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Why We Love Dunhuang

Dunhuang is a place born in legends. Its unique charm has attracted people around the globe to come

Episodes

Total: 59

Among all the mythical beasts in Dunhuang, the Chinese dragon, or loong, undoubtedly holds the top s

The Dunhuang Night Market shines like a hidden gem amidst the dazzling culture and historical herita

The art treasures of Dunhuang have captivated generations of people. Among them is the “daughter of

How did people make wine over 1000 years ago? How did the ancient blacksmiths do their work? Yulin C

The murals of Yulin Cave 29 record a unique baldheaded hairstyle of the local males over 1000 years

Constructed on two sharp cliffs facing each other, and covering a period of more than 1500 years, th

French Sinologist Paul Pelliot brought lots of precious Dunhuang Manuscripts back to France, among w

Britain has the world largest collection of Dunhuang Manuscripts and other relics. What are some of

Why are the items found inside Dunhuang’s Library Cave so precious? What are the treasures included

The Dunhuang Manuscripts constitute the largest repositories of religious, scientific, and literary

EP 46: Love conquers all

2023/6/16

Among all the caves in the Dunhuang Mogao complex, Cave 465 is different in many ways. Why are there

When Dunhuang ushered in the Song Dynasty, could it still copy the glories of the Tang Dynasty? How

Who is the Bodisatffa associated with wisdom? What can we learn from a huge map painting of a sacred

Why did the 12 Western astrological signs appear in the Dunhuang Mogao Cave 61 a thousand years ago?

Dunhuang Mogao Cave 196, built in the Late Tang period, shows a fierce and magnificent competition o

Cave 156 was constructed in Dunhuang in honor of a great general, who upheld the last glory of the f

Cave 17, otherwise known as the Library Cave, is perhaps, the most famous cave in Dunhuang. Why is t

Guess who is the second most famous woman in the Tang Dynasty? Why is she blamed for triggering a ma

Inside Dunhuang Mogao Cave 130, we can find the second largest Buddha statue in Dunhuang, the larges

Nirvana is the ‘ultimate state of being’ in Buddhism. Cave 148 of the Dunhuang Mogao complex is a sp