In ancient times, people's educational level was limited. In order to spread Buddhist culture and increase believers, Buddhists mainly publicize Buddhism in the form of murals, which is intuitive and clear. The murals in Mogao Grottoes are rich in content, colorful and widely used. Among them, the most genre of murals is Buddhist paintings. We can see various forms of Buddha statues, such as III Buddha, VII Buddha, Sakyamuni Buddha and various bodhisattvas, such as Manjusri Bodhisattva, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva and Guanyin Bodhisattva, as well as various Buddha statues, such as the king of heaven, the dragon king, the witch girl and Feitian.
Murals will also vividly show the contents of the Biography of the Buddha, such as the large mural on the north side of Cave 263, where the Buddha sits in the middle, surrounded by beautiful bodhisattvas, and scattered flowers are flying in the sky. The Buddha sat down with Falun, with a pair of deer beside him. This is the scene reappearance of Buddha 1 The flying of the Mogao Grottoes, that is, the image of the incense god, is world-famous. The early flying image was expressed through the Persian image of the Western Regions.
Flying high, nose and eyes deep, fair skin, no clothes on the upper body, wearing a crown, wearing jewelry and jade, elegant. Later, the image of Tian Fei gradually became the Central Plains, showing people as a beautiful girl of Han nationality. Many caves will have stories of Buddha Sakyamuni himself and missionary stories. In addition, there are a large number of patron portraits in the cave. Patrons are dignitaries and wealthy Buddhists who donate money to build caves. Most of their images should be portrayed as dignified, generous and gentle adopted sons. There are also some fairy story paintings, landscape paintings and decorative patterns in the cave murals.