The name Dunhuang from Chinese “to flourish and prosper” helps to understand that the city origins are rooted in ancient China. ... they are also known as the 1,000 Buddha Caves.

Cave Temples of Dunhuang. Hosted by Edward Goldman and Hunter Drohojowska-Philp May. 26, 2016 Arts. Listen 4 min MORE ... had painted and re-painted elaborate murals on the walls of these caves often ...

Among china's greatest art treasures are the Buddhist caves near Dunhuang, an oasis on the fabled Silk Road that once linked China and Europe. Their ancient frescoes, sculptures, and other relics ...

Photo: Courtesy Dunhuang Academy Los Angeles On a sunny afternoon, the glare in the Getty Center’s Arrival Plaza is blinding—and stepping into Cave 285 feels like teleporting to heaven.

This Wednesday, May 4, 2016, photo shows a full-scale, hand-painted replica of one of China's Cave Temples of Dunhuang, Cave 285, on display at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.

The Dunhuang Caves Art Exhibition “Silk Road Splendor” opened to the public at the Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum in Kaohsiung of Taiwan on Saturday, making it the largest and most spectacular ...

The replicated giant reclining Buddha in Cave 158 (four-fifths of the actual size) is the most valued treasure in the current exhibition of Dunhuang art in Shanghai.

Dunhuang, on the old Silk Road, was one of the ancient world's most important intersections between East and West. The Silk Road was used by merchants and traders to take goods across the Asian ...