The Bezeklik Thousand-Buddha Caves is situated at the north bank of Muzat River and about 7 km the south of Bezeklik Town between the Kuqa County and Baichen County. The best known are undoubtedly those at Bezeklik, a collection of retreats once inhabited by Buddhist monks. You can see 57 caves, all numbered, which contain fragments of frescos from the 6th to the 14th C portraying Buddhist themes. In Cave No. 39 can be seen a group of mourners accompanied by thirteen disciples of Buddha. The north wall of Cave No. 37 shows a painting of a bodhisattva, dressed in red and with blue eyes and a long, straight nose. The explanatory inscriptions are almost all in Chinese and Uigur; this suggests that at this time the cultures of China and Asia Minor complemented and influenced one another.