莫高窟英語導遊詞（精選16篇）

莫高窟英語導遊詞（精選16篇）

Ladies and gentlemen:

Everybody is good! I am the guide from the dunhuang mogao grottoes day trip, my name is Chen, you can call me Chen guide! Your eyes is the mogao grottoes, want to know what kind of mogao grottoes is? To listen to me slowly.

The mogao grottoes, located in the southeast of dunhuang city, about 25 kilometers away from the city, 'spoilers wat to open in China east cliff. It is China's largest classical art treasure, it is a center of buddhist art.

Number of tourists, cave 492, more than 20xx statues statue, 33 meters, the largest minimum only 10 centimeters. So, the most famous statue in the mogao grottoes.

If the total area of 45000 square meters, the mural to arrange all the paintings, there are 30 kilometers long. If say the mogao grottoes of dunhuang is famous the world, so, make the mogao grottoes is famous for its first these murals, is traveling to visit.

Visitors, you know? The mogao grottoes built Yu Dongjin taihe (AD 366) of the first year. Legend named le statue of the parties to this place, suddenly see golden light shine, there appeared thousand buddhas, think this is the buddhist holy land, hence around fundraising, laid the first grotto. After news spreads, business errands in succession in this build grottoes, in order to a safe journey. So until the yuan dynasty, through more than 1000 years.

The mogao grottoes in 1987 UNESCO world cultural heritage, is the most key cultural relics protection.

Okay, now I introduce to here, please walk. Can't throw the peel and other trash, graffito of the scribble on the murals, to protect cultural relics.

Thank you very much!

Hi, everybody. Now I take you to visit the world famous buddhist art treasure house, dunhuang mogao grottoes. The mogao grottoes from 25 km southeast of dunhuang city, I use this time, just the mogao grottoes do a simple introduction first.

The mogao grottoes is a melting at an organic whole, painting, sculpture and architecture is given priority to with wall paintings, statues of large cave temples. Its cave shape mainly buddhist grotto, center pillar wat, wat temple, buddhist altar wat, 4 walls three recess hole, big like nirvana wat, wat. The wat size is far, the biggest wat 16 of 268 square meters, the minimum high wat not YingChe 37. Wat outside the original wooden house, and a corridor connects, plank road, has no more.

Mogao grottoes murals painted on the walls of caves, wat top and niches, and profound content, mainly include the figure of Buddha, buddhist stories, historic, JingBian, fantastic, kucha, decorative pattern and so on seven classes, there are a lot of performance when hunting, farming, textile, transportation, war, construction, dance, painting on weddings and so on various aspects of social life. These paintings' wide, bright magnificent, reflects the different periods of artistic style and features. Five generations ago is a Chinese painting mostly is lost, the mogao grottoes murals for the Chinese art history research provides an important physical, also for the study of Chinese ancient customs, provides valuable image and pattern. According to calculation, if these murals according to 2 meters high, can be arranged in a gallery of 25 km.

The mogao grottoes in the cliff is relatively soft, not suitable for making stone, so the mogao grottoes statues in addition to the four Buddha, stone tire clay sculpture, the rest are wooden bone clay sculpture. Statue is buddhist deities, with an array of portraits of single image and wait for a variety of combination, group general with Buddha center, stand on both sides of the disciples, bodhisattva, less then 3, more is up to 11. Painted sculpture in the form of a round plastic, plastic, plastic film, good karma and plastic, etc. These was so delicate, rich imagination, and very high attainments, mural and compatibility, bring out the best in each other.

It is a nine layers of eaves, also called as "Peking University", are now in the middle of cliff wat, as high as the summits of top, towering spectacular. Its wooden for red soil, high canopies teeth peck, contours of strewn at random have send, tied the bell on the eaves Angle, with the wind. With maitreya statue, 35.6 meters high, the stone tire clay sculpture, coloured drawing or pattern is China's domestic behind the leshan giant Buddha and rong county the third largest Buddha sitting Buddha. Either accommodate Buddha space large and small, flat square. Open two channel building outside, both for nearby watch the Buddha, and Buddha head and waist of the light source. (888) of the first year of the wat eaves in Tang Wende existed before, at the time of 5 layers, the northern song dynasty, four years (966) and qing dynasty has been rebuilt, and changed to 4 layer. 1935 repaired again, form now 9 layer model.

