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From Monk to Vajrayana Dharma Artist: The Transformation of Zhang Daqian at Dunhuang

Rebecca Wong 3 March 2025

Rebecca Wong presents the case for how the greatest artist of modern China may have been a disciple of Vajrayana Buddhism

Buddhist Heritage: UNESCO Includes Dege Parkhang Printing Blocks in Memory of the World Programme

Craig C Lewis 12 June 2024

Printing blocks housed at the Dege Sutra-Printing House have been recognized as documentary heritage in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme.

This 160,000-year-old fossilized jawbone offers new insights into the history of human life on the Tibetan Plateau and across Asia. From mpg.de

DNA Evidence Confirms That Buddhist Cave in Tibet Was Home to a Mysterious Human Ancestor

Craig C Lewis 11 November 2020

New research confirms human habitation of the Tibetan…

Gendun Chophel. From alchetron.com

Gendun Chophel (1903–51): Tibet’s Maverick Scholar and Poet

Tsering Namgyal 15 May 2020

Counting the ripples of a celebrated intellectual legacy

Silk brocades with large circular panels and pearls. From chinadailyhk.com

Dunhuang Academy Exhibition Showcases Culture of Early Tibet

Raymond Lam 23 July 2019

Exhibits highlight the grandeur and majesty of the Yarlung…

Cave No.158 of the Mogao Grottoes. From gotohz.com

Conservationists Turn to Digital Solutions to Preserve and Share the Treasures of Dunhuang’s Mogao Grottoes

Craig C Lewis 12 June 2018

Using technology to conserve an ancient…

Lotus Tour of the Silk Road, 15–23 October 2016: Wuwei City Museum

Zephyr Chan 24 March 2017

A journey into the history of Buddhism in China