build a cave here.
敦煌莫高窟(英文介绍)
• The story is also found in other sources, such as in inscriptions(碑文) on a stele(石碑) in cave 332, an earlier date of 353 AD however was given in another document .He was later joined by a second monk Faliang (法良), and the site gradually grew, by the time of the Northern Liang(北凉) a small community of monks had formed at the site.
敦煌莫高窟(英文介绍)
敦煌石窟
敦煌石窟中国甘肃敦煌 一带的石窟总称。包括 敦煌莫高窟、西千佛洞、 榆林窟、东千佛洞及肃 北蒙古族自治县五个庙 石窟等
敦煌莫高窟(英文介绍)
• The first caves were dug out 366 AD as places of Buddhist meditation and worship.
敦煌莫高窟(英文介绍)
Caves
• The caves were cut into the side of a cliff ( 悬崖;绝壁) which is close to two kilometers long. At its height during the Tang Dynasty, there were more than a thousands caves, but over time, many of the caves were lost, including the earliest caves