Chang Shuhong, Duan Wenjie, Fan Jinshi, Wang Xudong.
The most precious thing about the Mogao Grottoes is not actually the thousands of sculptures and thousands of scriptures, but the hundreds of years it was sealed due to its decline, making the Mogao Grottoes the "third" in history. A scene”. In the process of historical circulation, paintings and calligraphy may have been copied by later generations, historical books may have been altered by later generations, and most of the facts have been lost in the circulation of history. But Dunhuang is not, it is too clear.
If there are no Dunhuang documents, if we want to look at the history of Tibet now, we can only look at the biography of Tibet in the Twenty-Four Histories in a few pages, and the history book "The Wedding Banquet of the Sages" written by a lama that focuses on religion. , and this is a very small part of ancient Tibetan materials in Dunhuang documents.
If there were no Dunhuang Grottoes, the murals, paintings and calligraphy of the Tang Dynasty would be forever blank due to the loss and damage during the Five Dynasties period.
If there were no cave murals, we would never know whether the peace and prosperity, ceremonial instruments, and social scenes recorded in history books are true or false.