The cream of the grottoes was sponsored by the Nanzhao imperial household, and the rest by the royal household of the Dali Kingdom or through the donation of the devout men and women living in the Nanzhao Regime and Dali Kingdom.

• 石窟的精华部分为南诏王室所造,其余为大理王室及南诏、大理时期的善男信女个人捐造。