According to documents, in the peaceful period of the Northern Wei Dynasty (AD 460-47 1), the famous monk Tan Yao presided over the excavation of five grottoes in Wuzhousai, a western suburb of Beijing, numbered 16 to 20. It was the earliest unearthed at that time. The so-called "Tan Yao Five Holes". Most of the other major grottoes were built before Emperor Xiaowen moved to Luoyang in the 18th year of Taihe in the Northern Wei Dynasty (AD 494), with a history of 1500 years.

/kloc-In the past 500 years, Yungang Grottoes have been severely damaged by weathering, water erosion and earthquakes. It was also destroyed before liberation. ? /kloc-more than 0/400 pieces, and the axe chisel remains. Since the founding of New China, with the concern of the Party and the government, many large-scale maintenance projects have been carried out on Yungang Grottoes, which has properly protected this ancient art treasure house. ..

Heritage value:

Yungang Grottoes vividly recorded the historical track of the development of Indian and Central Asian Buddhist art to China Buddhist art, and reflected the gradual secularization and nationalization of China Buddha statues. A variety of Buddhist sculpture styles have achieved unprecedented integration in Yungang Grottoes.

Yungang Grottoes are the beginning of China-ization of Grottoes Art. The architectural sculptures of China Palace in Yungang Grottoes in the middle period and the Chinese-style niches developed on this basis were widely used in the construction of grottoes temples in later generations. In the later period of Yungang Grottoes, the layout and decoration of the grottoes highlighted the rich architectural decoration style of China, which reflected the deepening of the "China" of Buddhist art.