Sculpture Of The Northern Wei Dynasty Grottoes In Gansu

The Northern Wei Dynasty in the entire historical period has special andimportance, also is our country history of Buddhism in the last important developmentstage. The Northern Wei Dynasty unified the war division of the northern area,over123years of division of the separatist regime pattern; appeared unprecedentednational fusion, cultural shock, combination, promote culture art development. TheNorthern Wei Dynasty ruling class respected Buddhist, a cave shrine of BuddhaDaxing repair construction, promoting the spread of Buddhism, Buddhism andBuddhist art to the East in depth; for further and more nationalization, secularization.Northern Wei Emperor Xiaowen carried out " Chinese" reform, which to a certainextent in Buddhist art, the exotic models on the basis of further nationalization. CaveTemple of Buddhist statues from the theme to the style has the rich and development.Gansu Maiji Mountain Grottoes, there are194extant caves and niches, which belongsto the Northern Wei Dynasty excavated caves and niches reached98, the proportion ofalmost all the caves and niches of1/2, in which the Northern Wei Dynasty mainlyBuddhist statues with about70seats. Regardless of the number of the many caves andniches, statues of diversity of form and modelling skill exquisite. Not only in theMaijishan Grottoes statues each generation has very prominent place, is in thethroughout the country mainly in the Northern Wei statues grottoes, also set up a newbanner. But in the Northern Wei Dynasty in different periods of Maiji MountainGrottoes of shapes, caves and niches statues theme change. Also in the Northern WeiDynasty statues style in different period, from the face, dress clothing lines showeddifferent changes. In the period of Gansu Grottoes with other such as Mogao Grottoes,Binglingsi grotto and Maiji Mountain Grottoes have both close and different contact.In the early stage, Maiji Mountain Grottoes statues style was along with the socialchange and social trend of thought and change the culture of the Central Plains andother factors and changes in the development of.