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  1. Painted on Stone, Scattered Abroad: The Fate of China’s Ancient Cave Murals

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    Painted on Stone, Scattered Abroad: The Fate of China’s Ancient Cave Murals

    Today, we’ll talk about how China’s ancient cave murals were cut from desert walls, scattered across the world, and painstakingly reunited through scholarship, art, and digital restoration.

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  2. Sacred Walls, Common Hands: The Art of Pilu Temple

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    Sacred Walls, Common Hands: The Art of Pilu Temple

    Today, we’ll talk about the little-known murals of Pilu Temple, painted by folk artists in northern China during the Ming dynasty. These murals bring together gods, ghosts, sages, and common folk to create some of the most imaginative visions of the Chinese spiritual world.

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  3. Painted for Eternity: The Murals That Survived Six Centuries

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    Painted for Eternity: The Murals That Survived Six Centuries

    Today, we’ll talk about how the hidden murals of Beijing’s Fahai Temple, created by Ming Dynasty court painters nearly 600 years ago, combine extraordinary craftsmanship, lavish use of gold, and a long history of protection to form one of the most overlooked masterpieces in world art.

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  4. A Hydraulic Engineer’s Warning: Power and Accountability in Two Horses

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    A Hydraulic Engineer’s Warning: Power and Accountability in Two Horses

    Today, we’ll talk about a Yuan dynasty handscroll depicting two contrasting horses that uses artful realism and moral allegory to rebuke corruption and celebrate integrity, while also revealing how Chinese paintings are able to express political ethics across the centuries.

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  5. A Palace of Paint and Faith: How Yongle’s Murals Defied Time

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    A Palace of Paint and Faith: How Yongle’s Murals Defied Time

    Today, we’ll talk about how the monumental Daoist murals of Yongle Palace, which were created amid war, transformed Chinese religious art, and later survived an unprecedented relocation to become one of China’s greatest cultural treasures.

    14 phút
  6. Yuegang: Crescent of Silver and Silk

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    Yuegang: Crescent of Silver and Silk

    Today, we’ll talk about an important Ming Dynasty port that became a cradle of globalization. Yuegang, in Fujian Province, started as a smuggling hub but was later developed into the only legally sanctioned port for private overseas trade during the 16th and 17th centuries.

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  7. Dunhuang’s Murals: Where Time, Faith, and Art Converge

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    Dunhuang’s Murals: Where Time, Faith, and Art Converge

    Today, we’ll talk about how Dunhuang’s murals, which are layered with faith, art, and cross-cultural exchange, preserve a thousand-year visual history of China and the Silk Road.

    17 phút
  8. China’s Murals: A Fragile Legacy Painted on Walls

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    China’s Murals: A Fragile Legacy Painted on Walls

    Today, we’ll talk about the walls that once carried China’s greatest paintings, and the long journey of an art form shaped by faith, power, and time.

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