Display from Sutras Cave Causes Stir in LanzhouEnthusiastic local residents of Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, Saturday swarmed to a special exhibition celebrating the 100-year discovery of the Sutras Cave at the famed Magao Grottoes in Dunhuang.A host of activities have been planned this year in China to mark both the discovery of the Sutras Cave and Dunhuang Studies as a 100-year-old branch of learning. The two-month exhibition, which opened Saturday, is the only activity that is being held in Lanzhou. In 1900, a Taoist priest, Wang Yuanlu, discovered a cave at the Mogao Grottoes which contained more than 50,000 sutras, documents and paintings of nearly 10 dynasties from the 4th to the 11th century. The Mogao Grottoes was included by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on the World Heritage List in 1987. Among the exhibits are 67 colorful mural copies, 40 scrolls of calligraphy based on sacred scriptures, and five copies of sculptures from the Mogao Grottoes. |
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