During the exhibition, the museum will invite scholars and researchers to lecture about Dunhuang art every other weekend. A series of workshop activities are held each weekend, enabling participants to try their hand at painting on rocks and making copies of the frescoes.

The exhibition was a highlight of the Shanghai Tourism Festival, which concluded on Sunday. Several tourism companies and airlines joined the exhibition to introduce travel deals between Shanghai and Gansu, as well as other northwestern destinations in China.

Shanghai's jewelry brand Lao Fengxiang also launched gold ornaments featuring some of the most celebrated Dunhuang relics.

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If you go

The Great Art of Dunhuang

Through Dec 20, 10 am-6 pm (final entry no later than 5 pm), Tue-Sun China Art Museum, Shanghai, 205 Shangnan Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai

400-921-9021