Blogs about: Dunhuang
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Flying Down the Central Asian Steppe
“Female Polo Player,” ca. 500 AD, terracotta with slip and pigments (photo courtesy International Dunhuang Project) Among the nearly 100,000 items in the Magao Caves (“The Caves of t… more →
Venetian Red
Langdon Warner: Dunhuang & Kyoto
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toranosuke wrote 1 month ago: I always have a difficult time remembering which prominent American scholar it was that advised the … more →
Thumb-a-vision
thumbingthrough wrote 2 months ago: Tibetan Buddhist monks of the 9th or 10th centuries used spells to learn prophecies, to wrest power … more →
I would have written sooner, but there's a cat in my lap.
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therangelife wrote 3 months ago: I swear I’ve tried to write this afternoon. But the three kittens at Charley Jhong’s Gue … more →
China Making Worlds Largest Wind Power Industry
Robin Reichhardt wrote 5 months ago: DUNHUANG, CHINA: The NYTimes reported today that: (…) Beijing is starting to change how this … more →
Larein Banners
LAS MARAVILLAS DE DUNHUANG... MOGAO GROTTOS
floresenlaweb wrote 8 months ago: Nuestro viaje por China ha transcurrido en su mayoria por tren. Pero viajar en este medio tiene sus … more →
China's Dead Sea Scrolls: An Ancient Case of Contextual Christianity
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Chuck Warnock wrote 8 months ago: Paul Pelliott, French sinologist, spent weeks reading through ancient manuscripts in the Library Cav … more →
2008 in Review - Travel
elhoyinator wrote 11 months ago: View Larger Map a Yes it is already 10 days into the new year but that still doesn’t mean I ca … more →
Jiayuguan, Gansu, China
transitivity wrote 1 year ago: The wackiness started as soon as Dave and I got off the truck in front of the Great Wall. Within hal … more →
A New Music of the Orient: a Touch of the West and a Dash of the Divine
pongchan wrote 1 year ago: A new musical fusion has arisen in New York and it’s not the kind you can catch for ten dollar … more →
Little Paper Offerings
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Liz Hager wrote 1 year ago: Collaged Flowers, Tang Dynasty (9th-10th c. AD), “retrieved” from Cave 17, Mogao, near D … more →
Flying Down the Central Asian Steppe
Liz Hager wrote 1 year ago: “Female Polo Player,” ca. 500 AD, terracotta with slip and pigments (photo courtesy Inte … more →
"Talisman of the Pole Star"—Protection Along the Silk Route
Liz Hager wrote 1 year ago: Talisman of the Pole Star, ink and colors on paper, mid-10th century, Cave 17, Mogao Grottos, Dunhua … more →
On the Trail of Alexander: Aurel Stein & the Caves of Dunhuang
Liz Hager wrote 1 year ago: Traveling Monk sutra, colored inks on paper, 10th century CE, Five Dynasties or Northern Song Dynast … more →
Balancing access and conservation - Dunhuang and Museums in China
toranosuke wrote 1 year ago: This weekend we are graced with two lengthy and interesting New York Times articles about art in Chi … more →
Maia and Zhuang Zhuang
Tales of the Silk Road
nournours wrote 1 year ago: Tales of the Silk Road is a West China area folk show. A chinese Romeo and Juliet story. Lights, col … more →
China: DunHuang
Mohammed Abouelleil Rashed wrote 3 years ago: … more →
SILK ROAD NOT SO SMOOTH AS TEMPERS FLARE IN CHINA HEAT WAVE
cloudtrapezer wrote 3 years ago: Enraged road-workers attacked a passenger bus between Dunhuang and Jiayuguan, two of the main scenic … more →
