云冈石窟的开凿工程是一个饶有趣味的话题。过去的研究者多从洞窟形制、造像样式与文献相结合,探讨云冈各洞窟的开凿次第,而论及云冈石窟开凿工程本身的论文很少。日本的隧道工程专家、佐滕工业株式会社的吉村怜等人曾经从建筑工程的角度探讨了云冈昙曜五窟的主要工程数量、工程时间和作业人数,在他们发表的《昙曜五窟营造工程探讨》一文注释中,提到长广敏雄先生出版于 Excavation of Yungang Grottoes is an interesting topic. In the past, researchers from the cave shape, statue style and the combination of literature to explore the Yungang Cave excavation of the first, and on the Yungang Grottoes excavation works on the few papers. Japan’s tunnel engineering experts, Zoten Industries Co., Ltd. Yoshimitsu pity and others from the construction point of view of the Yungang Tanya five caves the main project number, construction time and number of workers in their published “Tan Yao Wu Cave Construction Engineering, ”a article note, referred to Mr. Chang Guangminxiong published