敦煌文献述略

Brief account of Dunhuang documents

敦煌石窟在我国古代佛教石窟造像中历史悠久,其塑像、壁画展示出佛教经典的流布和造像艺术,随着社会变革在历史长河中的发展演变,反映出每个时期的内容和形象以及艺术风格均有所不同;大量写经卷子的内涵为我们提供了丰富珍贵的、以敦煌地区佛教为主的宗教文化史和地方志的资料,反映出敦煌当时的政治、经济、文化面貌,成为我们研究历史最直接、最详细的材料。

Dunhuang grottoes boasts of a long history in Buddhist grottoes of ancient China,with its statues and murals indicating the spread of Buddhist classics,sculpture art and the evolution of the content,imagesand artisitc style along with social changes.The abundance of Dunhuang scripture scrolls provides us with precious materials with its major connotations about religious culture and local chronicles of Buddhism,reflecting the political,economic and cultural outlook of the historical Dunhuang and entertaining us with direct and detailed data for research on history.