The names and descriptions of things of mediaeval Dunhuang remain in Dunhuang Manuscripts, Dunhuang drawings such as the murals or silk paintings, and the architectures and sculptures themselves.

敦煌名物包括敦煌文献记载的名物、敦煌图画形式(如壁画、绢画)存在的名物以及敦煌建筑、雕塑等实物本身。

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Foreign archaeologists and explorers travelling along the Silk Road would visit the site and walk away with groups of manuscripts.

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Can one imagine that those manuscripts have been transported in the same carriages as the goods on the Silk Road from the far end of Asia to Europe?

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