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Introduction
China's
Dunhuang relics are mainly kept in 29 museums and libraries, including
the National Library of China, the Library of the Peking University,
the Imperial Palace Museum, the National Museum of Chinese History,
the Dunhuang Studies Academy, the Nanjing Library, the Shanghai
Library, the Gansu Museum, the Tianjin Art Museum, the Tianjin History
Museum.
The
2000 Beijing Dunhuang Art Exhibition includes four reproduced caves,
30 copies of murals, 10 painted sculptures, 14 pieces of authentic
works of sutras and 10 replicas, six authentic works of silk paintings.
Besides, there are over 80 valuable pictures reflecting the discovery,
scattering and damage of these relics in the past century. Most
of the relics are being shown to the public for the first time.
A great deal of facsimiles truly reproduce the precious cultural
and historical relics, give a new life to them which have been damaged
in the long history and enable the public to appreciate the cream
of Chinese arts. Moreover, these facsimiles themselves are relics.
they are all masterpieces by leading Chinese artists. Some artists
have devoted their whole life to imitating frescoes and paintings
of Dunhuang and recreating the glorious history.
To
help you have better understanding and appreciation, we divide all
these exhibits into five groups--caves, murals, painted sculptures,
paintings and documents.
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