The full-color collection of Dunhuang manuscripts has surpassed 100 volumes, presenting reproductions of significant manuscripts from the 11 institutions in Northwest China's Gansu Province ...
The Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, a hub of ancient Chinese Buddhist art and spirituality, fell victim to extensive looting in the early 20th century. Today, the priceless relics taken from this sacred ...
"When I visited the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, where the ancient pipa manuscripts were discovered, I was like a child full of curiosity. I was deeply moved when I saw the historical site," she recalls.
The First Sight of Dunhuang, a new book of 112 restored mural artworks of the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, Gansu province, and nearby Yulin Caves. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] A new book ...
High-resolution images of 30 entire caves and information on more than 6,500 manuscripts from the Digital ... to facilitate the digital restoration of Dunhuang cultural relics housed abroad ...
After days of wheedling Wang and nights of removing scrolls from the cave, Stein left Dunhuang with 24 cases of manuscripts and five more filled with paintings and relics. It was one of the ...
Repairs were carried out from 1963 to 1965. Between 1906 and 1919 the Dunhuang grottoes was looted. Much of the Hand-copied ancient books, manuscripts, literary works, Buddhist and secular ...
The glorious paintings and statues of the Dunhuang caves have long attracted visitors from around the world. But tourism is doing more harm than good to these extremely fragile works of art.