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Dunhuang art -- Samantabhadra, ink and colours on a silk banner

From Cave 17, Mogao, near Dunhuang, Gansu province, ChinaTang dynasty, late 8th - early 9th century ADBanner painting of a popular bodhisattvaThe triangular to...

Dunhuang art -- Scenes from the Life of the Buddha, ink and colours on a silk banner

This painting was executed in a more sketchy style than others of a similar subject from the Mogao caves. The highly finished paintings, where expensive colours and even gold were used, were reserved for the privileged donors who paid the most. Those in a...

Mystery Along the Silk Road: The Discovery of the Black City of Khara Khoto

In this Therese Schoofs Memorial Lecture, Asian Art Museum Docent, Julia Verzhbinsky, discusses the discovery of the "black city" of Khara Khoto....

Dunhuang art -- Scenes from the Life of the Buddha, ink and colours on silk

From Cave 17, Mogao, near Dunhuang, Gansu province, China Tang dynasty, 8th-early 9th century ADStory telling set in a landscapeThis painting was part of a seri...

Dunhuang art -- Silk altar valance

From Cave 17, Mogao, near Dunhuang, Gansu province, ChinaTang Dynasty, 8th-9th century ADSilk valances liek this were originally used on the altars of Buddhist...

Dunhuang art -- Scenes from the Life of the Buddha, ink and colours on silk

At the time of the birth of the historical Buddha, Shakyamuni, it was foretold that he would either become a chakravartin (Universal Emperor) or a Buddha. In Buddhist art Shakyamuni is often shown with the symbols of the chakravartin to indicate that he d...

Singing Sand Dunes: The Mystery of Desert Music

If you've never heard a sand dune rumble, listen up. Marco Polo in the 13th Century said the singing sands -- which he ascribed to evil desert spirits -- "at ti...

Singing Sand Dunes Explained

When Marco Polo heard it in China, he suspected evil spirits. When residents of Copiapo, Chile, heard it emanating from a sandy hill, they dubbed the peak El B...

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Dunhuang art -- Samantabhadra, ink and colours on a silk banner

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Dunhuang art -- Scenes from the Life of the Buddha, ink and colours on silk

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Singing Sand Dunes: The Mystery of Desert Music

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China Southern Airlines added a number of new routes to Kash

A bowl of malatang makes Gansu Tianshui take over "Erbin"

The apricot Blossom Festival of Turpan will be held in Toksu

The database of Dunhuang Relics was completed and put into u

Direct flights from Lanzhou to Hong Kong will begin in mid-A

Maijishan Grottoes photographed in 1956

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