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There are ten mud-brick
caves, forty kilometers
north of Turpan County
town, in what used to be
the site of a Buddhist
temple during the
seventh to the
fourteenth centuries
under the Tang Dynasty.
The murals on the cave
walls depict lotus
blossoms with cloud
patterns, lone crown on
dry tree branches, vines
laden with grapes, rows
of willow trees, and
Buddhist portraits. Most
of the paintings are
accompanied by
annotations in the Urgur
language. Other
discoveries at this site
include Buddhist
scriptures written in
Sanskrit and Han
languages, and coins of
the Tang Dynasty. |
