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Reclaiming China's Stolen Relics (2001)
Stolen Heritage (2001) - In an underground gallery Madam Li and her son slowly, deftly and painstakingly recreate the masterpieces of Dunhuang, taken from China by British explorers over a hundred years ago.
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Today, the pride of Dunhuang is scattered around the world. The British Library in London defends its sizeable collection of up to 10,000 precious Buddhist manuscripts, saying that they are part of a world heritage. The call for the return of lost relics springs from a rising tide of nationalism.
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The Temple Caves Of Dunhuang At The Getty, Los Angeles
The Mogoa Caves form a system of 492 temples 16 miles southeast of the center of Dunhuang, an oasis strategically located at a religious and cultural crossroads on the Silk Road, in Gansu province, China. The caves may also be known as the Dunhuang Caves, however, this term is also used as a collective term to include other Buddhist cave sites in the Dunhuang area, such as the Western Thousand Buddha Caves, and the Yulin Caves farther away. The caves contain some of the finest examples of Buddhist art spanning a period of 1,000 years. The first caves were dug out in 366 AD as places of Buddhist meditation and worship. The Mogao Caves are the best known of the Chinese Buddhist grottoes and, along with Longmen Grottoes and Yungang Grottoes, are one of the three famous ancient Buddhist sculptural sites of China.
An important cache of documents was discovered in 1900 in the so-called Library Cave, which had been walled-up in the 11th century. The content of the library was dispersed around the world, and the largest collections are now found in Beijing, London, Paris and Berlin, and the International Dunhuang Project exists to coordinate and collect scholarly work on the Dunhuang manuscripts and other material. The caves themselves are now a popular tourist destination, with a number open for visiting.
Episode XV: The Guardians of Dunhuang
The story of how an illiterate Daoist priest uncovered a hidden cave library filled with tens of thousands of ancient Buddhist sutras and repeatedly outsmarted distant scholars, officials, and archaeologists intent on divesting him of his hoard.
Susan Whitfield, 'Beyond Scrolls and Codices: Manuscript Formats on the Eastern Silk Road', 12-02-16
Beyond Scrolls and Codices: Manuscript Formats on the Eastern Silk Road
GETTY MUSEUM | with Aviad Cohen
THE GETTY MUSEUM| with Aviad Cohen
Join Aviad Cohen on an adventure through the Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China's Silk Road. May 7–September 4, 2016, GETTY CENTER
On the western edge of the Gobi Desert, near the ancient oasis town of Dunhuang, China, hundreds of cave temples were carved into a cliff face and decorated with Buddhist wall paintings and sculptures. The caves are known as the Mogao (peerless) Grottoes. From the 4th to the 14th century, Dunhuang bore witness to intense religious, commercial, and cultural exchange along the trade routes linking the East and West, known collectively as the Silk Road. The documents and artifacts discovered in the site’s famed Library Cave, along with the paintings and sculptures found in almost 500 other caves, focus primarily on Buddhism. They also tell tales of the merchants, monks, and ruling families who lived, worked, and worshipped in the Dunhuang region.
Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China’s Silk Road explores the significance of the Mogao Grottoes and highlights the more than 25 years of collaboration between the Getty Conservation Institute and the Dunhuang Academy to protect and conserve this UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Neville Agnew: China Principles and International Partnerships
bit.ly/OHC-UCB for complete oral history transcript for “Neville Agnew: Thirty Years of Cultural Heritage Site Conservation with the Getty Trust, interviewed by Paul Burnett for the Getty Institute Oral History Project.
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SILK ROAD_ HD movie_ from URUMQI to XI'AN.
GTT Tour_ 12 days in late autumn.2015.
Day 1_ flew in to Urumqi from KLIA via Guangzhou.
Day 2_Urumqi: Heavenly Lake in TienShan Mountains.
A UNESCO Heritage site.
_Erdaoqiao Bazaar aka International Bazaar of Xinjiang.
Day3_ Urumqi Minority People's Museum.
_TURPAN:: Karez Well System.
