A dance troupe from Macao has returned to Dunhuang, Gansu province, for a second year to study the local dance and explore new ways to bring the ancient art form to contemporary audiences.
As a humanities student, I joined Tsinghua University's iDunhuang Practice Team to explore a question that had long interested me: How can technology help preserve cultural heritage and support the study of ancient texts?
Visitors to the Mogao Grottoes often find themselves lost in reverie before the exquisite murals and delicate sculptures, swept away by centuries of Buddhist art and history.