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The International Dunhuang Programme, based @britishlibrary, makes material from the Silk Roads available online in collaboration with international partners.
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We are pleased to announce the @britishlibrary exhibition A Silk Road Oasis: Life in Ancient Dunhuang, opening 27 September. The show will explore the stories of the people who inhabited or passed through this oasis town in the first millennium.
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Join us for an unforgettable evening of music with the Hong Kong Gaudeamus Dunhuang Ensemble. This performance on Friday February 21, will bring to life compositions inspired by relics found in Dunhuang. Tickets are available here:
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Corporal punishment, working from home, and scribbles; Sam van Schaik looks into Tibetan scribal practices in #Dunhuang in this new blog post. Many of the items feature in #ASilkRoadOasis at the @britishlibrary
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Happy Lunar New Year! We at the IDP wish you a healthy and prosperous Year of the Snake! 🐍 You can learn more about the animals of the Chinese zodiac through our ‘Chinese Astronomy’ learning resource:
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Tickets for our #ASilkRoadOasis symposium at the @britishlibrary on Feb 21-22 are available now! You can also now find a list of speakers and a programme for both days of the symposium here:
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We are pleased to announce that tickets for a symposium to mark the end of the exhibition, #ASilkRoadOasis, are now on sale! Join us Feb 21-22 to learn more about Dunhuang’s multicultural history and its enduring significance in our contemporary world.
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Currently on display at #ASilkRoadOasis at the @britishlibrary, the Irk Bitig is a unique book written in Old Turkic Runic script. Michael Erdman discusses this book of omens in a new blog, available to read here:
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燉煌, 敦煌 or even 焞煌? As you step into #ASilkRoadOasis at the @britishlibrary, have you ever wondered about the history of the name 'Dunhuang'? Kitty Liu explores the mysterious names of Dunhuang in this blog:
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The Printer 📜 Printing technology emerged in China around the 7th century. Buddhist materials were printed on a large scale as a sacred act. This illustrated prayer sheet was made using woodblock prints by Lei Yanmei, one of the earliest named carvers.
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Merry Christmas from the IDP UK Team! 🎄 This drawing of a cross appears on a Tibetan manuscript from Dunhuang. Learn more about this manuscript and evidence of Christianity in early Tibet here.
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As Christmas approaches, take a look at some Christian imagery from #Dunhuang. This silk banner shows a figure in a halo with crosses on his headdress and necklace. This image could be a Nestorian Christian saint, or even a Manichaean depiction of Jesus.
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The Scribe 🖌️ At Dunhuang, local scribes produced many copies of Tibetan Buddhist sutras. The rules for scribes were strict and resources had to be managed, or they would face punishment. This document records a scribe's debt of 93 sheets of paper.
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RT @DunhuangAcademy: ☃️Recent snowfall has gently blanketed the #MogaoCaves in #Dunhuang, #Gansu province, accentuating the timeless beauty…
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The Lay Buddhist 🙏 In Buddhism, copying scriptures is a way of accumulating spiritual merit. At Dunhuang, we find an old man who copied out the Diamond Sutra. His copying was an intimate process, involving mixing his own blood in with ink.
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RT @britishlibrary: Calling mid-career library and archive professionals 📣 Looking to advance your career and connect with international p…
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The Artist 🎨 Artists from different regions shaped Dunhuang’s creative landscape. This paper stencil offers a window into artists’ creative processes; it may have been used to create the thousand-Buddha motif, seen on the ceilings of many Mogao caves.
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The @britishlibrary will host a Silk Road Bazaar this Saturday as part of its ongoing #ASilkRoadOasis exhibition events series. Learn about traditional crafts and support artisans from across Africa and Asia. More info on the participants here: @eventsBL
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RT @BLAsia_Africa: Indepth account of BL exhibition "A Silk Road Oasis" and its connections with Southeast Asia by BL curator Jana Igunma h…
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RT @idp_uk: @BLAsia_Africa Jana Igunma explores some fascinating links between modern Southeast Asia and items in the current exhibition, #…
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@BLAsia_Africa Jana Igunma explores some fascinating links between modern Southeast Asia and items in the current exhibition, #ASilkRoadOasis: Life in Ancient Dunhuang, at the @britishlibrary. Tickets for the exhibition are available here:
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