East-West Question | Zhang Yuanlin: Why are there swans and phoenixes pulling carts in Dunhuang murals?. By double superimposing it with the iconography of the sun god in Chinese culture, the painter allowed local viewers to more fully understand the "Sun God Riding a Carriage" image.
The murals of Mogao Grottoes are witnesses of the collision of Eastern and Western cultural exchanges. The total area of Dunhuang Murals is more than 50,000 square meters.