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DUNHUANG Caves of the Singing Sands Buddhist Art from the Silk Road text by Roderick Whitfield; photographs by Seigo Otsuka Textile & Art Publications, 1996 Please click on each of the illustrations on this page to view larger-scale images and extracts from the text View of the Mogao cliff face - Introduction THE CAVE TEMPLES The Mogao cave temples near the town of Dunhuang, at the edge of the ...

Silk Road DunHuang Grottoes Thousand Buddha Cave - DunHuang is the name of the city. It is located between Urumgi and Yumen. It was an oasis irrigated by the Tang River and began to serve as an important way staion on the main trade route between China and Central Asia since the first century B.C. when Emporor Han Wu-ti started to expand the empire westwards. This was an area where many races ...

Mogao Caves China Inscribed :1987 Criteria: C (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) Justification for Inscription: Report of the 11th Session of the Committee Brief description: Situated at a strategic point along the Silk Route, at the crossroads of trade as well as religious, cultural and intellectual influences, the 492 cells and cave sanctuaries in Mogao are famous for their statues and wall ...