“That the prefecture may be tranquil”: A Thousand-Year-Old Buddhist Print from Dunhuang
Category
ROM at Home
Audience
Families, Kids
Age
6+
About
Join the ROM’s Wen-chien Cheng, Dr. Jessica Lockhart and Dr. Amanda Goodman of the University of Toronto as they explore how modern research and scientific analysis can shed light on the history of a thousand-year-old Buddhist devotional print from Dunhuang, China, one of several dozen surviving prints that commemorate a summer festival held at the site in the year 947 CE.
The Dunhuang print featured in this video is currently on display in the exhibition Hidden Stories: Books along the Silk Road, at the Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, until Feb 27, 2022.
Event recorded on April 8, 2021.
