Historical and Cultural Background of Yungang Grottoes Yungang Grottoes have a history of 1500 years. Yungang Grottoes were built at the beginning of peace in Wen Chengdi in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and then maintained for generations, forming a scale. Judging from the age inscriptions and artistic styles preserved in the grottoes, this magnificent art project is basically a relic of the Northern Wei Dynasty, with a history of 1500 years. According to documents, during the peaceful years of the Northern Wei Dynasty (AD 460-465), the famous monk Yao Tan presided over the construction of five grottoes in Wuzhousai (Pingcheng, now Datong) in the suburbs of Beijing. The existing 16-20 grottoes in Yungang were the earliest so-called "Tan Yao's fifth grottoes".

Look at the Buddha statues again. In this 1000-meter-long stone carving group, the statues are as big as 10 meters and as small as a few centimeters, and there are huge stones and stone carvings everywhere, which is a great sight. Their shape and spirit are touching. Some sit in the middle, lifelike, or drum or bell, or holding piccolo or singing and dancing, or holding pipa, facing tourists. These Buddha statues flying in the sky support people's faces, bodies and clothes, leaving behind the wisdom and hardships of ancient working people. These Buddha statues and musicians' statues also clearly show Persian colors. This is a historical testimony of the friendly exchanges between the people of ancient China and other countries. On the basis of traditional sculpture art in China, Yungang Grottoes absorbed and integrated the essence of Indian Gandhara art and Persian art, which is the crystallization of creative labor.