Dunhuang City in northwest Gansu Province was an important strategic point on the Silk Road. Its rich heritage of cultural relics, particularly the Dunhuang Grottoes, have made it one of the most ...

Dunhuang's greatest significance lies in its unique grottoes, located among a wilderness of yellow sands. Researchers say there are 735 grottoes in all, with the Mogao Grottoes providing a ...

The Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu province, will take on a new batch of 10 volunteers to serve as docents for 40 days in May and June.

DUNHUANG, China — Hewn by hand out of a cliff face in the Gobi Desert starting about 1,700 years ago, ... nearly 500 caves at Mogao Grottoes decorated by merit-seeking monks, ...

The mural of Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang Photo: VCG. New development in decade Zhang has also witnessed the rapid development of archaeology at Dunhuang and even throughout China in the last decade.

In a remote desert in northwestern China, about 20 minutes outside the city of Dunhuang, a wealth of ancient Chinese artworks is squirreled away inside a mile-long stretch of caves that were ...

The Hong Kong Heritage Museum has launched the exhibition “Dunhuang—Untold Tales, Untold Riches,” exploring the priceless legacy of Dunhuang’s ancient grottoes, one of China’s most ...

Cave 285, detail of wall painting, Western Wei dynasty (535–556 CE). Mogao Grottoes, Dunhuang, China. Courtesy the Dunhuang Academy. But there are some incredible artifacts to see at the Getty.

Remarkably preserved in the Silk Road desert, Dunhuang’s grottoes have astounded visitors for nearly 17 centuries. Merchants, officials, and aristocrats enshrined Buddhist culture through commissioned ...

Pure Land: Inside the Mogao Grottoes at Dunhuang Added. Pure Land: Inside the Mogao Grottoes at Dunhuang Removed. View My Visit. As part of its 25th anniversary celebration, the Sackler Gallery's ...

VR Dunhuang is developed with 8 grottoes，basically covering all dynasties in the Dunhuang Grottoes. By constantly upgrade VR Dunhuang and optimize the update, there will be gradually more than ...

The Mogao Grottoes, twenty – five kilometers southeast of the town of Dunhuang County, contain the largest and richest treasure trove of stone carvings and mural paintings in China. Carved out ...