The Present Situation And Value Of The Environment Of Small And Medium - Sized Grottoes In Silk Road

As an important part of The Buddhist art,Grotto art is growing with the development of Buddhism in China, It was became into a unique and mature art form in the finally. The Silk Road has played a very important role in this process, also formed a lot of caves along the way. However, because the old age and the effects of a variety of environmental factors, these precious caves have not been well preserved, its value is greatly reduced. The Ladder Grottoes of Hexes Corridor is a good example in this paper. Its natural environment, human environment, and tourism environment were analyzed and discussed. This paper presents that the value of The Ladder Grottoes have being influenced by the surrounding circumstances, so I made a series of suggestions so that protect The Ladder Grottoes in the best way, and enhance its value in the maximum extent possible.There are three parts in this article, The relations between Silk Road and the caves, The basic condition of the Ladder Mountain Grottoes, the last one is Some Suggestions. The first section is more simple, in order to illustrate the role of the Silk Road for the dissemination of the Grottoes Culture. And, described it from three aspects. Including:The relationship between Buddhism and the Silk Road, The development of Chinese Grottoes Culture, and The Caves on the Silk Road.The second section is the focus of this article. It is a detailed analysis of the specific circumstances of the Ladder Mountain Grottoes. It is not only a brief overview of the ladder Grottoes, but also focuses on the impact of the environmental factors on their own values. This section analyzed the problems mainly from the natural environment, the human environment and the tourism environment. The natural environment including the features of climate, the geological conditions, the mountain vegetation cover conditions, and the conditions of the Huangyang River. On the human environment, mainly analyzes the traffic situation of The Tianti Mountain region, economic development and the relationship between local residents and the grottoes. In addition, the tourism value can directly reflect the changes in the value of the Ladder Mountain Grottoes. This paper analyzes the factors that affect the value of the grotto, especially the natural factors and the tourism activities. Among them, the impact of natural factors difficult to improve in the short term, but the adverse effects from the visitors can be curbed, thus leads to the third section of this article.The third section is the "Proposal" mainly aimed at improving the environment of grotto, enhance the value of the grotto, the protection of traditional culture. In addition, also made some suggestions about the tourism environment, for example, the proposal of regular repair caves, the proposal of attract visitors and increase tourism revenue, on the other hand, the behavior of the environment damage should be punished.