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Dunhuang art -- Avalokiteshvara as Saviour from Perils, ink and colours on silk

Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, is show in his six-armed form seated on a lotus behind an altar. He can be identified by the small figure of the Buddha Amitabha seated in his headdress. His two upper arms hold the sun and the moon, his two...

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Dunhuang art -- Kshitigarbha as Lord of the Six Ways, ink and colours on silk

The bodhisattva Kshitigarbha is shown wearing a hood and seated on a lotus behind an altar accompanied by two worshipping bodhisattvas. On the three lines on each side of his halo are depicted 'The Six Ways of Life': gods, animals and hell (top left) and...

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Dunhuang art -- Lokapala, ink and colours on silk (fragment)

This huge fragment - now mounted as a hanging scroll - was once part of a splendid composition which was at least two metres high. All that remains of the lokapala (guardian figure) is the half-open mouth, the shoulders, upper body and a hand holding an a...

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Daoism

The Way
Humans model themselves on earth,
Earth on heaven,
Heaven on the Way,
And the way on that which is naturally so.
-- Laozi, excerpted from Daodejing #251...

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Ethnic Minorities in China

An essay on some of China's 56 ethnic minority groups. This essay provides a backdrop for understanding that China, like many places in the world, faces challen...

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The library caves in the Mogao Grottoes , dunhuang

Cave 17 is the world famous Library Cave, discovered by Taoist Wang Yuanlu in 22June, 1900. This south-facing cave lies in the south wall of the corridor of cav...

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Women in Traditional China

by Patricia Ebrey In China from very early times, men have been seen as the core of the family. The ancestors to whom a Shang or Zhou dynasty king made sacrific...

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Dunhuang Art During the Sixteen Kingdoms and the Northern Dynasties

Interior of Cave No. 249, Western Wei Dunhuang was one of the four provinces of the Hexi region created during the era of Han Emperor Wu (141-89 B.C.). An imp...

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