Cultural relics experts from across China have begun a restoration project on murals in the Xumishan Grottoes dating back to over 1,500 years ago in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
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| Aerial photo of the Xumishan Grottoes in Guyuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region [Credit: Xinhua/Wang Peng] |
The restoration project started in early April and is the first such project to save and restore Xumishan Grottoes murals since the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), according to the cultural relics management bureau of Xumishan Grottoes.
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| A cultural relics expert restores a mural at the No. 48 grotto of Xumishan Grottoes in Guyuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region [Credit: Xinhua/Feng Kaihua] |
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| A cultural relics expert restores a mural at the No. 48 grotto of Xumishan Grottoes in Guyuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region [Credit: Xinhua/Feng Kaihua] |
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| Cultural relics experts discuss restoration plans at the No. 48 grotto of Xumishan Grottoes in Guyuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region [Credit: Xinhua/Feng Kaihua] |
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| A cultural relics expert restores a mural at the No. 48 grotto of Xumishan Grottoes in Guyuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region [Credit: Xinhua/Wang Peng] |
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| A cultural relics expert restores a mural at the No. 48 grotto of Xumishan Grottoes in Guyuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region [Credit: Xinhua/Wang Peng] |
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| Cultural relics experts discuss restoration plans in the No. 48 grotto of Xumishan Grottoes in Guyuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region [Credit: Xinhua/Yang Zhisen] |
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| A cultural relics expert restores a mural at the No. 48 grotto of Xumishan Grottoes in Guyuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region [Credit: Xinhua/Feng Kaihua] |
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| A cultural relics expert restores a mural at the No. 48 grotto of Xumishan Grottoes in Guyuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region [Credit: Xinhua/Feng Kaihua] |
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| Cultural relics experts discuss restoration plans in the No. 48 grotto of Xumishan Grottoes in Guyuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region [Credit: Xinhua/Yang Zhisen] |
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| Cultural relics experts restore murals at the No. 48 grotto of Xumishan Grottoes in Guyuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region [Credit: Xinhua/Wang Peng] |
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The Xumishan Grottoes, which were initially built in the late period of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534), have 162 caves and more than 1,000 statues and were listed as a key state-level cultural site in 1982.
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