Murals in the mogao grottoes, beautiful everywhere flying apsaras - dunhuang city ChengDiao is also a rebound pipa flying fairy's image. Flying is serve the Buddha and god indra day, sing. Walls, playing flying in the vast boundless universe, some lotus buds in hand, into the sky. Some swooped down from the sky, if a potential meteor; Some shelf through heavy floor, just like flying; Others are thrown into the wind, carefree. Painter USES the unique winding for the long term, interest and stretches the harmonious and present people ethereal imagine a beautiful world.

Gorgeous colour, flying lines, in the northwest of painters in the kingdom of heaven is a warm and passionate portray to ideal, we seem to feel they are in the desert on the longitudinal ride an inexhaustible passion rush, perhaps it is this passion, from which the mural in the flamboyant imagine strength!

Ok, explain for everybody here today, the following people free. Please be sure to pay attention to safety and protect our attractions.

Everybody is good! Welcome to the dunhuang mogao grottoes, I am your tour guide, please protect its health, graffito of the scribble not, at any time pay attention to safety.

Mogao grottoes is known as "thousand-buddha grottoes, located in 25 km southeast of dunhuang city, gansu province in western China on the cliff, grottoes north and south long one thousand six hundred meters, a total of five layers from top to bottom, the top 50 meters, the existing four hundred and ninety-two caves, murals of more than forty-five thousand meters, two thousand four hundred and fifteen body painted sculpture, statue of flying more than four thousand, and the mogao grottoes scale, has a long history, and yunnan grottoes in shanxi, henan longmen grottoes and called China's" three grotto art treasure trove.

Mogao grottoes was originally carved in 366 AD, to the basic end in 1217-1217, through constant during digging, make the mogao grottoes set the period of the world's largest, most abundant content, the oldest buddhist art treasure, but also show the generations of the outstanding wisdom and remarkable achievements of the working people.

Next to the mogao grottoes covered with grass, which not only next to decorate, still grow tall and dense, planted thick trees on both sides, it also became a scenery here, from the distant, the mogao grottoes in the grass between the trees, how beautiful!

Well, dear visitors, now, the mogao grottoes is really beautiful, wish you all a happy journey, to be in a good mood.

Ladies and gentlemen:

Everybody is good! I am the guide from the dunhuang mogao grottoes day trip, my name is Chen, you can call me Chen guide! Your eyes is the mogao grottoes, want to know what kind of mogao grottoes is? To listen to me slowly.

The mogao grottoes, located in the southeast of dunhuang city, about 25 kilometers away from the city, 'spoilers wat to open in China east cliff. It is China's largest classical art treasure, it is a center of buddhist art.

Number of tourists, cave 492, more than 20xx statues statue, 33 meters, the largest minimum only 10 centimeters. So, the most famous statue in the mogao grottoes.

If the total area of 45000 square meters, the mural to arrange all the paintings, there are 30 kilometers long. If say the mogao grottoes of dunhuang is famous the world, so, make the mogao grottoes is famous for its first these murals, is traveling to visit.

The mogao grottoes in 1987 UNESCO world cultural heritage, is the most key cultural relics protection.

Okay, now I introduce to here, please walk. Can't throw the peel and other trash, graffito of the scribble on the murals, to protect cultural relics.

Thank you very much!

Everybody is good! Welcome to the mogao grottoes of dunhuang. I'll give you a introduce myself: my name is Wang Yi, to you is my pleasure, I'm here to give you reminder, the treasure here do not touch, otherwise the consequence is proud. We now know each other, we will get to the point, talk about the mogao grottoes of dunhuang!

