China: Guanyin 'Goddess of Mercy' and a bodhisattva with monks and worshippers, silk painting, Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, Five Dynasties period (907-960 CE). The Mogao Caves, or Mogao Grottoes (Chinese: mògāo kū, also known as the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas and Dunhuang Caves) form a system of 492 temples 25 km ( miles) southeast of the center of Dunhuang, an oasis strategically located at a religious and cultural crossroads on the Silk Road, in Gansu province, China. The caves contain some of the finest examples of Buddhist art spanning a period of 1,000 years.

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