Restorer's passion shows in his work

1 month, 1 week ago

From passersby to residents

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

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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 …

China China Daily Russian Wu Mingfei Pronkina Dunhuang Mural

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 …

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 …

Art Chinese Tian Dunhuang

2 months ago

Time Travel Through the Caves: Immerse Yourself in the Artistic Legacy of Yungang Grottoes

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A digital art show at the Yungang Grottoes offers visitors a time travel to experience the artistry and cultural significance of the cave art. The show features a giant sphere theater that visualizes and audio-animates the cave art, immersing visitors in a spiritual journey through history. Visitors can explore the cave art's evolution over centuries, from majestic rock-out temples to …

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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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2 months, 1 week ago

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 …

His Father

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, 1 week ago

Digital wizardry makes broken Buddhist statues whole again

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A 3D model of Cave 17 at the grottoes created by Taiyuan University of Technology is seen on display. With their heads removed and bodies broken into pieces to be sold around the world, Buddhist statues taken from sacred grottoes in North China are being made whole again, but in digital form. The painstaking restoration work is being done with …

Art China Digital Statues Buddhist Grottoes Buddha

3 months, 1 week ago

Digital wizardry makes broken Buddhist statues whole again

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A 3D model of Cave 17 at the grottoes created by Taiyuan University of Technology is seen on display. With their heads removed and bodies broken into pieces to be sold around the world, Buddhist statues taken from sacred grottoes in North China are being made whole again, but in digital form. The painstaking restoration work is being done with …

Art China Digital Statues Buddhist Grottoes Buddha

3 months, 1 week ago

Digital wizardry makes broken Buddhist statues whole again

China Daily

A 3D model of Cave 17 at the grottoes created by Taiyuan University of Technology is seen on display. With their heads removed and bodies broken into pieces to be sold around the world, Buddhist statues taken from sacred grottoes in North China are being made whole again, but in digital form. The painstaking restoration work is being done with …

Art China Digital Statues Buddhist Grottoes Buddha

3 months, 1 week ago

Digital wizardry makes broken Buddhist statues whole again

China Daily

A 3D model of Cave 17 at the grottoes created by Taiyuan University of Technology is seen on display. With their heads removed and bodies broken into pieces to be sold around the world, Buddhist statues taken from sacred grottoes in North China are being made whole again, but in digital form. The painstaking restoration work is being done with …

Art China Digital Statues Buddhist Grottoes Buddha

3 months, 1 week ago

Digital wizardry makes broken Buddhist statues whole again

China Daily

A 3D model of Cave 17 at the grottoes created by Taiyuan University of Technology is seen on display. With their heads removed and bodies broken into pieces to be sold around the world, Buddhist statues taken from sacred grottoes in North China are being made whole again, but in digital form. The painstaking restoration work is being done with …

Art China Digital Statues Buddhist Grottoes Buddha

3 months, 1 week ago

Xi calls for deepening reform in Gansu to advance Chinese modernization

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President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, waves to the crowd while visiting a section of the Yellow River in Lanzhou, Northwest China's Gansu province, Sept 11, 2024. LANZHOU, Gansu/BAOJI, Shaanxi - Chinese President Xi Jinping urged Northwest China's Gansu province to deepen reform, make innovation, …

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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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3 months, 1 week ago

Exhibition brings Silk Road culture to universities in Taiwan

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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 …

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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 …

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

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Bringing Dunhuang's murals to life

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Artist and choreographer responsible for devising dance tradition based on Mogao's images are focus of touring exhibition, Chen Nan reports. In a grand hall at Beijing's Chinese Traditional Culture Museum, a captivating scene unfolds as 93-year-old artist Chang Shana and 89-year-old choreographer Gao Jinrong walk into the room holding hands. Their bond has been forged by their shared vision of …

Chang Gao Bringing Dunhuang

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Video: Bringing Dunhuang's murals to life

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In a grand hall at Beijing's Chinese Traditional Culture Museum, a captivating scene unfolds as 93-year-old artist Chang Shana and 89-year-old choreographer Gao Jinrong walk into the room holding hands. Their bond has been forged by their shared vision of breathing life into Dunhuang's ancient murals through dance, ensuring that their beauty and significance continues to captivate and inspire. Home …

Chang Dunhuang Gao

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Video: Bringing Dunhuang's murals to life

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In a grand hall at Beijing's Chinese Traditional Culture Museum, a captivating scene unfolds as 93-year-old artist Chang Shana and 89-year-old choreographer Gao Jinrong walk into the room holding hands. Their bond has been forged by their shared vision of breathing life into Dunhuang's ancient murals through dance, ensuring that their beauty and significance continues to captivate and inspire. Home …

Chang Dunhuang Gao

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ancient sites in Shanxi's Datong enthrall with rich history

