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Cave temples, murals, and manuscripts of Dunhuang—where Silk Road faith, color, and scholarship meet.
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Dunhuang
Start with Ksitigarbha in Dunhuang Buddhist art
A clear entry into Dunhuang art—begin with Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and the cave’s vow imagery.
Dunhuang
Why Dunhuang opens in Shanghai
“Why Dunhuang” at China Art Palace—first-shown relics, recreated caves, and mural color.
Gandhara
Generosity, compassion, filial piety, and becoming a Buddha beyond the kalpa: Gandhara's sacrifice to feed the tiger Jataka
In the Palace Museum’s Gandhara show, the Jataka of self-sacrifice to feed a tiger links South Asian stone to Chinese Buddhist art.
Dunhuang
Dunhuang Mañjuśrī: from lion-leader to lion-driver
How Dunhuang’s Mañjuśrī took form—lion imagery from long routes to a new Bodhisattva look.
Dunhuang
Mogao painting space: narrative on cave walls
How “operating position” and cave architecture shape Buddhist story-space at Dunhuang.