Mogao Grottos in Gansu Province, China

Mogao Grottos in Gansu Province,

14. Grottos

In fact, the Mogao Grottos value themselves more than art as most murals reflect the lives of those times. For example, there is a mural showing a scene of robbers robbing a foreign businessman. This picture has revealed the contact between China and the world.

From the paintings, it is easy to learn that music and dancing played important roles in people's life at that time. In addition, different nationalities clothing, man and woman, old and young, are all presented in the pictures.

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