The Costume of Wuji in the Dunhuang Murals of Tang Dynasty

Abstract

According to the statistic, there’re total 8 basic costume styles of WUJI in the Dunhuang Murals of Tang Dynasty. This paper analyses the 110 dancers' image, investigates the literature, have the image restoration and compare it with the related characters, all of which makes up the shortcomings of doing research only by mutual proving of images and literature. The static dancing posture will no longer be the only criteria to judge the dancing style and its artistic origins.