Photographer spends years documenting Chinese grotto art
1 year, 8 months ago

Photographer spends years documenting Chinese grotto art

China Daily  

Maijishan Grottoes, a world cultural heritage site in Tianshui city of Gansu province, on July 5, 2020. China has ample supply to satisfy his interest, as its grotto ruins, mainly scattered on the ancient Silk Road, have hundreds or even thousands of years of history. Grotto art is a treasured ancient culture, and Chinese grottoes are no exception. Mainly focusing on the remains of grottoes on the ancient Silk Road, he has captured more than 200 grotto sites in over 20 provinces. As we mark this year's International Day for Monuments and Sites, let's see some of the grotto art Ren has immortalized with his camera.

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Protection of major grottoes emphasized
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 …

Technology brings art from Chinese grottoes to Greece
7 months, 1 week ago

Technology brings art from Chinese grottoes to Greece

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Visitors admired the beauty of art from ancient China as a digital exhibition of the Tianlongshan Grottoes kicked off in Athens, Greece on Saturday. Visitors were inspired by the beauty of 1,500-year-old art from Chinese grottoes, as a digital exhibition of the Tianlongshan Grottoes kicked off in Athens, Greece on Saturday. With carving begun during the Northern Dynasties Eastern Wei …

Exhibition offers a captivating insight into photographer's exploration of western China
8 months, 1 week ago

Exhibition offers a captivating insight into photographer's exploration of western China

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Overseas Chinese photographer Zhou Jiexiang introduces a photo of him to visitors to the exhibition at the Overseas Chinese History Museum of China in Beijing on Wednesday. The Overseas Chinese History Museum of China in Beijing inaugurated an exhibition featuring the landscape photography works of overseas Chinese photographer Zhou Jiexiang on Wednesday. The exhibition presents 64 of Zhou's photographs, which …

Exhibition offers a captivating insight into photographer's exploration of western China
8 months, 1 week ago

Exhibition offers a captivating insight into photographer's exploration of western China

China Daily  

Overseas Chinese photographer Zhou Jiexiang introduces a photo of him to visitors to the exhibition at the Overseas Chinese History Museum of China in Beijing on Wednesday. The Overseas Chinese History Museum of China in Beijing inaugurated an exhibition featuring the landscape photography works of overseas Chinese photographer Zhou Jiexiang on Wednesday. The exhibition presents 64 of Zhou's photographs, which …

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 …

Photographer spends years documenting Chinese grotto art
1 year, 8 months ago

Photographer spends years documenting Chinese grotto art

China Daily  

Maijishan Grottoes, a world cultural heritage site in Tianshui city of Gansu province, on July 5, 2020. China has ample supply to satisfy his interest, as its grotto ruins, mainly scattered on the ancient Silk Road, have hundreds or even thousands of years of history. Grotto art is a treasured ancient culture, and Chinese grottoes are no exception. Mainly focusing …

Restoration of ancient grottoes begins in China's Gansu
3 years, 3 months ago

Restoration of ancient grottoes begins in China's Gansu

China Daily  

The Mati Temple Grottoes cover about 100 square kilometers in Sunan, a Yugu ethnic autonomous county 600 kilometers from Gansu's provincial capital Lanzhou. Northwest China's Gansu province has launched a restoration project in a key part of the Mati Temple Grottoes in Zhangye city, a national key cultural relic protection site, local authorities said. The work is focused on one …

Heritage photo exhibition opens in Beijing
3 years, 6 months ago

Heritage photo exhibition opens in Beijing

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A visitors views the ongoing photo exhibition in the China Millennium Monument in Beijing. A special photo exhibition was held in the World Art Museum of the China Millennium Monument in Beijing to celebrate the country's Cultural and Natural Day, which falls on June 12. About 100 photos of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in China were put on display for …

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