石窟病害调查是石窟保护的一项基础性的工作。本文以“联合国教科文组织龙门石窟保护修复工程”项目中的病害调查工作为基础,总结了石窟病害调查的经验和存在的不足,并对石窟病害调查及评估方法做了初步的探索和研究。这些总结和探索将有助于这项工作走向系统化和标准化,从而更加有利于龙门石窟保护工作的开展与进步。 Grottoes disease investigation is a basic protection of the grottoes. Based on the investigation of the diseases in the project of “protection and restoration of UNESCO Longmen Grottoes”, this paper summarizes the experience and shortcomings of the investigation of the grottoes disease and makes a preliminary exploration of the investigation and assessment methods of the grottoes disease the study. These summarizations and explorations will help to systematize and standardize this work, and will be more conducive to the development and progress of the protection of the Longmen Grottoes.