Is the ancient silk road town of dunhuang. Dunhuang mogao grottoes treasured art treasures is the treasure of the Chinese and foreign exchange. People called the mogao grottoes in gansu a pearl. Dunhuang mural image lifelike, especially: "flying" pattern, you see, this is what I call the "flying". Also by the tang dynasty people hailed as "day float in the sky, full wall pneumatic", become the symbol of dunhuang murals. Dunhuang mogao grottoes is within the territory of mogao grottoes of dunhuang city, gansu province is the floorboard of the west thousand-buddha grottoes, is one of China's famous four big grottoes, also is the world's most ambitious scale of existing, the best-preserved buddhist art treasure house. Mogao grottoes mainly reflects in the aspect of mural, here is the mural to the mogao grottoes is famous for. Now everybody's understanding about it? I'm going to continue to speak!

Everybody look at here! To go to the learning attitude. Foreign tourists to the evaluation of the mogao grottoes, is: "see the mogao grottoes in dunhuang, is equivalent to see the ancient civilizations in the world." "The mogao grottoes is the world's longest, largest and most abundant content gallery." "It is existing the greatest treasure of buddhist art in the world." "Human life must go to a place, mural painting and the art of figure of Buddha is really impressive."

My explanation to this end, I wish you all a pleasant journey!

Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the dunhuang mogao grottoes with a long history. I am your tour guide. You just call me Lao zhou. Four grottoes are: longmen grottoes, yungang grottoes, the maijishan grottoes, and the mogao grottoes of dunhuang. One of the biggest, but is the dunhuang mogao grottoes. Next, just follow me to go to dunhuang mogao grottoes and have a look!

First I want to introduce you to: mogao grottoes thousand-buddha grottoes. He is known as the most valuable culture found in the 20th century, "east the Louvre is located in the west of dunhuang in corridor", is famous for beautiful murals and statues. Existing caves, 735, 405 square meters of murals, clay 2415 statue, is existing in the world's largest and most abundant content of buddhist shrine.

All kinds of grottoes sizes. Thousand-buddha cliff carved with tens of thousands of small figure of Buddha, every small figure of Buddha, though more than an inch high, but the head and body are carving vivid, lifelike. Okay, on to the next attraction.

You see, this thing is a nine layers cover, also called as "Peking University", 36 meters high, is the world's third big Buddha!

The mogao grottoes is a treasure chest.

Well, a visit to the end. Welcome next time!

大家好!歡迎來到敦煌莫高窟。我先給大家一個自我介紹：我名叫王奕，給你們講解是我的榮幸，我在這裏先給大家提個醒兒，這裏的寶物不要觸摸，否則後果自負。我們現在已經互相認識了，下來我們就言歸正傳，來講講敦煌莫高窟吧!

敦煌是古代絲綢之路上的重鎮。敦煌莫高窟所珍藏藝術珍品是中外交流的瑰寶。人們都把莫高窟稱爲甘肅中的一顆明珠。 敦煌壁畫形象逼真，尤其是：“飛天”圖案，大家看，這就是我所說的“飛天”。還被唐朝人讚譽爲“天衣飛揚，滿壁風動”，成爲敦煌壁畫的象徵。敦煌莫高窟是甘肅省敦煌市境內的莫高窟也是西千佛洞的總稱，是我國著名的四大石窟之一，也是世界上現存規模最宏大，保存最完好的佛教藝術寶庫。莫高窟主要體現在壁畫方面，是這裏的壁畫才讓莫高窟聞名遠揚的。現在大家把它的大概瞭解了嗎?我可要繼續講了!

大家快來看這裏吧!以學習的態度去看。外國旅遊者對莫高窟的評價是： “看了敦煌莫高窟，就相當於看到了全世界的古代文明。”“莫高窟是世界上最長、規模最大、內容最豐富的畫廊。” “它是世界現存佛教藝術最偉大的寶庫。”“人一生一定要去一次的地方，壁畫和佛像的藝術水平實在是震撼人心。”

惋惜的是：莫高窟雖然在漫長的歲月中受到大自然的侵襲和人爲的破壞，至今保留有從十六國、北涼、北魏、西魏、北周、隋、唐、五代、宋、西夏、元等十個朝代的洞493 個，壁畫四萬五千多平方米，彩塑像兩千身，是世界現存佛教藝術最偉大的寶庫。若把壁畫排列，能伸展30多公里，是世界上最長、規模最大、內容最豐富的一個畫廊。現在得讓大家開心開心了，不能老沉浸於可惜：近幾十年來，國內外學者對敦煌藝術極感興趣，不斷進行研究，形成了一個專門學科“敦煌學”。莫高窟是古建築、雕塑、壁畫三者相結合的藝術宮殿，尤以豐富多彩的壁畫著稱於世。希望可以成功吧!

