云冈石窟,是中国石窟之林的一株。它与诸石窟有共性,也有个性,个性在于:它是中国早期石窟之一;是最先以皇家实力营造的石窟;是少有的完成于一个朝代,一个民族的意识形态下的产物。所以它的文化特征更具有鲜明性。云冈石窟借佛教仪轨对鲜卑民族的音乐舞蹈有充分的表现,最为集中的是佛籁洞,即云冈第十二窟。由于窟内的前室雕成一组辉煌壮丽的舞蹈场面,刻有生动演奏乐人,还有清晰的各种乐器,所以现在也有人们称它为音乐窟。它在我国石窟艺术中是极为珍贵的一个反映音乐文化的洞窟,它既描绘了佛国净土的舞乐境界,又展示了北魏王朝在极盛时期北方文化绚烂的一页,为研究鲜卑民族文化提供了宝贵的实物资料。 Yungang Grottoes, is a forest of Chinese Grottoes. It is common with all the grottoes and also has its own personality. It is one of the earliest grottoes in China. It was the first grotto to be built with imperial power. It is a rare product under the ideology of a dynasty and a nation. Therefore, its cultural characteristics more distinctive. Yungang Grottoes by the Buddhist ritual Xianbei music and dance performance of the community have the full performance, the most concentrated is the Buddha Lala cave, that is, the twelfth Cave Yungang. As the cave inside the front room carved into a group of brilliant magnificent dance scenes, engraved with vivid musicians, as well as a clear variety of musical instruments, so now there are also people call it a music cave. It is an extremely precious cave that reflects the music culture in China’s grotto art. It not only depicts the dance and music realm of Buddhism’s Pure Land, but also shows a glorious page of North culture during the Northern Wei dynasty. In order to study Xianbei culture, Provided a valuable physical information.