Since 1900, tens of thousands of ancient documents have been made public, which has aroused great concern of researchers in various disciplines. Due to the special natural environment and geographical conditions, Dunhuang not only preserved a large number of murals and colored plastic arts, but also preserved a large number of calligraphy and ink.
The excavation of Dunhuang calligraphy has made inestimable contributions to the study of the development history of ancient calligraphy in China, especially in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and even in the Wei, Jin, Qin and Han Dynasties.
Dunhuang has a wide range of calligraphy, mainly the calligraphy of suicide notes unearthed in the Tibetan Sutra Cave, as well as the calligraphy of Han bamboo slips, grotto inscriptions and existing inscriptions unearthed in ancient sites in Dunhuang area.
Dunhuang suicide note contains more than 40,000 volumes of ink from the Sixteen Countries of Jin Dynasty to the Northern Song Dynasty, which is the most abundant and systematic first-hand material to study the history of China's opening period and his calligraphy art.
The style of Dunhuang suicide note has obvious characteristics of the times and regions, and is called "Jing Ti". "Scripture style" originated from "bamboo simplification" in Han Dynasty and was completed in regular script in Tang Dynasty. It is an important style of copying scriptures after the Jin Dynasty. It recorded in detail the whole process of the script opening in China after the official reform, which greatly promoted the development of the script.
There are three kinds of rubbings of Tang Dynasty in Dunhuang suicide note. There are Ou Yangxun's How to Spend Life, Liu Gongquan's Diamond Sutra, Tang Taizong's Li Shimin's Hot Springs, and even Wang Xizhi's 17 post. These rubbings and temporary stickers are extremely precious, and they are rare Mo Bao in the Tang Dynasty.