Yungang Grottoes tickets 125 yuan, the route to visit the scenic spot: Yu Square - Foguang Avenue - Lifo relief wall - Lingyan Temple (Shantang Water Palace) - Writing Academy - Grottoes Group - Zhou Premier Memorial Room - Yungang Beiwei Shadow Puppet Hall - Yungang Exhibition Hall - Performing Arts Center - Food and Food Street. The grottoes are carved by mountains, stretching for one kilometer from east to west, and there are 254 existing caves, 45 major caves, and more than 59,000 statues. It is a royal Buddhist complex built by the rulers of Northern Wei. The grottoes are large in scale, exquisite in sculpture art, rich in content and vivid and moving images. It is the peak of Chinese Buddhist art. According to the time of the excavation, it can be divided into early, middle and late phases. The style of the grottoes in different periods also has its own characteristics. Early grottoes: that is, the 16th to 20th caves, also known as the five caves, magnificent, with a thick, simple western atmosphere. Mid-term grottoes: It is the peak stage of the carved and chiselled Yungang Grottoes, mainly with the first and second, fifth and sixth, seventh and eighth, 9th and 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th and the third unfinished grottoes. The mid-stage grottoes are famous for their fine carvings and gorgeous decorations, showing the complex and varied and magnificent Northern Wei style of art. Late Grottoes: mainly distributed west of the 20th Grottoes, including the small fins on the cliff face west of the 4th Grottoes, 14th Grottoes, 15th Grottoes and 11th Grottoes, about 200 small and medium-sized caves. Although the scale is small, the characters are thin and handsome, and the proportion is moderate. It is the source of the example and "skinny and clear statue" of the grotto art in northern China. In addition, the music and dance and acrobatic carving left in the grottoes are also the embodiment of the popularity of Buddhist thought at that time and the reflection of social life in Northern Wei.