Dunhuang Caves (China)

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Name (Hebrew)
מערות דונהואנג (סין)
Name (Latin)
Dunhuang Caves (China)
Other forms of name
Caves of the Thousand Buddhas (China)
Chʻien-fu Caves (China)
Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes (China)
Dunhuang Mogao Ku (China)
Mo-kao Caves (China)
Mo-kao kʻu (China)
Mogao Caves (China)
Mogao Grottoes (China)
Qianfu Caves (China)
Thousand Buddhas Caves (China)
nne Tun-huang Caves (China)
Tun-huang Mo-kao kʻu (China)
Coordinates
94.80416667 94.80416667 40.03722222 40.03722222 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Buddhist cave temples China
Caves China
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q43286
Library of congress: sh 86007577
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Chuang, C. Tun-huang shih kʻu yin yüeh, 1984.
  • Col. gaz.(Dunhuang: Caves of the Thousand Buddhas (Mogao Caves) are nearby)
  • China City Guide web site, Sept. 18, 2000(Dunhuang, superb Buddhist art at the nearby Mogao Caves; famous Mogao Grottoes, about 25 km SE of Dunhuang; Art of Dunhuang Caves; Mogao Grottoes, also called Caves of a Thousand Buddhas)
  • Crystalinks web site, Sept. 18, 2000(Dunhuang Caves in China; 492 caves with 45,000 sq. m. of frescos, 2415 painted statues and 5 wood-structured caves; Mogao Grottoes; Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang, popularly known as the Thousand Buddha Caves; between 1906 and 1919 the Dunhuang Grottoes were looted)
  • Consulate General of the PRC in Houston web site, Sept. 18, 2000(China to mark centennial discovery of Dunhuang Caves (May 4, 2000); Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes)
  • Lippincott(Tunhuang ... Chinese scriptures and paintings of Tʻang dynasty (A.D. 618-906) were found (1900) in stone caves nearby)
  • Tzu hai:p. 2821.
  • 95681274: Tun-huang Mo-kao kʻu ching kuan tʻu, 1993:map recto (Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang)
  • LC database, Dec. 30, 1997(titles: Dunhuang Caves)