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Liang Dynasty |
Early
Tang Dynasty |
Five-Dynasty
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| Northern
Wei Dynasty |
Flourishing
Tang Dynasty |
Song
Dynasty |
| Western
Wei Dynasty |
Middle
Tang Dynasty |
Western
Xia Dynasty |
| Northern
Zhou Dynasty |
Late
Tang Dynasty |
Yuan
Dynasty |
| Sui
Dynasty |
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| Mogao Grottos have preserved many murals and graceful color statues. In 1900 about 50,000 items of cultural relics were found in the Scripture-Keeping Cave (Cave No.17) dating from the 4th to the 14th century. There are hand-written texts on Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, historic records, accounting books, letters and court records in Chinese, Tibetan, Sanskrit, Falu, Sute, Hetian and Huihe languages. Also found are several hundred pieces of painting and embroidery. They are of high values for the study on politics, economy, culture, military affairs and foreign relations in ancient China. But between 1907 and 1925 many of these treasures were stolen by foreign so-called scholars. |
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| More than 50,000 items of cultural relics were found in the Scripture-Keeping Cave in 1900. |
Fragments of an embroidery
piece dating back to the northern Wei Dynasty. |
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| "Guiding Bodhisattva", a painting on silk, preserved in the Scripture-Keeping Cave. |
Tang Dynasty pottery
figurines unearthed in Dunhuang. |
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