In the history of Dunhuang,Wang,the Taoist is a key figure whether in the discovery of the Library Cave or in...
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"Custom: On the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, ladies of the town climb up the high dune and...
The Tang people might refer to writing models or formulas when they wrote letters. These writing models and formulas are...
Among the large number of economic documents unearthed from the Library Cave, there are many stories of social life in...
The Longest Tang Epic Qin Fu Yin (Song of a Lady of Qin) Lost a Thousand Years Ago Qin Fu...
The Earliest Print of Diamond Sutra and Various Manuscripts of Religious Books The earliest printed copy of Buddhist sutra among...
On June 22,1900,a Taoist priest named Wang Yuanlu was having sand cleared out of the present-day Cave 16 of the...
It can be seen clearly from the murals in Dunhuang that paintings of different times have their own unique elements...
In the murals of Dunhuang, flying apsaras can be regarded as the most colorful and dynamic. They are called "the...
Murals in Dunhuang experienced a few stages before completion:repairing of stone walls,plastering two to three layers of cob,positioning,drafting,coloring,and setting. In...
Painted sculpture experienced a history through the Northern Liang, NorthernWei, Western Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Northern Song,...
Dunhuang was a key point of communication and important town of military strategy on the ancient Silk Road.It was also...
The Structure of Mogao Grottoes and the Cultural Blending between China and India, and the Central Plains and the Western...
In the second year of Jianyuan(366)of the Former Qin over 1600 years ago,a monk named Le Zun was roaming with...
In the beginning of the Sui, with the removal of threat in the northwest from the Turks, the Silk Road...
When Dunhuang was established as a prefecture, it was sparsely populated; so the Han dynasty moved a large number of...
Establishment of Four Prefectures and Two Passes and Cultivation and Garrison at the Frontiers With the Xiongnu's defeat and the...
In the reign of Emperor Wudi of the Han,a celestial stallion sprang out of the Wuwa pond and this was...
The Earliest Communication between the Central Plains and the Western Regions from the Perspective of Legends of Sanwei Mountain An...
Dunhuang, located at the westernmost of the Hexi Corridor, is a city under Jiuquan, Gansu province. Being out of the...