最後要給大家講的是：壁畫藝術了!　石窟壁畫富麗多彩，各種各樣的佛經故事，山川景物，亭臺樓閣等建築畫、山水畫、花卉圖案、飛天佛像以及當時勞動人民進行生產的各種場面等，是十六國至清代1500多年的民俗風貌和歷史變遷的藝術再現，雄偉瑰麗。在大量的壁畫藝術中還可發現，古代藝術家們在民族化的基礎上，吸取了伊朗、印度、希臘等國古代藝術之長，是中華民族發達文明的象徵。各朝代壁畫表現出不同的繪畫風格，反映出我國封建社會的政治、經濟和文化狀況，是中國古代美術史的光輝篇章，爲中國古代史研究提供珍貴的形象史料。

我的講解到此結束，祝大家旅途愉快!

大家好!我是來自“絕不一般”旅行社的導遊，我姓袁，大家可以叫我小袁或者袁導。今天，我們要參觀的莫高窟景區，是全國第一批重點文物保護單位之一，還被聯合國教科文組織列入世界文化遺產名錄。它與山西大同雲岡石窟、河南洛陽雲門石窟、甘肅麥積山石窟並稱爲中國四大石窟。在參觀時，要做到走路不觀景，觀景不走路，注意安全。大家還要注意，因爲洞窟中的壁畫年代久遠，請不要觸摸，也不要用強光照射。謝謝配合!

我們現在來到了景區大門口。莫高窟始建於十六國時期，一個僧人經過此地，發現金光閃閃，如現萬佛，於是便開鑿國第一個洞窟。日後又有很多法師鑿窟修禪。原名“漠高窟”，沙漠的“漠”，意爲沙漠的高處，因“漠”與“莫”發音相同，因而現在叫“莫高窟”。

請大家擡頭看，整個崖壁上都是整齊排列的洞窟，一個緊挨着另一個，像蜂巢一樣。這些洞窟的開鑿先後共經歷了十個朝代，才形成了大家目前看到的規模。到元朝以後，這裏就禁止開窟了。後來這裏還成爲遊牧地區，慢慢地衰落了。又經過了幾百年，敦煌的經濟又開始恢復，莫高窟也重新被人們注意。不久之後就發生了震驚全國的藏經洞事件。莫高窟的主持王道士在清掃時發現了藏經洞，裏面有五萬餘件珍貴的文物。但清政府腐敗無能，文物都被西方探險家以不正當的手段搶走了，造成了中國歷史上一次空前的浩劫。

遊客朋友們跟緊了，我們要進洞窟了。因爲洞窟中的壁畫年代久遠，顏料與空氣長時間接觸容易氧化褪色，所以爲了保護這些珍貴的文物，景區每天會選擇不同的石窟向遊客開放。

這裏就是我們今天要參觀的是243號窟。洞內比較暗，請大家小心腳下，跟着我的手電筒光向正前方看。我們可以看到的是一座北魏時期的釋迦牟尼佛像。他身穿印度式樣的袈裟，頭扎扁圓形髮髻，可見我們北魏時期的佛教深受印度佛教的影響。不同時期的洞窟，裏面的塑像和壁畫風格都有所不同，這和不同時期的人們的審美和當時的文化有關。現在大家可以左右看看，牆上畫有很多飛天的壁畫。她們穿着飄逸的長裙，有的在翩翩起舞，有的在彈奏美妙的樂器，有的手捧美麗的鮮花……大家有沒有發現，這些壁畫不是特別完整，東少一塊，西缺一片。這都是被當時西方的“探險家們”用化學膠水粘走的，現在很多都流失海外。

今天的莫高窟之旅到這裏就結束了。歡迎你們有機會再來莫高窟旅遊，欣賞不同的洞窟。再見，祝你們旅途愉快!

