2. The Mogao Grottoes, located in the desert northwest of China, are the crossroads of communication between China and the West, and the only way of the ancient Silk Road. They have the largest and richest cave group in China, which is the largest existing "world art treasure house". The murals here are over 45,000 square meters long. In addition to Buddhist stories, they also depict a large number of life scenes, production vehicles and ancient buildings.
3. Yungang Grottoes, founded in the Northern Wei Dynasty, are located in Datong City, Shanxi Province. It is famous for its spectacular stone carvings. Known as "the grandeur of carvers is the best in the world", it is the largest treasure house of stone carving art in China. The name of Yungang Grottoes Stone Carvings stems from its exquisite carving skills and colorful contents. There are more than 50,000 statues, ranging from ten meters to several centimeters, with moving shapes. The images of Bodhisattva, Lux and Tian Fei in the grottoes are vivid, and the towers are beautifully carved, which is known as the treasure house of ancient carving art in China.
Longmen Grottoes were founded in Northern Wei Dynasty. There are more than 2 100 grottoes, nearly 40 pagodas, more than 3,600 inscriptions and more than 0,000 statues. It is the most concentrated place for the royal family to pray. Because of its close relationship with the royal family, it has a unique position. It lasted for a long time and spanned many dynasties. It reflects the development and changes of ancient China in many fields with a large number of physical images and written materials, and has made great contributions to the innovation and development of China Grottoes.
Maijishan Grottoes, which was built in the Sixteen Kingdoms period and located in Gansu Province, will be called "a big exhibition hall for displaying statues". The grottoes have steep terrain and outstanding clay sculpture art. Since the Northern Wei Dynasty, thousands of exquisite statues have been preserved, the largest being as high as 15 or 16 meters, and the smallest being just over 20 centimeters, which embodies the characteristics of statues in various eras in the Millennium and systematically reflects the development and evolution of clay sculpture art in China.
6. These grottoes are giant grottoes with Buddhist cultural characteristics in China, and they are historical treasures of ancient traditional culture and art in China.