Culture Cities of East Asia 2021 Showcases the Charm of Dunhuang
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DUNHUANG, China, April 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Over 20 activities highlighting a major historic and cultural landmark on the ancient Silk Road were unveiled at the opening ceremony of Culture Cities of East Asia 2021 on April 9 in Dunhuang, northwest China s Gansu Province. The opening ceremony was part of a year-round cultural exchange initiative between China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (ROK).
Dance performance? Flying Apsaras
With Dunhuang, a towering edifice of human culture as its theme, Culture Cities of East Asia 2021 aims to promote international and people-to-people exchanges, boosting cultural development and prosperity of East Asia.
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Mount Jiuhua. From chinatouradvisor.wordpress.com
As livebloggers go, the Korean monk Kim Gyo-gak is far from typical. According to Wikipedia, he was born more than 1,000 years ago, encountered Buddhism on a trip to China, became a monk on his return to Korea, then returned to China in 719 to cultivate himself deep in the wilds of Mount Jiuhua, in Anhui Province. He took the name Jijang (Skt: Ksitigarbha) and lived there as a hermit until his death at 99 years old.
When the nobleman who owned the mountain where he practiced offered to build him a temple, Jijang convinced his aspiring benefactor with a magical gesture to cede the entire mountain to the Dharma, and thus his