Grapes Valley
Ermin Minaret
Day4_Flaming Mountain.
Ancient City of Gaochang
Bizaklik Thousand Buddha Caves.
Astana-Karakhoja Ancient Tombs.
Day5_ Dunhuang: Echoing Sand Mountains( Mingsha Mtns)
with camel ride, Crescent Lake visit.
Dunhuang Night Market.
Day6_ Mogao Grottoes and Dunhuang Library.
Day7_ Jiayuguan Fort.
Cold morning of -6deg C.
_Great Wall Museum.
_ Cantilever Wall or Hangiing Great Wall of China.
_Zhangye Danxia Landform.
Day8_Zhangye: Great Buddha Temple.
Wooden Pagoda Temple.
_Wuwei: Leitai Ancient Tomb of Han Dynasty.
Bronze Galloping Horse.
Confucian Temple.
_ Lanzhou: Yellow River Iron Bridge.
Sculture of Mother Yellow River.
Day9_Lanzhou: Ancient Water Mill.
_Tianshui: Maiji Grottoes.
Day10_Tianshui: Famen Temple.
_Xian: Muslim Street.
Day11_ Xian: Qin Shi Huang Terracotta Warriors.
Huaging Hot Springs.
Big Wild Goose Pagoda.
Night Stage Show.
Day 12_ Xian to KLIA vis Guangzhou.
Conserving Vulture Peak | Episode 3: Conservation assessment
This week Hanna and Monique discuss the specific areas that need to be addressed to conserve this delicate embroidery.
The embroidery dates from China’s Tang dynasty (AD 618–907). It depicts the Buddha preaching at Vulture Peak – in Buddhist tradition a favourite retreat of the Buddha and his disciples, located in what is now north-east India.
It was discovered by archaeologist Sir Aurel Stein (1862–1943) who, while exploring the many caves at Dunhuang, discovered a walled up cave. Behind this wall was a library full of manuscripts paintings and textiles, including this astonishing embroidery.
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The tapestry is part of a collection donated to the British Museum by the archaeologist Sir Aurel Stein (1862–1943).
You can find more information in the collection online
Medieval Chinese Medicine The Dunhuang Medical Manuscripts Needham Research Institute Series
The Diamond Sutra: Printing, Piety & Preservation on the Silk Road
Explore the many facets of the Diamond Sutra, the world's oldest-dated, complete printed book with Susan Whitfield, director of the International Dunhuang Project.
This lecture was presented in conjunction with the exhibition, Cave Temples of Dunhuang, Buddhist Art on China's Silk Road.
Patron Profile: Dr. Abraham S-T Lue
The International Dunhuang Project (IDP) at the British Library was founded in 1993. Dr. Abraham Sek-Tong Lue MBE, CMG talks about the start of IDP and his role as Chairman of the IDP Patrons. Dr Abraham Lue was interviewed at the British Library on 15th of May 2013.
Read more about The International Dunhuang Project
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Mulian Rescues His Mother | Wikipedia audio article | Wikipedia audio article
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Mulian Rescues His Mother or Mulian Saves His Mother From Hell is a popular Chinese Buddhist tale first attested in a Dunhuang manuscript dating to the early 9th century CE. It is an elaboration of the canonical Yulanpen Sutra which was translated from Indic sources by Dharmarakṣa sometime between 265–311 CE. Maudgalyayana (Pali: Moggallāna), whose abbreviated Chinese transliteration is Mulian, seeks the help of the Buddha to rescue his mother, who has been reborn in the preta world (in canonical sutra) or in the Avici Hell (in elaborated tale), the karmic retribution for her transgressions. Mulian cannot rescue her by his individual effort, however, but is instructed by the Buddha to offer food and gifts to monks and monasteries on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, which established the Ghost Festival (Chinese: 鬼 節; pinyin: guǐjié). While Mulian's devotion to his mother reassured East Asians that Buddhism did not undermine the Confucian value of filial piety and helped to make Buddhism into a Chinese religion, it also reflected strong undercurrents of filial piety that existed throughout Indian Buddhism as evidenced through its canonical texts and epigraphical remains.The story developed many variations and appeared in many forms. Tang dynasty texts discovered early in the twentieth century at Dunhuang in Gansu revealed rich stories in the form of chuanqi ('transmissions of the strange') or bianwen ('transformation tales'). Mulian and his mother appeared onstage in operas, especially folk-opera, and have been the subject of films and television series. The story became a standard part of Buddhist funeral services, especially in the countryside, until the end of the twentieth century. The legend spread quickly to other parts of East Asia, and was one of the earliest to be written down in the literature of Korea, Vietnam, and Japan.Another canonical version similar to the Yulanpen Sutra, has Sāriputta as the chief protagonist and is recorded in the Theravāda Petavatthu. It is the basis of the custom of offering foods to the hungry ghosts and the Ghost Festival in the cultures of Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Laos.
