Artists in the past did pay more attention to painting and calligraphy than to sculpture, which was perhaps viewed as an artisan's domain.
「除了敦煌一帶地質是砂土變質礫岩，質地鬆軟不適雕刻，因此多為彩塑佛像外，其他石窟中無不布滿了高逾數丈或少則幾尺的石雕作品。」