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Enchanting tales for millennium: Exhibition featuring Dunhuang art open from today

An exhibition featuring a selection of treasures from the Dunhuang Caves is now open to citizens from August 24 to November 21 at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum. The picture shows the digital display "Dunhuang in a snapshot", which showcases a selection of near 100 snapshots of Dunhuang murals as a digital time tunnel along the themes of "Circle of Life", "In the Footsteps of Buddha" and "Boundless Legacy" to offer a refreshing experience. (HK Govt)

An exhibition featuring a selection of treasures from the Dunhuang Caves is now open to citizens from August 24 to November 21 at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum.

Visitors to "The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Dunhuang: Enchanting Tales for Millennium" will experience a deeper understanding of Dunhuang culture and art, and experience the worldly and heavenly aspirations of ancient forebears in their pursuit of the true, the good and the beautiful in the Buddhism realm of Dunhuang.

The exhibition will showcase 50 exhibits, including artefacts, reproductions of silk paintings, and a replica cave spanning over 1,000 years from the Northern Wei period to the Ming dynasty.

Additionally, over 100 murals are highlighted from more than 60 Dunhuang Caves, featuring a multitude of themes and artistic styles that traverse dynasties and geographical regions.

The Leisure & Cultural Services Department and the Dunhuang Academy jointly planned this exhibition to bring the precious artifacts and cave stories of Dunhuang to Hong Kong, so the community can share the peace and wisdom embedded in the Dunhuang treasures, he added.

As part of the celebrations for the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong SAR, the exhibition showcases artifacts, murals, reproductions of silk paintings and a replica of Yulin Cave 25 through the lens of history, art and technology with highlights of art-tech and multimedia displays.

One of the highlight exhibits is a 1:1 replica of Yulin Cave 25 which exemplifies the finest of cave murals. There are also art-tech elements, such as the immersive digital program featuring the illustration of the "Sutra of the Profundity of Filial Love", a silk painting dated from the Northern Song dynasty and discovered in Mogao Cave 17.

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