You can see the Maijishan Grottoes Art Exhibition in Hangzhou!

You can see the Maijishan Grottoes Art Exhibition at the Xiling Art Museum in Hangzhou! The Maijishan Grottoes were first built during the Later Qin period and are one of the four major grottoes in China, with more artistic influences from the central area of Chang'an. The most popular mural is the horseman in the "Meeting Picture" on the top of the corridor of Cave 4! When the viewer looks at it from below, the horse rotates and moves forward in different directions as the person moves, which is considered to be a sign of good luck and success. The red horse symbolizes good luck, and its position cannot change its determination to move forward. It is made into a cultural and creative bag, symbolizing the determination to stick to one's beliefs and the pursuit of a better life. Cave 115 is the earliest existing cave in Maijishan with a clear date (the third year of the Northern Wei Dynasty, 502 AD), and it has the characteristics of an early right-shoulder robe. The clothing of the statues in Cave 23 has changed to a four-piece robe with a hanging collar. After the Sinicization of the late Northern Wei Dynasty, the two large sleeves of the flying sky in the murals fluttered in the air like wings, soaring in the sky. The mouth is painted with a beard, which is extremely rare in the murals of the Maijishan Grottoes.