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The Story of Silk

Silk was discovered in China at least 4500 years ago. A Chinese legend has it that the emperor Huang Di (the yellow emperor) accidentally dropped a silkworm coc...

Top things to do on The Silk Road

There are a list of top fun things such as traditional festivals & celebrations, tourist events & activities, entertainment & nightlife for travel choice. X...

the geography of the silk road

by ray gonzales
historians look back at the events of the past and use them as a tool for analyzing the state of the world today. civilizations have dealt with...

Badain Jaran desert -- curves of the god

The Badain Jaran Desert (Chinese: 巴丹吉林沙漠) is a desert in Alxa youqi ( in inner mongolia). which spans the provinces of Gansu, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia....

Silk Road history buried under sand

2016-05-15
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Taklimakan is the largest desert in the country. Measuring 330,000 square kilometers, it's a
scene of endless sand. But buried under this vast desert are relic...

The secret library cave in dunhuang -- it's past and present

2016-05-15
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Just over a thousand years ago, someone sealed up a chamber in a cave outside the oasis town of Dunhuang, on the edge of the Gobi Desert in western China. The...

Dunhuang art -- Virupaksha, Guardian of the West, ink and colours on a silk banner

Although the bottom streamers are now kept separately, this banner is preserved in very good condition, with its triangular headpiece still attached. The Guardian Kings trampling on demons and supported by clouds were a popular subject among the paintings...

Dunhuang art - Vaishravana with attendants, a woodblock print on paper

This is one of the earliest dated examples of printing. The print was found together with the world's earliest dated printed book, The Diamond Sutra dated AD 868 (now in the British Library, London) and several thousand examples of Buddhist ephemera in th...

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The Story of Silk

Top things to do on The Silk Road

the geography of the silk road

Badain Jaran desert -- curves of the god

Silk Road history buried under sand

The secret library cave in dunhuang -- it's past and present

Dunhuang art -- Virupaksha, Guardian of the West, ink and colours on a silk banner

Dunhuang art - Vaishravana with attendants, a woodblock print on paper

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How did the name of Tianshui in Gansu come about?

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