Special Mention
The architectural art of Mogao Grottoes is mainly noted for the format.The painted statues in Mogao Grottoes are basically themed on Buddhism figures and their pursuit for nirvana. The murals of Mogao Grottoes take up the largest proportion of grotto art creations and the subjects are also the most comprehensive,which is an exclusive feature to Longmen Grottoes and Yungang Grottoes,and upique in the world as well.If put together one after the other,the 45000㎡murals of Mogao Grottoes would extend as long as 25km. Western scholars remarked the murals as“a library on the wall".
莫高窟的建筑艺术主要是指i洞窟的形制。莫高窟的彩塑多数反映佛教人物及其修行涅槃事迹的造像。敦煌莫高窟石窟艺术中数量最大、内容最丰富的精髓部分是壁画,这是龙门石窟和云冈石窟所没有的,也是世界独一无二的。如果把莫高窟林林总总的4. 5万平方米壁画一张张连接起来的话,其长度可达25公里。西方学者将敦煌壁画称作是“墙壁上的图书馆”。