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Episode XVI: Foreign Devils Begone
Narrates the growing Chinese opposition to Western archaeologists after World War I, highlighting the efforts of Beijing scholars and intellectuals to obstruct the expeditions of Langdon Warner, Sven Hedin, Roy Chapman Andrews, and Aurel Stein.
Frances Wood - From Buddhism to Nestorian Christianity
This lecture, From Buddhism to Nestorian Christianity: The importance of the Silk Roads in the movement of ideas and religions across Central Asia took place at the UBC Asian Auditorium on May 26, 2015. As the popular name suggests, the Silk Roads were seen as routes for the movement of commodities over thousands of year: as silk to Rome, jade and fine horses to China. But the movement of ideas and icons was also facilitated by these trade routes and evidence of the rich variety of religions seen on the Silk Road was provided by the great cache of manuscripts discovered in Dunhuang in 1900. Since the first removal of manuscripts to London by Aurel Stein in 1907, followed in the next year by the polymath Paul Pelliot, collecting for Parisian institutions, scholars have been astounded by the richness of this manuscript hoard. It reveals the significance of Buddhism in the daily life of Tang China but also shows the importance of religion to the Sogdian traders who dominated the northern Silk Road and underlines the cosmopolitan nature of Tang China. Presented by UBC Library and UBC Asian Studies in celebration of UBC’s Centenary Anniversary and as part of Asian Heritage Month.
Chinese mythology | Wikipedia audio article
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Chinese mythology
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
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Chinese mythology (中國神話 Mandarin Chinese: Zhōngguó shénhuà) is mythology that has been passed down in oral form or recorded in literature in the geographic area now known as China. Chinese mythology includes many varied myths from regional and cultural traditions. Chinese mythology is far from monolithic, not being an integrated system, even among just Han people. Chinese mythology is encountered in the traditions of various classes of people, geographic regions, historical periods including the present, and from various ethnic groups. China is the home of many mythological traditions, including that of Han Chinese and their Huaxia predecessors, as well as Tibetan mythology, Turkic mythology, Korean mythology, and many others. However, the study of Chinese mythology tends to focus upon material in Chinese language. Much of the mythology involves exciting stories full of fantastic people and beings, the use of magical powers, often taking place in an exotic mythological place or time. Like many mythologies, Chinese mythology has in the past been believed to be, at least in part, a factual recording of history. Along with Chinese folklore, Chinese mythology forms an important part of Chinese folk religion. Many stories regarding characters and events of the distant past have a double tradition: ones which present a more historicized or euhemerized version and ones which presents a more mythological version. Many myths involve the creation and cosmology of the universe and its deities and inhabitants. Some mythology involves creation myths, the origin of things, people and culture. Some involve the origin of the Chinese state. Some myths present a chronology of prehistoric times, many of these involve a culture hero who taught people how to build houses, or cook, or write, or was the ancestor of an ethnic group or dynastic family. Mythology is intimately related to ritual. Many myths are oral associations with ritual acts, such as dances, ceremonies, and sacrifices.
