Background Study of Chinese Buddhist Grotto Statue Art using SLR

While Buddhism had originated in India, Buddhist grotto sculptures had begun in the Maurya Dynasty in India, where the appearance of the images of Buddhas was an important stage and feature of the development of Buddhist grottoes art. After continuous development and innovation, it finally formed a Buddhist art form with Chinese characteristics; from the perspective of carving art, the history of Buddhist grottoes statues is a history of art development and art evolution of statues. Accordingly, this paper first analyses the origin of Buddhism, and uses the SLR method to introduce the social background of the introduction of Buddhist grottoes statues into China, the rise of the Chinese Grottoes statues, and the basic shape and construction of Chinese Grottoes. Finally, it summarises the artistic values of Chinese Buddhist cave statues for future research. Buddhist grottoes statues in China is a product of religion, in the sense of contemporary civilisation, and while the advancement of civilisation can be rid of the early religious beliefs and ideas, it cannot be freed of the human inner desire for beauty and spiritual pursuit. Notably, Buddhist grotto sculpture art, with its static human body's grand outline, expresses highly generalised and admirable objects and ideals. This is the exact reason why religion is decreasing and dissimilating gradually, but the art that is related to it is increasingly more needed and more in demand by people.