Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes frescoes introduction

Dunhuang Mogao Caves frescoes in Dunhuang city 25 kilometers southeast of the eastern foot of the Mingsha Mountain cliffs, was built in 366 BC, is the sixteen countries of the pre-Qin period, and then went through the Northern Wei, Western Wei, the Northern Zhou, Sui and Tang, Western Xia, the Northern Song Dynasty, and other dynasties, and has been gradually ceased to the Yuan Dynasty, which frescoes have 45,000 square meters.

Dunhuang murals including Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, West Thousand Buddha Cave, Anxi Yulin Grottoes *** there are 552 grottoes, Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes is an important part of the art of the painting is mainly a painting of the Buddha, there are a variety of statues of the Buddha, bodhisattvas, heavenly kings and so on, and there are also flying subjects of the painting.

Besides the Buddhist paintings, there are also some folk paintings, which are based on traditional folk myths and contain some mythological stories of Taoist thought, in which the mythological characters and animals include the Duke of the East, the Queen Mother of the West, the God of Thunder, the Rainmaker, the Vermilion Bird, the Xuanwu (Heavenly Warrior), the Green Dragon, the White Tiger, etc. The paintings are also a part of Dunhuang Mogao Cave art.

There are also a number of portraits of feeders and decorative motifs, with algal wells, architectural decorations, etc., and a large number of landscapes, buildings, artifacts, flowers and birds, as well as frescoes reflecting the social life of the people, and so on.

Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes is a national 4A level tourist attraction, you can check some information from the official website when you visit, you can also check some of the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes show time.