Transcendent Specifics: Buddhist Arts of Tibet, Japan, Korea, and China
Lecture by Katherine Anne Paul, curator of the arts of Asia at the Newark Museum, New Jersey
Like art of other global religions, each region where Buddhism took hold developed locally specific iterations. While the central story about the life of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni is shared by all practitioners, in the artistic practices of Tibet, Japan, Korea, and China, images of figures other than the historical Buddha rose in popularity. Each area made images from locally available materials and developed stylistic characteristics that are distinct to both place and time. This illustrated lecture not only unlocks the basics of how to read narratives and iconography of Buddhist art, but also highlights distinguishing factors of each regional manifestation.
Conferência | Sarah Kenderdine
1 Junho | 15h | Auditório J. J. Laginha | ISCTE-IUL
The Age of Experience: cultural heritage in future museums
Professor Sarah Kenderdine
Deputy Director of NIEA (The National Institute for Experimental Arts) | Director of the iGLAM Lab (Laboratory for Innovation in Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums), University of New South Wales:Art & Design (Australia)
Organizers:
Helena Murteira (CHAIA/UE – Linha de História da Arte)
Paula André (DINÂMIA’CET-IUL/ ISCTE-IUL – Linha Cidades e Territórios)
Daniel Alves (IHC/FCSH/UNL – Linha de Humanidades Digitais e Investigação Histórica)
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Sarah Kenderdine researches at the forefront of interactive and immersive experiences for museums and galleries. In widely exhibited installation works, she has amalgamated cultural heritage with new media art practice, especially in the realms of interactive cinema, augmented reality and embodied narrative.
In 2014 she was awarded the Australian CHASS Prize for Distinctive Work for Pure Land, an immersive and interactive 3D digital experience of the Dunhuang Caves, China. In 2013, she received the International Council of Museums Award (Australia), Australian Arts in Asia Innovation Award, the Tartessos Prize (Arqueológica) and the Digital Heritage International Congress & IMéRA Foundation (Aix-Marseille University) Fellowship.
Professor Kenderdine is also Director of Research at the Applied Laboratory for Interactive Visualization and Embodiment (ALiVE), City University of Hong Kong. She has an ongoing appointment with Museum Victoria.
Mulian Rescues His Mother | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Mulian Rescues His Mother
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at:
You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through:
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Mulian Rescues His Mother or Mulian Saves His Mother From Hell is a popular Chinese Buddhist tale first attested in a Dunhuang manuscript dating to the early 9th century CE. It is an elaboration of the canonical Yulanpen Sutra which was translated from Indic sources by Dharmarakṣa sometime between 265–311 CE. Maudgalyayana (Pali: Moggallāna), whose abbreviated Chinese transliteration is Mulian, seeks the help of the Buddha to rescue his mother, who has been reborn in the preta world (in canonical sutra) or in the Avici Hell (in elaborated tale), the karmic retribution for her transgressions. Mulian cannot rescue her by his individual effort, however, but is instructed by the Buddha to offer food and gifts to monks and monasteries on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, which established the Ghost Festival (Chinese: 鬼 節; pinyin: guǐjié). While Mulian's devotion to his mother reassured East Asians that Buddhism did not undermine the Confucian value of filial piety and helped to make Buddhism into a Chinese religion, it also reflected strong undercurrents of filial piety that existed throughout Indian Buddhism as evidenced through its canonical texts and epigraphical remains.The story developed many variations and appeared in many forms. Tang dynasty texts discovered early in the twentieth century at Dunhuang in Gansu revealed rich stories in the form of chuanqi ('transmissions of the strange') or bianwen ('transformation tales'). Mulian and his mother appeared onstage in operas, especially folk-opera, and have been the subject of films and television series. The story became a standard part of Buddhist funeral services, especially in the countryside, until the end of the twentieth century. The legend spread quickly to other parts of East Asia, and was one of the earliest to be written down in the literature of Korea, Vietnam, and Japan.Another canonical version similar to the Yulanpen Sutra, has Sāriputta as the chief protagonist and is recorded in the Theravāda Petavatthu. It is the basis of the custom of offering foods to the hungry ghosts and the Ghost Festival in the cultures of Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Laos.