莫敦煌莫高窟，俗稱千佛洞，位於甘肅省河西走廊西端，敦煌市東南公里，在鳴沙山東麓50多米高的崖壁上，洞窟層層排列。 前秦建元二年(公元366年)，一位法名樂尊的僧人云游到此，因看到三危山金光萬道，狀若千佛，感悟到這裏是佛地，便在崖壁上鑿建了第一個佛窟。以後經過歷代的修建，迄今保存有北涼至元代多種類型的洞窟700多個，壁畫50110平方米，彩塑2700餘身。

現存500多個洞窟中保存有繪畫、彩塑的492個，有禪窟、殿堂窟、塔廟窟、穹隆頂窟、“影窟”等形制，還有一些佛塔。窟型最大者高40餘米、寬30米見方，最小者高不足盈尺。從早期石窟所保留下來的中心塔柱式這一外來形式的窟型，反映了古代藝術家在接受外來藝術的同時，加以消化、吸收，使它成爲我國民族形式。其中不少是現存古建築的傑作。

敦煌石窟藝術是集建築、雕塑、繪畫於一體的立體藝術，古代藝術家在繼承中原漢民族和西域兄弟民族藝術優良傳統的基礎上，吸收、融化了外來的表現手法，發展成爲具有敦煌地方特色的中國民族風俗的佛教藝術品，爲研究中國古代政治、經濟、文化、宗教、民族關係、中外友好往來等提供珍貴資料，是人類文化寶藏和精神財富。

大家好!我就是本次“敦煌之遊”的導遊，我姓肖，大家叫我肖導好了。今天，我就帶大家遊覽譽滿世界的敦煌莫高窟.我國三大石窟中，莫高窟是開鑿最早，延續時間最長，規模最大，內容最豐富的石窟羣。在世界文化史上也具有珍貴的價值。有“人類文化珍藏”、“形象歷史博物館”、“世界畫廊”之稱。

現在我進入洞窟參觀，首先我們去參觀有名有“藏經洞”。這個洞窟位於系統工程號洞窟甬道的北側，編號爲17窟，洞窟原是晚唐時期河西都僧統洪的“影窟”，有碑文載這一事實。1920xx年5月的一天，管理莫高窟的道士王圓錄在一個偶然的機會，打開了祕百多年的“藏經洞”，這些珍貴無比的文物終於重見天日了，但是清王朝的腐敗加之王圓錄的愚昧，使這些珍貴的文物遭到了帝國主義分子的肆無忌憚的掠奪和盜劫。1920xx年沙皇俄國的奧勃魯切夫來到莫高窟，以六包日用品爲誘餌，騙取了一批文物。1920xx年，英國人斯坦因，僅用數十塊馬蹄銀，劫取了約一萬多卷，同時還有佛教繡品和佛畫五百多幅，現藏於大英博物館;1908 年法國人伯希和盜走文物六千多卷，現在藏於巴黎法國國立圖書館和吉美博物館。1920xx年10月日本大谷光瑞探險隊的吉川小一郎和桔瑞超盜走約九百餘卷。直到1920xx年清政府纔將被劫餘的文物運往北京，收藏在北京圖書館。在運輸途中及運到北京後不少文物被偷、損壞、遺失，是中國考古史上一次難以估量的損失。 “藏經洞”發現的這些文書內容包括宗教經典和多種文字寫的世欲文書，它涉及到許多學科，是研究古代宗教、政治、經濟、軍事、文化的重要資料，經過國內外學者幾十年的研究、開拓出一門全新熱門的學科--敦煌學。

那麼藏經洞是什麼時候、爲何密封的呢?一說是：十一世紀初，西夏侵入敦敦煌時爲了保護經典而藏;一說是：不用但又不能丟棄的神聖經典存放;再一說是：爲了防止伊斯蘭教徒破壞而藏。後來收藏了這些經典的僧侶，逃的逃了，還俗的還俗了，死的死了。直到本世紀初發現這個洞窟爲止，再沒有人知道這件事。

