Past resonates at ancient site on Silk Road
3 years, 10 months ago

Past resonates at ancient site on Silk Road

China Daily  

Tourists visit the Mogao Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage site with numerous ancient murals and Buddhist statues, in Dunhuang, Gansu province. In the Dunhuang grottoes and surrounding areas in Gansu province, visitors can hear voices from the dust and sample the flavors of life long ago Bumping one's way slowly on the back of a camel across the desert of Dunhuang, Gansu province, a modern-day visitor can easily imagine the past, when traders trudged along the ancient Silk Road, chatting and laughing in good spirits as they expected a good harvest. Traces of exchanges between different civilizations can be found in the mottled murals and Buddhist statues of its iconic Mogao Grottoes, the rolling sandstone of Echoing-Sand Mountain, a quiet oasis in the Gobi Desert, mysterious ancient graves and numerous earth-tone ruins. Dunhuang, one of the first cities in China to open to the West, has long been a port of entry along the ancient Silk Road.

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Protection of major grottoes emphasized
3 months ago

Protection of major grottoes emphasized

China Daily  

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 …

Exhibition brings Silk Road culture to universities in Taiwan
3 months, 1 week ago

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 …

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

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

China Daily  

Visitors peruse paintings and scripture scrolls at Dunhuang Art Gallery, which is operated by the academy, in Lanzhou, Gansu province, in April. This restoration directly prompted the introduction of the Chinese Cultural Relics and Historical Sites Protection Guidelines, providing a set of ideas and methods for the protection of China's cultural relics. On May 1, 2016, Digital Dunhuang was officially …

Annual artist visit to Dunhuang
1 year, 1 month ago

Annual artist visit to Dunhuang

China Daily  

Artists from Hong Kong and Macao enjoyed a 10-day visit to Dunhuang in Gansu province. Thirteen artists from Hong Kong and Macao enjoyed a 10-day visit to Dunhuang in Gansu province in late October. Their visit allowed them to experience the culture and history of Dunhuang, an important historic city and cultural meting pot on the ancient Silk Road. Every …

Annual artist visit to Dunhuang
1 year, 1 month ago

Annual artist visit to Dunhuang

China Daily  

Artists from Hong Kong and Macao enjoyed a 10-day visit to Dunhuang in Gansu province. Thirteen artists from Hong Kong and Macao enjoyed a 10-day visit to Dunhuang in Gansu province in late October. Their visit allowed them to experience the culture and history of Dunhuang, an important historic city and cultural meting pot on the ancient Silk Road. Every …

Photo exhibition hopes to raise awareness on Mogao Caves
1 year, 4 months ago

Photo exhibition hopes to raise awareness on Mogao Caves

China Daily  

A painted sculpture at Cave 45 of Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, Gansu province. Photographer Wu Jian has been focusing his lens on Mogao Caves, the UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu province, for over four decades. He said at the exhibition's opening ceremony that it's a display of part of his works taken at more than 40 cultural …

Photo exhibition hopes to raise awareness on Mogao Caves
1 year, 4 months ago

Photo exhibition hopes to raise awareness on Mogao Caves

China Daily  

A painted sculpture at Cave 45 of Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, Gansu province. Photographer Wu Jian has been focusing his lens on Mogao Caves, the UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu province, for over four decades. He said at the exhibition's opening ceremony that it's a display of part of his works taken at more than 40 cultural …

Photo exhibition hopes to raise awareness on Mogao Caves
1 year, 4 months ago

Photo exhibition hopes to raise awareness on Mogao Caves

China Daily  

A painted sculpture at Cave 45 of Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, Gansu province. Photographer Wu Jian has been focusing his lens on Mogao Caves, the UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu province, for over four decades. He said at the exhibition's opening ceremony that it's a display of part of his works taken at more than 40 cultural …

Cultural exchange keeps ancient city alive
1 year, 5 months ago

Cultural exchange keeps ancient city alive

China Daily  

Ancient Sounds of Dunhuang draws inspiration from the Mogao Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site boasting rich collections of Buddhist artworks. The new performance staged at the theater, Ancient Sounds of Dunhuang, draws inspiration from the Mogao Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site boasting rich collections of Buddhist artworks. The collections of the Dunhuang Academy, with treasures such as clay …

