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Pipa player breathes new life into ancient Dunhuang scores

Renowned pipa player Wu Man performs at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing on Dec 3. When the internationally celebrated pipa virtuoso took the stage at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing on Dec 3, she performed music pieces based on ancient scores from the Mogao Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Dunhuang, …

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1 month, 1 week ago

From passersby to residents

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A clay-board artwork inspired by the mural of A Deer of Nine Colors from the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, created by Wu Mingfei using AI tools. At the age of 10, Wu Mingfei received a gift from his mother: a thick book about the murals in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu province. However, due to their high …

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1 month, 1 week ago

From passersby to residents

China Daily

A clay-board artwork inspired by the mural of A Deer of Nine Colors from the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, created by Wu Mingfei using AI tools. At the age of 10, Wu Mingfei received a gift from his mother: a thick book about the murals in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu province. However, due to their high …

China China Daily Russian Wu Mingfei Pronkina Dunhuang Mural

1 month, 1 week ago

From passersby to residents

China Daily

A clay-board artwork inspired by the mural of A Deer of Nine Colors from the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, created by Wu Mingfei using AI tools. At the age of 10, Wu Mingfei received a gift from his mother: a thick book about the murals in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu province. However, due to their high …

China China Daily Russian Wu Mingfei Pronkina Dunhuang Mural

1 month, 1 week ago

Dunhuang destined to dazzle onstage

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Tian Qinxin, the president of the National Theatre of China, who is the scriptwriter and director of the production. As playwright and director, Tian says she found the production both challenging and innovative, as it blends art forms such as drama, music and dance, and makes use of film, 2D, 3D and artificial intelligence technology to break through the barriers …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Dunhuang destined to dazzle onstage

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Zhang Yixing at a rehearsal for the musical drama. This new production brings together a lineup of young actors and actresses, led by singer-actor Zhang Yixing, who performed the musical drama's theme song during the media event on Oct 30 along with other cast members. "I have been interested in Dunhuang for years, and being part of this process is …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Dunhuang destined to dazzle onstage

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Singer-actor Zhang Yixing and main cast members of the theatrical production The Summoning of Dunhuang perform a song at the media event on Oct 30. One of the most eminent Chinese artists to study in France, Chang discovered a book containing photographs of hundreds of Dunhuang paintings and manuscripts in an old bookstore in Paris in 1935. Young actors and …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Dunhuang destined to dazzle onstage

China Daily

Singer-actor Zhang Yixing and main cast members of the theatrical production The Summoning of Dunhuang perform a song at the media event on Oct 30. One of the most eminent Chinese artists to study in France, Chang discovered a book containing photographs of hundreds of Dunhuang paintings and manuscripts in an old bookstore in Paris in 1935. Young actors and …

China Tian Chang Dunhuang

1 month, 1 week ago

Dunhuang destined to dazzle onstage

China Daily

Singer-actor Zhang Yixing and main cast members of the theatrical production The Summoning of Dunhuang perform a song at the media event on Oct 30. One of the most eminent Chinese artists to study in France, Chang discovered a book containing photographs of hundreds of Dunhuang paintings and manuscripts in an old bookstore in Paris in 1935. Young actors and …

China Tian Chang Dunhuang

2 months ago

The Exquisite Silk Road Murals: A Masterpiece of Art and History

China Daily

The article describes the ongoing Silk Road mural reproduction project led by the Gongbi Painting Institute of the Chinese National Academy of Arts. The project involves over 200 experts from across China and 10 countries along the ancient Silk Road, meticulously replicating murals from more than 30 grottoes, temples, and tombs. The project aims to preserve and share the rich …

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2 months ago

A Legacy of Dance: Beijing Dance Academy Celebrates 70 Years with Grand Gala

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The article celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Beijing Dance Academy. It features interviews with dancers who have graduated from the academy, including Yin Shuo and Hu Yang. The dancers speak about their experiences at the academy, including the opportunities they were given to learn and perform, as well as the support they received from the academy staff.

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2 months, 1 week ago

A Journey Through the Mogao Caves: Exploring the Vision of a Master Painter

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An exhibition showcasing the works of artist Chang Shuhong, who played a significant role in preserving and promoting the Mogao Caves, is currently on display at the Zhejiang Provincial Museum in Hangzhou. Visitors can explore the artist's journey through the caves, with his paintings reflecting the beauty and cultural significance of the place.

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2 months, 1 week ago

Paintings explore odyssey of vision

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A copy of a Northern Wei Dynasty mural at Cave 428 in the Mogao Caves by Chang Shuhong. Pan Yunhe, academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering and former principal of Zhejiang University, who joined the initial digitalization exploration of the Mogao Caves, recalls his first meeting with Chang Shuhong in 1982. At that time, Chang Shuhong was among the …

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Paintings explore odyssey of vision

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A painting depicting fish, in 1933 in Paris, highlight Chang Shuhong's transformation in artistic style. FANG AIQING/CHINA DAILY In 1951, staff members of the academy co-authored an article introducing their facsimile project, which said that over the past four decades, many of the murals presented in Pelliot's photo catalog had been destroyed or faded. According to Chang Jiahuang, since the …