下面我帶大家去參觀328窟，這個洞窟的精彩所在爲塑像，在進入洞窟前，就彩塑的大致情況給大家介紹一下。莫高窟的彩塑有圓塑、浮塑、影塑等幾種形式。小的不足盈寸，最大的高34.5米，是世界第四大佛。一般的塑像都是用木頭搭架，上面纏上麥稈、穀草、蘆葦、麻絲等，然後用特製的粘塗塑，整形雕刻，最後上彩繪畫的。塑像主要有四大類：(1)佛像，包括釋迦、彌勒、藥師、阿彌陀以及三世佛、七世佛;(2)菩薩像，包括觀音、文殊、普賢及供養菩薩等;(3)弟子像，包括迦葉、阿難;(4)尊神像，包括天王、力士、羅漢等，另外還有一些鬼神、神獸等動物塑像。由於製作年代不同，風格也截然不同，尤其是魏晉南北朝時期的“秀骨清像”、“曹衣出水”和唐代的“吳帶當風”等風格，充分地體現了當時的藝術巨匠超凡的想象和高超的思維。

塑像是石窟的主體，多爲1佛2菩薩的組合，前期的粗壯而逐漸演變到後期的清瘦。隋、唐以來出現了一鋪七身或九身的羣像，也出現了大的造像，如148窟和 158窟的兩身長16米多的涅槃像

時光飛逝，我的講解完畢了。下面請大家自由活動。在活動之前，我還是那句老話：請大家保護環境，珍惜莫高窟的每一寸土地。她不僅是遊覽名勝地 ，還是我們中國的驕傲!好，12點到這裏來集合。我們到旅館去吃中午飯。

1987年莫高窟被聯合國教科文組織列爲世界文化遺產，受最重點的文物保護。

好了，現在我介紹到這兒，請大家漫步欣賞。不能亂扔果皮等垃圾，不能在壁畫上亂塗亂畫，要保護文物。

女士們，先生們，歡迎來到歷史悠久的敦煌莫高窟，我是你們的導遊，大家叫我小潘吧!敦煌莫高窟可是中國四大石窟之一哦!四大石窟還有：龍門石窟、雲岡石窟和麥積山石窟。但是這些石窟都不能和敦煌莫高窟比美，因爲敦煌莫高窟可是世界上最大的石窟呢!它的歷史也很悠久，它修建於十六國的前秦時期，北朝、隋朝、唐朝、五代、西夏和元朝這幾個朝代都修建過。說完了這些，就跟我到敦煌莫高窟中去看看吧!

你們看，這就是敦煌莫高窟西南方向的一個洞窟：西千佛洞，你們猜這個洞有多長嗎?一定不知道吧，其實這個洞有2.5公里長呢!這些泥巴彩塑在這個洞裏有34個呢，但是整個莫高窟的彩塑就有2415個呢!

各種各樣的石窟大小不一，最大的第16窟達268平方米，最小的第37窟才高不到一英尺。莫高窟壁畫繪於洞窟的四壁，窟頂和佛龕內。內容非常的博大精深，主要有佛像、佛教的故事、佛教史蹟、經變、神怪、供養和裝飾圖案等七類題材，此外還有很多生活方面的畫作。好了，說了那麼多，我們就去參觀下一個景觀吧!

你們看，這個東西是一個九層的遮檐，也叫“北大像”，正立於崖窟中段，與崖頂等高，巍峨壯觀。其間有彌勒佛坐像，高36米，由石胎泥塑而成，是除了樂山大佛和榮縣大佛之外的第三大佛哦!