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People visit the Yungang Grottoes on Aug 23, 2024. Yungang Grottoes, treasure troves of Buddhist art A trip to Datong wouldn't be complete without exploring the Yungang Grottoes, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site. Yungang Grottoes represent the pinnacle of Buddhist cave art from the 5th and 6th centuries, created during the Northern Wei Dynasty when Datong was the capital …

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4 months ago

Cultural relics from Dunhuang featured in Shanghai exhibition

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Lovers of Dunhuang art and culture dressed as the characters in the Mogao Caves frescoes. Cultural relics recognized as the national treasure of China from Dunhuang of Gansu province will be featured at the upcoming exhibition at China Art Museum, Shanghai. The Great Art of Dunhuang, taking place at the China Art Museum, Shanghai, also known as the Shanghai Art …

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4 months ago

Cultural relics from Dunhuang featured in Shanghai exhibition

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Lovers of Dunhuang art and culture dressed as the characters in the Mogao Caves frescoes. Cultural relics recognized as the national treasure of China from Dunhuang of Gansu province will be featured at the upcoming exhibition at China Art Museum, Shanghai. The Great Art of Dunhuang, taking place at the China Art Museum, Shanghai, also known as the Shanghai Art …

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4 months ago

Gansu forum focusing on grotto studies

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The 2024 International Forum on Cave Temple Conservation, organized by the National Cultural Heritage Administration, kicked off on Monday in Dunhuang, Gansu province. According to Guan Qiang, deputy director of the National Cultural Heritage Administration, China's cave temples, as represented by Mogao, not only vividly demonstrate the spread of Buddhism in China, but are also testimony to Chinese civilization. That …

China National Temples Cave Temple Dunhuang Gansu

4 months ago

Gansu forum focusing on grotto studies

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The 2024 International Forum on Cave Temple Conservation, organized by the National Cultural Heritage Administration, kicked off on Monday in Dunhuang, Gansu province. According to Guan Qiang, deputy director of the National Cultural Heritage Administration, China's cave temples, as represented by Mogao, not only vividly demonstrate the spread of Buddhism in China, but are also testimony to Chinese civilization. That …

China National Temples Cave Temple Dunhuang Cave Temples

6 months, 1 week ago

Jiankou work starts to go deeper into layers of history

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Shang Heng, an associate research fellow at the Beijing Institute of Archaeology, has been devoted to research along the Great Wall. During the restoration, numerous professional teams specializing in Great Wall conservation will be involved, adhering to the principle of minimal intervention, according to the authorities in charge of the restoration. Traditional techniques and materials will be used for emergency …

Great Wall Restoration Process Jiankou Work

7 months ago

Career dedicated to sharing glory of caves

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Artist Chang Shana's works on display at a touring exhibition, Everlasting Beauty of Dunhuang, in Beijing, including The Guardian King of the South. Touched by Chang Shana's gift and devotion to Dunhuang, Lin helped her land a job as an assistant lecturer at the architecture department of Tsinghua University. Lin hoped to introduce the young girl to the fields of …

Design Lin Dunhuang Chang Shana

7 months ago

Career dedicated to sharing glory of caves

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Artist Chang Shana's works on display at a touring exhibition, Everlasting Beauty of Dunhuang, in Beijing, including Nine-Color Deer. CHINA DAILY She designed silk scarves featuring zaojing patterns from Dunhuang and white doves, which were chosen as gifts to international delegations attending a conference in Beijing in 1952. Decades afterward, she incorporated Dunhuang art into her designs at several landmark …

Beijing Dunhuang

7 months ago

Career dedicated to sharing glory of caves

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Artist Chang Shana's works on display at a touring exhibition, Everlasting Beauty of Dunhuang, in Beijing, including Deity and Incense Burner. The journey began when Chang Shuhong decided to leave behind a Parisian life with good prospects to head toward a dream and mission — and, of course, uncertainties — back in his home country. He would have pursued his …

Paris Dunhuang

7 months ago

Career dedicated to sharing glory of caves

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Artist Chang Shana's works on display at a touring exhibition, Everlasting Beauty of Dunhuang, in Beijing, including Nine-Color Deer. CHINA DAILY She designed silk scarves featuring zaojing patterns from Dunhuang and white doves, which were chosen as gifts to international delegations attending a conference in Beijing in 1952. Decades afterward, she incorporated Dunhuang art into her designs at several landmark …

Beijing Dunhuang

7 months ago

Career dedicated to sharing glory of caves

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Artist Chang Shana's works on display at a touring exhibition, Everlasting Beauty of Dunhuang, in Beijing, including Woman in Xinjiang. Her daily routine also included practicing calligraphy, learning French, studying Chinese and taking lessons in Chinese and Western art history, taught by artists who worked with her father researching Dunhuang. "There, I completed the first stage of education in my …

