From the Bodhisattvas which are placed in a pictorial story about conversion in the early Buddhist period to those who entered the world with happiness, grace and serenity, the Bodhisattvas have a different character in each cave. Along with the sculpture of the Yunkang grottoes and the calligraphy and painting of the Southern Dynasties, Tunhuang serves as one of the three legssupporting the tripod of Chinese medieval art.
由早期佛家傳教故事到現世喜樂、神情怡悅的菩薩，每個佛窟各有特色；也與雲崗石雕、南朝書畫，架構起中國中古美術的三足之鼎。