敦煌莫高窟现存492个洞窟,其历史上下长达千余年。据笔者详细调查,其中有乐舞壁画的洞窟200多个,充分展示了古代中西乐舞发展交流的宏大场景。壁画中鼓的种类最为繁多,本文只将壁画中具有典型性的十几种鼓作了简要考述,并附有一定的图象资料。 There are 492 caves in Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, whose history has reached more than 1,000 years. According to the author’s detailed investigation, there are more than 200 caves of musical murals, demonstrating the magnificent scenes of the development and exchange of ancient Chinese and Western music and dance. The types of drums in the murals are the most numerous. In this paper, only a dozen of the typical murals in the murals are briefly reviewed and accompanied with some image data.