For those who can's visit, grottoes come to them
2 years, 4 months ago

For those who can's visit, grottoes come to them

China Daily  

Reproductions of cultural relics, murals and Buddha sculptures from the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes are shown at Wuhan University's Wanlin Art Museum. More than 3,000 miles from Dunhuang, the Mogao caves, murals and painted sculptures are meeting audiences at the Wanlin Art Museum on the campus of Wuhan University in Wuhan, Hubei province. "We are proud to see the exhibition of …

Evidence of ancestral wanderers carving out civilization along the ancient Silk Road is all across China
2 years, 7 months ago

Evidence of ancestral wanderers carving out civilization along the ancient Silk Road is all across China

China Daily  

Grotto temples, which are religious niches or caves carved into mountains or rock, were introduced to China along the Silk Road in the 3rd century and, over the course of the following millennium, gradually became a fundamental form of Chinese Buddhist art. 2 Mogao Caves, Gansu province This complex of 492 extant caves, with their exquisite murals and statues dating …

UNESCO, Gansu announce partnership
2 years, 8 months ago

UNESCO, Gansu announce partnership

China Daily  

The Mogao Caves, a long-established UNESCO World Heritage Site, is Gansu province's signature spot. UNESCO and Northwest China's Gansu province have signed a partnership agreement to promote cultural heritage protection and creative industries in the province. UNESCO will introduce best practices in site conservation and management, sustainable cultural tourism development, community involvement in heritage protection, safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage …

China: Gansu province shuts tourism sites following spike in COVID-19 cases
3 years, 1 month ago

China: Gansu province shuts tourism sites following spike in COVID-19 cases

India TV News  

A northwestern Chinese province heavily dependent on tourism closed all tourist sites Monday after finding new COVID-19 cases. Gansu province lies along the ancient Silk Road and is famed for the Dunhuang grottoes filled with Buddhist images and other religious sites. Despite having largely stamped out cases of local infection, China maintains a zero-tolerance policy toward the pandemic, characterised by …

Exhibition features Palace Museum, Dunhuang
3 years, 3 months ago

Exhibition features Palace Museum, Dunhuang

China Daily  

Lou Jie, a researcher with the Dunhuang Academy, introduces a replica of a Mogao Cave to visitors at a preview of the Beyond the Bounds of History exhibition in Beijing's Palace Museum on Sept 16. Two Chinese cultural heritage sites have joined hands to present a major exhibition highlighting their lasting glamour and the significance of the ancient Silk Road. …

Exhibition features Palace Museum, Dunhuang
3 years, 3 months ago

Exhibition features Palace Museum, Dunhuang

China Daily  

Lou Jie, a researcher with the Dunhuang Academy, introduces a replica of a Mogao Cave to visitors at a preview of the Beyond the Bounds of History exhibition in Beijing's Palace Museum on Sept 16. Two Chinese cultural heritage sites have joined hands to present a major exhibition highlighting their lasting glamour and the significance of the ancient Silk Road. …

Dunhuang art goes digital
3 years, 4 months ago

Dunhuang art goes digital

China Daily  

An immersive digital art exhibition featuring paintings in the ancient frescoes in Dunhuang of Gansu province will soon begin a three-year national tour starting from Shanghai. An immersive digital art exhibition featuring paintings in the ancient frescoes in Dunhuang of Gansu province will take place in Shanghai later this year before going on tour in 12 Chinese cities in the …

NPC deputy discusses Dunhuang culture
3 years, 9 months ago

NPC deputy discusses Dunhuang culture

China Daily  

Tourists visit the Mogao Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage site with numerous ancient murals and Buddhist statues, in Dunhuang, Gansu province. The Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu province are a glorious pearl on the ancient Silk Road, and a typical example of traditional Chinese culture, said Su Bomin, a deputy to the National People's Congress, in an interview during the …

Reporter's log: A tourist carries home vivid images of people obscured by sands of time
3 years, 10 months ago

Reporter's log: A tourist carries home vivid images of people obscured by sands of time

China Daily  

Paintings in the No 428 cave of the Mogao Grottoes recount stories and philosophies of Buddhism. I was like opening a sealed box with unknown contents when the guide randomly opened one of the old caves at Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu province. The Mogao Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage site, comprise 735 caves built by believers from 366 to …

Ancient caves give young viewers a sense of history
4 years ago

Ancient caves give young viewers a sense of history

China Daily  

A scene from the reality show, Glory Is Back, which features the present and past of Gansu province's city of Dunhuang, the Gobi Desert, Mogao Caves, as well as its people. Which makes it a strange circumstance that the Forbidden City and Summer Palace in Beijing, along with a string of key museums across China, have been featured in popular …

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