Mogao Caves

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Buddhist cave temple complex UNESCO World Heritage Site archaeological site

The Mogao Caves are a renowned complex of Buddhist cave temples near Dunhuang in China, famous for their extensive collection of ancient murals, sculptures, and manuscripts along the Silk Road.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Mogao Caves canonical 12
Dunhuang Mogao Caves 3
Dunhuang grottoes 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist cave temple complex ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mogao Caves ⓘ
surface form: Thousand Buddha Grottoes
areaOfMurals over 45,000 square meters ⓘ
ChineseName Mogao Caves self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 莫高窟
conservationStatus under active conservation ⓘ
constructionStart 366 CE ⓘ
contains Library Cave ⓘ
painted stucco sculptures ⓘ
polychrome murals ⓘ
country China ⓘ
discoveredBy Wang Yuanlu ⓘ
discoveryOfLibraryCave 1900 ⓘ
hasArtStyle Central Asian Buddhist art ⓘ
Chinese Buddhist art ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhist art ⓘ
heritageCriteria (i) ⓘ
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(iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
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heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inception 4th century ⓘ
inscribedOnUNESCOList 1987 ⓘ
knownFor Buddhist murals ⓘ
Buddhist sculptures ⓘ
Silk Road art ⓘ
ancient manuscripts ⓘ
wall paintings ⓘ
locatedIn Dunhuang ⓘ
Gansu Province ⓘ
locatedInDesert Gobi Desert ⓘ
locatedNear Daquan River ⓘ
Echoing Sand Mountain ⓘ
locatedOn Silk Road routes ⓘ
surface form: Silk Road
managedBy Dunhuang Academy ⓘ
manuscriptsCollectedBy Aurel Stein ⓘ
Paul Pelliot ⓘ
materialUsed rock-cut architecture ⓘ
nearestCity Dunhuang ⓘ
numberOfCaves approximately 735 ⓘ
numberOfPaintedSculptures over 2,000 ⓘ
partOf Mogao Caves self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dunhuang grottoes

Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor ⓘ
primaryFunction Buddhist worship and meditation ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
significantPeriod Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period ⓘ
surface form: Five Dynasties period

Northern Wei dynasty ⓘ
Song dynasty ⓘ
Sui dynasty ⓘ
Tang dynasty ⓘ
Western Xia ⓘ
surface form: Western Xia dynasty

Yuan dynasty ⓘ
threatenedBy environmental degradation ⓘ
tourism pressure ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
UNESCORegion Asia-Pacific ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 440 ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aurel Stein → discoveredAt → Mogao Caves ⓘ
Dunhuang → nearbyAttraction → Mogao Caves ⓘ
Dunhuang → hasHeritageSite → Mogao Caves ⓘ
Dunhuang → knownFor → Mogao Caves ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mogao Cave murals
Gansu Province → contains → Mogao Caves ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunhuang Mogao Caves
Gansu Province → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Mogao Caves ⓘ
Mogao Caves → alsoKnownAs → Mogao Caves ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thousand Buddha Grottoes
Mogao Caves → ChineseName → Mogao Caves self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 莫高窟
Mogao Caves → partOf → Mogao Caves self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunhuang grottoes
Buddhist art → importantSite → Mogao Caves ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunhuang Mogao Caves
Sogdian alphabet → usedIn → Mogao Caves ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sogdian Buddhist caves of Dunhuang
Longmen Grottoes → relatedSite → Mogao Caves ⓘ
Northwest China → historicalSite → Mogao Caves ⓘ
Diamond Sutra → placeOfFamousPrintedEditionDiscovery → Mogao Caves ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in China → hasPart → Mogao Caves ⓘ
Hexi Corridor → hasArchaeologicalSite → Mogao Caves ⓘ
Mingsha Sand Dunes → proximityTo → Mogao Caves ⓘ
Jiuquan → hasMajorTouristAttraction → Mogao Caves ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dunhuang Mogao Caves
Dunhuang Mogao International Airport → serves → Mogao Caves ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mogao Caves tourist area
Dunhuang Mogao International Airport → namedAfter → Mogao Caves ⓘ
Dunhuang Mogao International Airport → nearbyAttraction → Mogao Caves ⓘ
Dunhuang Mogao International Airport → isGatewayTo → Mogao Caves ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mogao Caves World Heritage Site