What are the differences between the four grottoes in China? It is best to talk about the structure, modeling, carving and characteristics of Buddha statues.

The four major grottoes in China are Mogao Grottoes, Yungang Grottoes, Longmen Grottoes and Maijishan Grottoes.

Mogao Grottoes (the largest and richest cave group in China)

Features: A comprehensive art integrating architecture, painted sculpture and mural painting.

Carving features: Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes are famous for murals and clay sculptures. The whole picture is vivid, and the whole picture has a complete story to continue.

Architectural features: the combination of sculpture murals and cave eaves buildings.

Location: Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes is located in Gansu Province, 25 kilometers southeast of Dunhuang City.

Yungang Caves

The treasure house of ancient carving art in China.

Statue features: exquisite carving skills, rich and colorful contents, famous for stone carving, the largest single-hole colossus, long time span and diverse stone carving styles.

The early "Tan Yaodong" was magnificent and had a rich and simple western flavor.

In the middle period, the grottoes were famous for their exquisite carvings and ornate decorations, showing the complex and magnificent artistic style of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Although the scale of the grottoes in the later period is small, the figures are slender and handsome, and the proportion is moderate. It is a model of grottoes art in northern China and the origin of "skinny and picturesque".

Geographical location: Yungang Grottoes, located at 16 km west of Datong City, Shanxi Province, was founded in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Longmen Grottoes (one of the greatest treasures of world classical art)

Summary of characteristics: The place where the royal nobles made wishes and statues in the past dynasties was the most concentrated, with excellent scenery.

Carving features: Longmen Grottoes inherited the art of Indian Grottoes, the style of Yungang Grottoes, and the advanced and profound history and culture of Han nationality in Wei, Jin, Luoyang and Southern Dynasties. This is a "milestone" in the transformation of China and the secularization of grotto art.

Location: It is located on the Yishui River, which is12km south of Luoyang City, Henan Province.

Maijishan Grottoes (artistic treasures on cliffs)

Features: Gaoya Cave is unique from ancient times to the present, and its clay sculpture art is outstanding.

Characteristics of sculpture: strong national consciousness and secularization trend. Judging from the figures and costumes of the statue, it is gradually getting rid of the influence of foreign art and embodies the characteristics of the Han nationality. ?

Location: located 45 kilometers southeast of Tianshui City, Gansu Province.