What are the sculptures and murals in Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes?

It is a sculpture and mural of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes.

Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes is one of the four largest grottoes in China (Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, Datong Yungang Grottoes, Luoyang Longmen Grottoes and Tianshui Maijishan Grottoes), and it is also the largest existing grottoes in the world. Mogao Grottoes are not only superficial grottoes, but also a huge mural gallery. Mogao Grottoes is an art hall integrating ancient buildings, sculptures and murals, especially colorful murals.

The cave is full of Buddha statues, flying clouds, geisha music, fairy paintings, Buddhist stories, Buddhist changes, paintings of historic sites, paintings of immortals, portraits of patrons, and all kinds of exquisite decorative patterns. The sculptures in Mogao Grottoes have long enjoyed a good reputation.

Brief introduction of sculpture:

Sculpture is a plastic art and a visual art of three-dimensional spatial image made by materials and means. Sculpture was first created mainly on stone, metal, wood, ceramics and other materials through carving (reduced material modeling) and plastic (superimposed material modeling).

Modernist sculpture, on the other hand, has a high degree of freedom in materials and creative techniques, and can be created by carving, welding, molding or casting on various materials. The expression technique of round sculpture. Carve three-dimensional images on three-dimensional objects that can be viewed from various angles without any background attached.