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Silk Road history buried under sand

Taklimakan is the largest desert in the country. Measuring 330,000 square kilometers, it's a
scene of endless sand. But buried under this vast desert are relic...

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The secret library cave in dunhuang -- it's past and present

Just over a thousand years ago, someone sealed up a chamber in a cave outside the oasis town of Dunhuang, on the edge of the Gobi Desert in western China. The...

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Dunhuang art -- Virupaksha, Guardian of the West, ink and colours on a silk banner

Although the bottom streamers are now kept separately, this banner is preserved in very good condition, with its triangular headpiece still attached. The Guardian Kings trampling on demons and supported by clouds were a popular subject among the paintings...

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Dunhuang art - Vaishravana with attendants, a woodblock print on paper

This is one of the earliest dated examples of printing. The print was found together with the world's earliest dated printed book, The Diamond Sutra dated AD 868 (now in the British Library, London) and several thousand examples of Buddhist ephemera in th...

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Dunhuang art -- Bodhisattva as Guide of Souls, ink and colours on a silk banner

The painting is inscribed with the characters yinlu pu or 'Bodhisattva leading the Way'. It is one of several examples from Mogao of a bodhisattva leading the beautifully clad donor figure to the Pure Land, or Paradise, indicated by a Chinese building flo...

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Dunhuang art -- Travelling monk, ink and colours on paper

This painting shows a travelling monk, wearing a hat, holding a fan and accompanied by a tiger. He has a heavy load of sutras on his back. Various objects are hanging from his long staff. Two highly finished paintings in the Musée Guimet, Paris, show the...

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Dunhuang art -- Avalokiteshvara, ink and colours on a hemp cloth banner

Hemp, coarser than silk, was cheaper and it is thus likely that these lower quality banners were commissioned or purchased by less wealthy donors. As is typical of the hemp cloth banners, the main figure is executed with simple ink lines and no additional...

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Dunhuang art -- Avalokiteshvara, ink and colours on a paper banner

This is one of many examples from Mogao of a temple flag or banner depicting Avalokiteshvara, the most popular of the bodhisattvas shown on a temple flag or banner. The painting is executed on paper, which was freely available and locally manufactured and...

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Chris
Hi - How much does this cost in RMB for two people mid August ?

BonnieWang
Can you pls provide me some information on this tour? Is it available for 2nd week of jun?

CanVo
Dear travel advisor, I could like it to take it this tour and mid November 2014.
Would you please contact me at my email address: vovancan@hotmail.com.
I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon.
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LaurensiusRusli
Dear,Manager.Please advise for 4days Dunhuang explore tour usd 349 start 29july2014.
2person ,my email   ruslilaurent@hotmail ,waiting for your good news.

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