it is sacred and symbolic to believe that the center of the universe is Mount Sumi, where gods live and practice in cliff grottoes. The precipice of the two has two meanings in material form, both the seclusion of secular life and the determination of seclusion and hard work. The significance of seclusion and penance is also one of the reasons why Buddhism in India, the Western Regions and the Han Dynasty produced brilliant grottoes. Han culture has a tradition of seclusion since the pre-Qin period, and there is a tradition of portraits in the tombs of the Han Dynasty. Han Dynasty portrait brick leads to the mysterious world outside this world. Many scholars believe that Buddhism was introduced to the Central Plains in the early Eastern Han Dynasty through the Silk Road on land or at sea, and through the Western Regions or Southeast Asia.