BELT AND ROAD* NGC PF70 * 4PCS 1996 China SILK ROAD Ⅱ SILVER COIN SET

Description

NGC PF70*4 , PERFECT AND RARE!
1, DUNHUANG PAINTINGS - SPIRIT FLYING;
2, DUNHUANG PAINTINGS - MUSICIANS;
3, DUNHUANG PAINTINGS - SCULPTURES;
4, DUNHUANG PAINTINGS - CARAVAN.
Dunhuang
city is located in the
Chinese
northwest of Gansu Province
,
is a
county-level city in Jiuquan
city
hosted
,
as a national historical and cultural city
,
has always been for the
Silk Road
town
.
In Dunhuang
and
Dunhuang
grotto
murals
and famous the world
,
is the world cultural heritage
Mogao Grottoes
and
the Great Wall
Yumen Pass
and
Yang Guan
Han
border
location
.
The
Mogao Caves
or
Mogao Grottoes
(C
hinese
: 莫高窟;Pinyin:
Mògāo kū
), also known as the
Caves of the Thousand Buddhas
(Chinese:
千佛洞
; Pinyin
qiān fó dòng
), form a system of 492 temples 25 km (16 mi) southeast of the center of Duanghuang
an oasis strategically located at a religious and cultural crossroads on the Silk Road
, in Gansu
province, China
. The caves may also be known as the
Dunhuang Caves
, however, this term is also used as a collective term to include other Buddhist cave sites in the Dunhuang area, such as the Western Thousand Buddha Caves
, and the Yulin Caves
farther away. The caves contain some of the finest examples of Buddhist art
spanning a period of 1,000 years. The first caves were dug out in 366 CE as places of Buddhist meditation and worship. The Mogao Caves are the best known of the Chinese
Buddhist grottoes and, along with Longmen Groottoes
and Yungang Grottoes
, are one of the three famous ancient Buddhist sculptural sites of China.
An important cache of documents was discovered in 1900 in the so-called "Library Cave," which had been walled-up in the 11th century. The content of the library was dispersed around the world, and the largest collections are now found in Beijing, London, Paris and Berlin, and the International Dunhuang Project
exists to coordinate and collect scholarly work on the Dunhuang manuscripts
and other material. The caves themselves are now a popular tourist destination, with a number open for visiting.
Description
Country
China
Year
1996
Face Value
5Y*4
Metal
Silver .900
Weight
22g *4
Diameter
36 mm
Quality
NGC PF70 * 4
Mintage
15000 sets