西夏的艺术成就与佛教在西夏国的盛行有着密切关系。黑水城出土的大量佛教画像塑像具有很高的艺术水准。西夏人的星相崇拜又反映了他们对天体的认识。明朝初年,黑水城历经战乱,生态环境日益恶化,水源枯竭,逐渐被人们废弃,成为一座神秘的死城。 The artistic achievement of Xixia is closely related to the prevalence of Buddhism in Xixia country. A large number of Buddhist statues unearthed in Blackwater City have high artistic standards. Western Xiaxing star worship and reflect their understanding of celestial bodies. In the early Ming Dynasty, after the war in Heishui City, the ecological environment deteriorated day by day, the water was depleted and was gradually abandoned by people and became a mysterious dead city.