Mogao Caves (UNESCO/NHK)

Situated at a strategic point along the Silk Route, at the crossroads of trade as well as religious, cultural and intellectual influences, the 492 cells and cave sanctuaries in Mogao are famous for their statues and wall paintings, spanning 1,000 years of Buddhist art.
Source: UNESCO TV / © NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai
URL: whc.unesco.org/...

[@seecharan]

so refreshing to watch historical video without any background noise/music/atmosphere etc. Just simple narrative, which allows me to ingest this at my own pace - GREAT JOB UN!!

[@chxrrylynn]

Claim your "I got sent here for online school" ticket here

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@Maria QuintanillaBruv-

[@snqyke]

@Murtaza Murtaza yes...

[@wesleytsang3632]

Thank you very much

[@cynsalm2288]

So sorry. I came here because I wanted to.

[@renlevy411]

@@cynsalm2288 I came here because of CK3 mod.

[@ShaktipatSeer2]

This is some of the most amazing Buddhist art in the world hands down ..

[@Flaytt744]

Dunhuang must also be in the conversation

[@wayz2509]

who is watching this because of school

[@soupitofu9271]

me.

[@laurenbrooke23]

Me:(

[@ezspillgamer5866]

me lol

[@user-nu7vh8pp8m]

Me:(

[@dinosaurs_2.0]

me lol

[@RUHappyATM]

What surprised me most is the hard life of the Buddha. Yet the sculptures look well-fed.

[@AlejandroNavarrete-b5q]

im currently in school rn

[@khp7425]

Greetings and blessings from sri Lanka

[@rushabh..9837]

Namo Gautam Buddhay love form india 🙏♥️🙂

[@doogiehowser78]

what amazing art and old history

[@dthomas99]

Watch Dunhuang daughter video on China's decades of effort to restore and preserve the Mogao caves treasures. Imagine spending decades in this remote desolute place in those craves, and remember those monks 1600 years ago dedicated their lives to build these grottoes.

[@ajaylokare5384]

Height of a great civilization 🙏

[@itsseize2851]

kewl cave

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vewy kewl

[@thePilotOfSkeld]

Belgura

[@maximme]

was Mogao first or Petra first ? Sounded like Mogao first and refreshed, ie new caves and paintings added as years go by. BUT I can't find any independent study supporting this.

[@chromaxd]

Online School gang ⬇

[@Yeahokaybro]

I alone am the honored one

[@ninjapirate123]

I love studying geography

[@Vx_Amir]

I believe in Jesus but i have to watch this vid for my online class

[@evapaparisteidou9040]

You should have used subtitles, good subtitles in English and multiple other languages.

[@rapidvvcoy260]

amogus imposter succy basa waawaaweeewaa stinky history class go brrrrr-bean team

[@puppiesandflowers1800]

real

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[@breaks0]

Amida is a buddha, the main buddha for Pure Land Buddhists, not a god. If this film is done by nhk where pure land still has millions of followers today, you'd expect they'd get a writer, director and narrator who'd know better, especially for a unesco vid.

[@Vegas702EsLV]

Wow, never knew tht existed. Its absolutely astonishing and amazing. Why cant we build homes like bak thn?? Now we chop down trees for the wood frames of our homes. I think it would be awesome to live in a cave.

[@energylinesavtech4397]

GAUTAM Buddha The LIGHT of ASIA

[@xrc5540]

You can always trust NHK to add a twist to Chinese history.

[@sadhanbauri1029]

🇮🇳☸💙

[@huoAn]

i was there at 70 lvl. nachals ;)

[@rajeshnanwatkar7679]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@PanthereMauV]

so many birds singing ! :-)

[@ninjapirate123]

are they still singing

[@mushr00m_gumm1es2]

What about now?

[@kreekcraft7943]

si papa

[@Danielzsy]

It is a pity that the Mogao grottoes in Dunhuang were destroyed by the colonists.

[@Sithlug]

They were not destroyed?? Have you been there? yes there has been vandalization and some trophy taking, some damage done by Russian prisoners ect. However they are mostly largely intact and original apart from a few repairs over the centuries. The biggest pity is all the best scriptures/scrolls were sold by the monk care taker. No denying the colonists did terrible things and did destroy a lot of other things, however the most destruction of cultural and religious art/buildings and sites ect was done by Mao in the cultural revolution hands down. Almost every temple ect i went to when last in china was a rebuilt replica after the cultural revolution destruction.

[@RedStar9911-x1y]

@@Sithlug some german travellers come scientist visit 1933 in british india.afterthat in chaotic condition in China when japanese attacked.some german troops come with scientist and they were abduction some sculpture in mogao caves.

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