Dunhuang Tian Fei handwritten newspaper

Mogao Grottoes, commonly known as Thousand Buddha Cave, is located in Dunhuang at the western end of Hexi Corridor. Founded in the pre-Qin period of the Sixteen Countries, after the Sixteen Countries, Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties, Five Dynasties, Xixia and Yuan Dynasties, it has formed a huge scale, with 735 caves, 45,000 square meters of murals and 24 15 clay sculptures. It is the largest and richest Buddhist art site in the world.

The Mogao Grottoes were built during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. According to the book Li Kerang Rebuilds the Monument of Mogao Grottoes in Tang Dynasty, it was built before Qin Dynasty.

In the second year of Yuan Dynasty (366), Monk Le Zun passed by this mountain and suddenly saw the golden light shining like Buddha, so he dug the first hole in the rock wall. Since then, Zen master Fa Liang and others have continued to build caves here to practice, which are called "desert grottoes", meaning "high places in the desert". Later generations renamed it "Mogao Grottoes" because of the common "desert" and "Mo". There is another saying: Buddhists say that it is impossible and impossible to build a Buddha cave because of its infinite merits. Mogao Grottoes means that there is no higher cultivation than building Buddha Grottoes.

Dunhuang Grottoes are dominated by Buddhist art, which is promoted by artistic description. The murals depict a large number of gestures, which not only make good use of lines to run through every detail, but also try their best to convey affection. Each hand expresses its own different meaning and modality. Therefore, "hand posture" has become a feature of great artistic value in Dunhuang grottoes painting, and even a variety of dances, dramas and other related performances have been derived in the future.