Some of the important academic points about the Maiji Mountain Grottoes, on the other hand, some key points for the study of Maiji Mountain Grottoes, are be discussed fervently by the academic circles, and it has never desist from discussing. For example, the different opinions on the division line for dating the earliest cave and on the precise time of the beginning of the creative construction on the site of Maiji Mountain; The question about the source of the art style presented by sculptures of the Maiji Mountain, especially refers to these earlier ones that dating from the period of the Northern Dynasties, and the hot topic of that whether the sculptures of Maiji Mountain had embodied a trend of Sino-Buddhist in many aspects; And whether or not the Jataka of Syama which has been illustrated inside of Cave 127 at Maiji Mountain Grottoes stand for the perfect representative of the mural painting of the Northern Dynasties ? This article offers the opinion of his own on these concerning questions for further discussing