好了，敦煌莫高窟遊覽結束，歡迎有機會再到這裏來玩。

最後要給大家講的是：壁畫藝術了!　石窟壁畫富麗多彩，各種各樣的佛經故事，山川景物，亭臺樓閣等建築畫、山水畫、花卉圖案、飛天佛像以及當時勞動人民進行生產的各種場面等，是十六國至清代1500多年的民俗風貌和歷史變遷的藝術再現，雄偉瑰麗。在大量的壁畫藝術中還可發現，古代藝術家們在民族化的基礎上，吸取了伊朗、印度、希臘等國古代藝術之長，是中華民族發達文明的象徵。各朝代壁畫表現出不同的繪畫風格，反映出我國封建社會的政治、經濟和文化狀況，是中國古代美術史的光輝篇章，爲中國古代史研究提供珍貴的形象史料。

莫高窟旁邊長滿了草，這些雜草不僅在旁邊裝飾，還長得又高又密，兩旁栽了粗壯的大樹，便也成了這裏一道風景，從遠望去，莫高窟在青草綠樹之間，多漂亮呀!

好了，各位遊客，遊覽現在開始，莫高窟確實很美麗，祝願大家旅行快樂、心情愉快。

各位遊客朋友:

大家好!歡迎來到美麗的甘肅，我是你們本次甘肅之行的導遊員李歡，現在就由我帶大家去參觀舉世聞名的佛教藝術寶庫----敦煌莫高窟!

相信大家也都聽說過許多外國旅遊者對莫高窟的評價："看到了敦煌莫高窟就等於看到了全世界的古代文明"，"莫高窟是世界上最長、規模最大、內容最豐富的畫廊"，"它是世界上現存佛教藝術最偉大的寶庫."

敦煌莫高窟與洛陽的龍門石窟、山西大同的雲岡時刻並稱爲中國三大石窟。莫高窟以它創建年代之久、建築規模之大、壁畫數量之多、塑像造型之美，保存之完整、其藝術價值之博大精深而聞名天下，享譽國內外。

莫高窟俗稱"千佛洞"，被譽爲20世紀最有價值的文化顯現，被稱爲"東方盧浮宮"。"千"這個數字在這裏不指具體的數目而是喻指很多。因爲這裏有很多的佛教塑像和壁畫洞窟，所以俗稱"千佛洞"。莫高窟這個名稱最早出現在隋代洞窟第423號洞窟的題記中，其名稱的由來衆說紛紜，莫衷一是，大抵有三種說法：

其一是說，莫高窟開鑿於沙漠的高處而得名，在古漢語中"沙漠"的"漠"和"莫高窟"的"莫"是通假字;

其二是說從藏經洞出土的文書和許多唐代文獻都有記載，唐代沙洲敦煌縣境內有"漠高山""漠高裏"之名，據此考證，鳴沙山在隋唐也稱漠高山。因此將石窟以附近的鄉、里名稱命名;其三是說在梵文裏"莫高"之音是解脫的意思，莫高是梵文的音譯。

莫高窟，又名“千佛洞”，位於敦煌市東南25公里處、鳴沙山東麓的斷崖上，是我國三大石窟藝術寶庫之一。洞窟始鑿於前秦建元二年(公元366年)，後經歷代增修，今存洞窟492個，壁畫45000平方米彩塑雕像2415尊，是我國現存石窟藝術寶庫中規模最大、內容最豐富的一座。1987年被聯合國教科文組織列爲世界文化遺產。

莫高窟的藝術特點主要表現在建築、塑像和壁畫三者的有機結合上。窟形建制分爲禪窟、殿堂窟、塔廟窟、穹隆頂窟、影窟等多種形制;彩塑分圓塑、浮塑、影塑、善業塑等;壁畫類別分尊像畫、經變畫、故事畫、佛教史蹟畫、建築畫、山水畫、供養畫、動物畫、裝飾畫等不同內容，系統反映了十六國、北魏、西魏、北周、隋、唐、五代、宋、西夏、元等十多個朝代及東西方文化交流的各個方面，成爲人類稀有的文化寶藏。

莫高窟還是一座名副其實的文物寶庫。在藏經洞中就曾出土了經卷、文書、織繡、畫像等5萬多件，藝術價值極高，可惜由於當時主持莫高窟的王道士愚昧無知，這些寶藏幾乎被悉數盜往國外。現在莫高窟對面的三危山下，由敦煌研究院承建了敦煌藝術陳列中心，仿製了部分原大洞窟，使遊客在莫高窟的觀賞內容更加豐富多彩。