Silk Road Tragedy: the Tragedy of Dunhuang National Treasure
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In 1900, when the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded and the country was in danger, a Buddhist scripture cave containing tens of thousands of scrolls was discovered in the Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang on the ancient Silk Road. The Qing Dynasty was unable to protect it. The Western powers heard the news and started to rush to explore, investigate, and archeology. They smuggled into Dunhuang under the guise, and started scenes of shocking cultural plunder... In the long years since they witnessed foreign powers taking advantage of national treasures, the people of Dunhuang have gone from submission to resistance, loving their hometown and protecting caves, and composing tear-jerking songs of resistance with their blood and lives...
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