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3 months ago

Gala broadcast captivates global audience

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Ninety-three-year-old veteran Li Weibo. The program Red Opera, for example, utilized AI and virtual reality technologies to "awaken" artifacts from the Liaoning Provincial Museum, including the Song Dynasty painting Auspicious Cranes by Zhao Ji, Ten Scenic Views of West Lake by Wang Yuanqi of the Qing Dynasty, a Yuan Dynasty blue-and-white octagonal jar adorned with pine, bamboo and plum designs, …

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3 months ago

Protection of major grottoes emphasized

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Tourists visit the Maijishan Grottoes in Tianshui, Gansu province, in June. As part of Xi's four-day trip to Gansu province last week, Zhao accompanied the president on a fact-finding trip to the Maijishan Grottoes, one of China's four major grottoes sites. China's vast landscape is home to nearly 6,000 cave temples, and the Chinese president lauded the nation's major grottoes …

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3 months ago

Great Wall restoration teams uncover trove of secrets

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A section of the Great Wall, constructed during the Han Dynasty, in Dunhuang, Gansu province. "Archaeological discoveries have shown that at the base of the Chu Great Wall's man-made wall, there are large-scale accumulations of charred wooden sticks or charred wooden sticks mixed with stones. Other experts at the Beijing seminar shared studies of a large number of statues and …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Safeguarding the cultural landscape

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The Nankan cliff statues in Bazhong, Sichuan province, from the Tang Dynasty. Forum highlights remarkable progress in conserving cave temples, report Wang Ru in Dunhuang, Gansu province, and Ma Jingna in Lanzhou. Together, they form cave temples — a special cultural landscape embodying the reverence of ancient people for divine blessings. China boasts many dazzling cave temples, including the Mogao …

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Exhibition brings Silk Road culture to universities in Taiwan

China Daily

TAIPEI -- A touring exhibition is giving students at three universities in Taiwan the opportunity to experience the famous murals and other artworks from Dunhuang in Northwest China's Gansu province, home to the Mogao Grottoes and a cultural landmark along the ancient Silk Road. The exhibition, organized by the Sheen Chuen-Chi Cultural & Educational Foundation, the Dunhuang Academy and the …

Exhibition Taiwan Dunhuang Shih Murals

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Safeguarding the cultural landscape

China Daily

Cave temples were highlighted at the 2024 International Forum on Cave Temple Conservation in Dunhuang, Gansu province, in August. Protection is the key A highlight of Sichuan's protection efforts, according to Pu Xin, deputy director of the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Heritage Administration, is the thousand-Buddha statues on a cliff of Wolong Mountain in Mianyang, Sichuan, which is among the first …

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Safeguarding the cultural landscape

China Daily

The Nankan cliff statues in Bazhong, Sichuan province, from the Tang Dynasty. Forum highlights remarkable progress in conserving cave temples, report Wang Ru in Dunhuang, Gansu province, and Ma Jingna in Lanzhou. Together, they form cave temples — a special cultural landscape embodying the reverence of ancient people for divine blessings. China boasts many dazzling cave temples, including the Mogao …

China Temples Cave Cave Temples

3 months, 1 week ago

Safeguarding the cultural landscape

China Daily

The Nankan cliff statues in Bazhong, Sichuan province, from the Tang Dynasty. Forum highlights remarkable progress in conserving cave temples, report Wang Ru in Dunhuang, Gansu province, and Ma Jingna in Lanzhou. Together, they form cave temples — a special cultural landscape embodying the reverence of ancient people for divine blessings. China boasts many dazzling cave temples, including the Mogao …

China Temples Cave Cave Temples

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Couple devoted to guarding cultural relics

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Memet and his wife walk on a dirt road leading to the ancient structure that was put under national first-class protection in 2013. Before 2001, when Kazak herders living in the region moved livestock between their winter and summer pastures in spring and autumn, they used buildings at the site as temporary pens. After Memet started protecting the tower, he …

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Couple devoted to guarding cultural relics

China Daily

Memet and his wife walk on a dirt road leading to the ancient structure that was put under national first-class protection in 2013. Before 2001, when Kazak herders living in the region moved livestock between their winter and summer pastures in spring and autumn, they used buildings at the site as temporary pens. After Memet started protecting the tower, he …

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Pipa player breathes new life into ancient Dunhuang scores

From passersby to residents

From passersby to residents

From passersby to residents

Dunhuang destined to dazzle onstage

Dunhuang destined to dazzle onstage

Dunhuang destined to dazzle onstage

Dunhuang destined to dazzle onstage

Dunhuang destined to dazzle onstage

The Exquisite Silk Road Murals: A Masterpiece of Art and History

A Legacy of Dance: Beijing Dance Academy Celebrates 70 Years with Grand Gala

A Journey Through the Mogao Caves: Exploring the Vision of a Master Painter

Paintings explore odyssey of vision

Paintings explore odyssey of vision

Gala broadcast captivates global audience

Protection of major grottoes emphasized

Great Wall restoration teams uncover trove of secrets

Safeguarding the cultural landscape

Exhibition brings Silk Road culture to universities in Taiwan

Safeguarding the cultural landscape

Safeguarding the cultural landscape

Safeguarding the cultural landscape

Couple devoted to guarding cultural relics

Couple devoted to guarding cultural relics