Among China's greatest art treasures are the Buddhist caves near Dunhuang, a Gobi Desert oasis on the fabled Silk Road that once linked China and Europe. Their ancient frescoes, sculptures, and other ...

When Arwen and Eileen learned that one of China’s most fragile cultural treasures was at risk, they didn’t wait for adults to ...

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 carved ...

Foreword / Timothy P. Whalen and Thomas Gaehtgens -- The Dunhuang cave temples at Mogao / Neville Agnew and Marcia Reed -- The Buddhist cave temples of Dunhuang: art, spirituality, cultural heritage / ...

"Cave Temples of Dunhuang," an important new exhibition at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, offers many highlights. In a very rare instance, the British Library has lent a section of the Diamond Sutra ...

A bit of China has arrived in Los Angeles, in the form of an extensive exhibit at the Getty Center that re-creates an ancient landmark along the legendary Silk Road. The Cave Temples of Dunhuang, also ...

The flying Apsaras dance across the heavens; caravan bells echo along ancient routes. Dunhuang, a pivotal hub on the ancient Silk Road, served as a crossroads where diverse civilizations converged, ...

The Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, a hub of ancient Chinese Buddhist art and spirituality, fell victim to extensive looting in the early 20th century. Today, the priceless relics taken from this sacred site ...

LOS ANGELES – For a thousand years China's Cave Temples of Dunhuang were a popular traveler's rest stop, marketplace and religious shrine on the fabled Silk Road. Now they are coming to Los Angeles, ...

BEIJING, Dec. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As winter settles in, traditional tourist destinations in Northeast China prepare to welcome visitors, but this year, Dunhuang in Northwest China's Gansu Province ...

One of the world's great museums—some 500 caves at Dunhuang filled with Buddhist painting and sculpture—were created over 1000 years, between the 4th and 14th centuries, on the Silk Road in northwest ...

Dunhuang, a pivotal hub on the ancient Silk Road, served as a crossroads where diverse civilizations converged, giving birth ...