云冈石窟位于大同市西郊外武周山北崖,它所有的石窟均依山开凿,东西绵延约一公里,现存主要洞窟有45个,大小窟龛有252个,石雕造像51000余躯,是我国现存规模最大的古代石窟群之一。据文献记载,北魏和平年间(公元460~465年)由一个著名和尚昙曜主持,在京城(平城,今大同市)西郊武周塞,开凿石窟五所,现存云冈第16~20窟,就是当时开凿最早的所谓“昙曜五窟”。其他主要洞窟,大多完成于北魏太和十八年(公 Yungang Grottoes is located in the north of the western suburbs of Datong City, north of the mountain cliff, it all of the caves were hillsides, east-west stretch about one kilometer, the existing 45 main caves, the size of niches 252, more than 51,000 stone carving statues, is our country One of the largest existing ancient grottoes. According to the literature, during the Northern Wei Dynasty (AD 460-565), chaired by a famous monk Tan Yao, Wu Zusai was thrown in the western suburbs of the capital city (Pingcheng, now Datong) with five caves and the existing Yungang Cave Nos. 16-20, Is the earliest so-called “Tan Yao five caves.” Other major caves, mostly completed in the Northern Wei Dynasty and eighteen years (male