A Dunhuang scholar takes her research and writing to the international stage with a fellowship at Robinson College, Cambridge
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On The Hunt for the Water Moon Guanyin in “Pre-Genghis Esoteric North Asia”
From the Yulin Caves in Guazhou to Abu Dhabi, from the Tang to the Tangut… striking connections between an auctioned statue by Bonhams and other sacred images take us on a voyage across time and space to find the Water Moon Guanyin “hiding” in Pre-Genghis North Asia
Encore Dunhuang: A Contemporary Silk Road Show of Olympian Ambition
Reviewing China’s largest-scale mixed media performance of Silk Road history and characters
Art and Culture Brought to Life: Speaking with Lucy Guan of the Dunhuang Research Academy
Lucy Guan’s leadership of the “Mogao xueyuan” is bringing the digital and educational brand of the Dunhuang Research Academy to new heights
A Tale of Two Mascots: Lele the Mogao Guardian and the Cats at Yulin
The difference between the Mogao Grottoes and the Yulin Grottoes, seen through Lele the Guardian of Mogao and two lonely felines at Yulin
Echoes from the Mogao Caves in Tan Dun’s “Buddha Passion”
Exploring the poetic power behind Tan Dun’s “Buddha Passion,” performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra on 22 January
Postcard from Raymond: Holy Chamber
The darkness inspires awe, even as the divine faces around me are illuminated for my mortal eyes. The cavern’s patterns, the motifs, the mosaics, the chapels, the shrines. Mortal channels of traceless wisdom and compassion. Tangible expressions of immaterial insight. Within this cool shroud of black, with only a streak of warm illumination from the […]