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13.01.2025
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Grottoes: Millennia-old Architectural Beauty
The Mogao Grottoes, also known as “Thousand Buddha Caves,” are a representative group of Buddhist caves in Dunhuang, mainly including bhāvanā (meditation) caves, central pillar caves, truncated pyr...

Fan Jinshi: The Daughter of Dunhuang
Fan Jinshi, honorary president of the Dunhuang Academy, has spent the past 61 years in Dunhuang. Over the decades, she has been inseparable from the Mogao Grottoes and spent mos...
09.01.2025
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Eternal Dunhuang Culture
When the first grotto was dug out in 366, the Dunhuang area was blanketed with green forests and fields. In the Tang Dynasty (618-907), the desertification process intensified i...
07.01.2025
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Guardians of National Treasures
Fifty-year-old Su Bomin has worked with the Dunhuang Academy for more than three decades. Before becoming director of the academy, he served as head of its Cultural Relics Prote...
06.01.2025
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Excavated Diversity
Dunhuang culture, represented by the Buddhist art of the Mogao Grottoes and the cultural relics of the Library Cave of the Mogao Grottoes, has survived and developed for nearly ...
03.01.2025
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30.12.2024
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Dunhuang Across Time and Space
Dunhuang in northwestern China’s Gansu Province was a gateway from the Central Plains to the Western Regions in ancient China and served as a cultural hub for a long period of time in history. It w...

TCM treatment catches interest of new generation
In mid-July, there was a long line in the outpatient hall of Jiangxi Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Nanchang. Many of the patients, including a large num...
28.10.2024
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'Wheelchair doctor' offers a sporting chance
If a wheelchair malfunctions, it's like a body catching a cold. For Zhu Siwei, a "wheelchair doctor", diagnosing these issues has become second nature. Using techniques — observ...
08.10.2024
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What to expect at upcoming China-Africa cooperation summit?
The 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) will be held in Beijing from Sept. 4 to 6. The leaders of China and African countries will gather around the the...
03.09.2024
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Restaurant relies on workers with Down syndrome
On a bustling street in Hohhot, capital of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Xiaoboyaohong might seem like just another trendy dumpling restaurant. But one thing sets it ap...
27.08.2024
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