Art Dunhuang

7 months ago

Career dedicated to sharing glory of caves

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Artist Chang Shana's works on display at a touring exhibition, Everlasting Beauty of Dunhuang, in Beijing, including The Guardian King of the South. Touched by Chang Shana's gift and devotion to Dunhuang, Lin helped her land a job as an assistant lecturer at the architecture department of Tsinghua University. Lin hoped to introduce the young girl to the fields of …

Design Lin Dunhuang Chang Shana

7 months ago

From caves to the stage

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The Flying Apsaras musical premiered at Beijing's Poly Theatre from April 25 to 27. CHINA DAILY A new musical takes the Mogao Grottoes as its setting and subject, innovatively blending genres, cultures and eras, as well as myth with reality, Cheng Yuezhu reports. Several years ago, stage musical producer Li Dun spent seven days visiting the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, …

7 months ago

From caves to the stage

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The Flying Apsaras musical premiered at Beijing's Poly Theatre from April 25 to 27. CHINA DAILY A new musical takes the Mogao Grottoes as its setting and subject, innovatively blending genres, cultures and eras, as well as myth with reality, Cheng Yuezhu reports. Several years ago, stage musical producer Li Dun spent seven days visiting the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, …

Mogao Grottoes

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Young people work to preserve precious past

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Dai Yuxiang renovates a piece of ancient mural at the institute. "Looking at the scattered mural pieces on the ground, we decided to use an archaeological extraction method, systematically extracting the mural layer by layer on the ground in a gridded manner, with each grid corresponding to a box of mural fragments." "After a mural cracks, the edges form a …

Research Restoration Institute Mural Grottoes Yungang Past Dai

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Young people work to preserve precious past

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Dai Yuxiang renovates a piece of ancient mural at the institute. "Looking at the scattered mural pieces on the ground, we decided to use an archaeological extraction method, systematically extracting the mural layer by layer on the ground in a gridded manner, with each grid corresponding to a box of mural fragments." "After a mural cracks, the edges form a …

Research Restoration Institute Mural Dai Grottoes Yungang

8 months, 2 weeks ago

China's Dunhuang, French museum to co-build database of Mogao Grottoes

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China's Dunhuang Academy and France's Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts have collaborated to create a digital resource library in the Library Cave of the millennium-old Mogao Grottoes. The Mogao Grottoes is a UNESCO World Heritage site boasting rich collections of Buddhist artworks in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu province. The two institutes have recently signed a memorandum of cooperation and …

China Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes

8 months, 2 weeks ago

China's Dunhuang, French museum to co-build database of Mogao Grottoes

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China's Dunhuang Academy and France's Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts have collaborated to create a digital resource library in the Library Cave of the millennium-old Mogao Grottoes. The Mogao Grottoes is a UNESCO World Heritage site boasting rich collections of Buddhist artworks in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu province. The two institutes have recently signed a memorandum of cooperation and …

China Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Resource Library French Museum

8 months, 2 weeks ago

China's Dunhuang, French museum to co-build database of Mogao Grottoes

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China's Dunhuang Academy and France's Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts have collaborated to create a digital resource library in the Library Cave of the millennium-old Mogao Grottoes. The Mogao Grottoes is a UNESCO World Heritage site boasting rich collections of Buddhist artworks in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu province. The two institutes have recently signed a memorandum of cooperation and …

China Cultural Relics Mogao Grottoes Dunhuang French

9 months ago

Dunhuang Academy's protection team work to ensure relics not lost to sands of time

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Su Bomin discusses preservation work on a Buddhist statue at the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu province. The Dunhuang Academy's cultural relics protection team was honored with the title of National Outstanding Engineering Team early this year, China's highest honor in the field of engineering. Su Bomin, the director of the Dunhuang Academy and head of the cultural relics protection …

Protection Cultural Dunhuang

9 months ago

Dunhuang Academy's protection team work to ensure relics not lost to sands of time

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A student copies a wall painting from the Mogao Grottoes during a study tour in Dunhuang in February last year. ZHANG XIAOLIANG/XINHUA After four years and the formulation of 81 different recipes, they finally developed a suitable injection formula through repeated improvements. Fan Zaixuan, a member of the cultural relics protection team, has been involved in the restoration of ancient …

9 months ago

Dunhuang Academy's protection team work to ensure relics not lost to sands of time

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Su Bomin discusses preservation work on a Buddhist statue at the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu province. The Dunhuang Academy's cultural relics protection team was honored with the title of National Outstanding Engineering Team early this year, China's highest honor in the field of engineering. Su Bomin, the director of the Dunhuang Academy and head of the cultural relics protection …

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