The Blooming of Virtue and Morality: Storytelling in Mogao Cave 275
Samantha Li
27 May 2023
The stunning Cave 275 is a visual repository of many ancient Buddhist stories inspiring virtue, beloved throughout Asia
Devoted to Dunhuang: Speaking with Song Shuxia of the Dunhuang Research Academy
Raymond Lam
8 May 2023
Dunhuang Research Academy senior figure Song Shuxia discusses the Academy’s visitor management of the Mogao Caves and digitization efforts
Researchers Uncover Hidden History in China’s Ancient Dunhuang Caves
Justin Whitaker
5 January 2021
Researchers analyze pigments and writing styles to date…
The British Library’s Unlocking Buddhist Written Heritage Lectures: Mélodie Doumy and Marie Kaladgew on the Anatomy of a Lotus Sutra Scroll
Raymond Lam
20 October 2020
Caring for a scripture like a patient in conservation
Buddhist Iconography Along the Silk Road with Prof. Osmund Bopearachchi, Part Two – The Land Route
Wendy Yu
3 September 2019
The second in a series on the spread of early Buddhism as…
Hong Kong Heritage Museum Displays Digital Reproductions of the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang
Dipen Barua
7 September 2018
Digital reproductions serve to protect and preserve…
Stanford University Art Professor Translates Dunhuang Narrative into Contemporary Art
BD Dipananda
29 June 2018
Artwork expresses the emptiness and history of…
One of the Largest Dunhuang Exhibitions To Date Opens to the Public in Shenzhen
Anne Wisman
23 January 2018
Event features cutting-edge technology to…
From the Gobi to the Getty: Buddhist Art from Dunhuang on View in Los Angeles
Meher McArthur
13 May 2016
The Mogao Caves, located near Dunhuang in the Gobi Desert in northwest China, comprise nearly 500 Buddhist cave temples dating from the 4th to the
Dance at Dunhuang: Part Two – The Case for the Feitian
Joseph Houseal
11 December 2015
More dance styles are depicted in the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes than at any other archaeological site on earth. Dance imagery animates nearly every cave. The