Dunhaung - Magao Grottoes
lets say you are a Buddist and you just croosed the Gobi desert and arrived at Dunhuang what do you do? you give a donation to the local artist to thank for the safe passage. so the Magao Caves are one of the largest deposotary of Buddist artwork in the world from the start of buddahism in China (5th centrury) to the collaps of the silk road (~1600AD).