It is these early grottoes that inspired the nickname the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas. Their canvases consisted of nothing more than river mud mixed with straw, but Dunhuang's artists would ...

The Dunhuang Grottoes include the Mogao, Yulin, and West Qianfo (West Thousand Buddha) grottoes ... the Middle Ages were also discovered in a cave where Buhhdist scriptures were stored.

Located in the northwest China's Gansu Province, Dunhuang town was once an important cultural and trade route along the Silk Road linking Central Asia with China. Dunhuang attracts visitors mainly ...

The First Sight of Dunhuang, a new book of 112 restored mural artworks of the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, Gansu province, and nearby Yulin Caves. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] A new book ...

“Digital Dunhuang – Tales of Heaven and Earth”, which runs until October 22, showcases the Buddhist artwork found in the Mogao caves of Dunhuang, in the mainland’s north-western Gansu provinc ...

Neil Schmid is the first and only Western scholar hired by the Dunhuang Academy in northwest China's Gansu province to study the nearby Mogao Caves, also called the Thousand Buddha Grottoes.