CHINA: ARTISTS IN MOGAO CAVES IN GANSHU PROVINCE TRY TO SAVE ANCIENT BUDDHIST ART FROM DESTRUCTION

Record ID: 988832

  • Title: CHINA: ARTISTS IN MOGAO CAVES IN GANSHU PROVINCE TRY TO SAVE ANCIENT BUDDHIST ART FROM DESTRUCTION
  • Date: 13th September 1998
  • Summary: DUNHUANG, GANSU PROVINCE, CHINA (RECENT) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. WS DESERT SCENERY 0.06 2. LV ANCIENT EARTH BUILDINGS ON TOP OF HILL 0.10 3. SV ANCIENT EARTH BUILDING 0.14 4. WS HUNDREDS OF CAVES DUG INTO MOUNTAINSIDE HILL 0.20 5. LV CAVES 0.26 6. SV'S/SCU ANCIENT BUDDHIST WALL PAINTINGS (4 SHOTS) 0.48 7. SV WORKERS CLEARING OUT GROUND IN CAVE AS PART OF RENOVATION WORK 0.55 8. PAN UP WORKER DIGGING IN CAVE 0.58 9. SV WORKER EXCAVATING DIRT IN CAVE, THROWING DIRT OUT OF CAVE 1.02 10. SV WORKER IN CAVE 1.03 11. TILT UP LADDER LEADING TO CAVE 1.07 12. MV LI CHANGXIAN, 70-YEAR-OLD DUNHUANG RESIDENT AND HER ASSISTANT PAINTING ON CAVE'S WALL 1.16 13. SV BRUSHES AND PLATES WITH PAINT ON TABLE 1.21 14. CU FINGERS HOLDING CHARCOAL PAINTING ON WALL 1.26 15. SV LI COPYING BUDDHIST PAINTING ON WALL 1.33 16. SLV LI AND ASSISTANT WORKING IN CAVE 1.39 17. CU LI'S ASSISTANT PAINTING ON WALL PAN UP TO BUDDHIST DRAWING ON WALL 1.49 18. MV LI CHANGXIAN'S SON, CHANG JIAHUANG, PAINTING ON WALL 1.54 19. SCU BUDDHIST PAINTING 2.00 20. SV CHANG SAYING: "EVEN IF IT IS HARD AND DIFFICULT, I'M NOT WORRIED. I CAN DO THIS REASERCH IN JAPAN, BEIJING OR SHANGHAI, BUT I CHOOSE TO DO IT HERE. ALL I HAVE IS WHAT DUNHUANG GAVE ME, SO FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART I WANT TO GIVE SOMETHING IN RETURN." (MANDARIN) 2.32 21. LV TOURISTS NEXT TO BUILDING AT DUNHUANG DUNES 2.39 22. GV DUNE 2.43 23. MV/SLV TOURISTS ON CAMELS IN DESERT (2 SHOTS) 2.54 24. CU ANCIENT SCULPTURE WITHOUT HEAD IN DUNHUANG MUSEUM 2.59 25. SV SCULPTURES IN MUSEUM 3.04 26. SCU'S BUDDHIST SCULPTURES (2 SHOTS) 3.11 27. SV BUDDHISTS PAINTING 3.16 28. SV SIGN SAYING: "CREATING THE MOGAO GROTTOE'S MURALS" (ENGLISH/CHINESE) 3.20 29. SV CHANG SAYING: "BECAUSE DUNHUANG CAVES ARE FAMOUS, THERE ARE MANY REASONS FOR PEOPLE TO COME HERE, BUT BASICALLY IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY OF THE PLACE." (MANDARIN) 3.34 30. SV CEILING OF BROKEN CAVE PAN DOWN TO LI AND ASSISTANT PAINTING ON CAVE 3.46 31. SV BUDDHIST PAINTING WHICH LI HAS COPIED ON WALL, STANDING ON TABLE, PAINTING ON WALL BEHIND IT 3.57 32. SCU LI SAYING WHILE WORKING: "IF THEY STEAL IT, IT MEANS THE PAINTING IS GOOD." (MANDARIN) 4.11 33. GV SUNSET OVER SAND DUNE 4.17 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: DUNHUANG, GANSU PROVINCE, CHINA
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  • Country: China
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