On the Influence of Kucha Grotto Murals on Ghazi Ehmet's Mural Creation
The Kucha Grotto murals serve as visual historical records of the cultural exchange,interaction,and fusion between Eastern and Western civilizations along the Silk Road.Ghazi Ehmet is well-versed in the cultural connotations and artistic representations of these murals,which have profoundly influenced his mural creations.During the New Mural Movement of the 1980s,he integrated the patterns,symbols,and language of Kucha Grotto murals into modern mural creations,pioneering a new Xinjiang style of Chinese modern murals.His work blends ancient and contemporary perspectives,following a"grand historical view,grand cultural view,and grand era view,"highlighting the cultural entanglement between the Central Plains and the Western Regions.This gives modern vitality to Kucha culture.