Before the destruction of the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, great visual shock!

This group of pictures comes from Les Grottes de Touen-houang (Dunhuang Grottoes), written by French Sinologist Bashi and (Paul Pelliot). The book consists of six volumes, included 1908 Percy and the delegation from Xinjiang into Dunhuang photograph: Mogao Grottoes location, caves (about one hundred and eighty-two caves) painted sculptures, murals and other photos.

As far as the Dunhuang grottoes were concerned, the earliest comprehensive and detailed investigation was the work of the French Bashi and the team led by the 1908. February 25, 1908 Percy and delegation from Dunhuang into Xinjiang, after they came to the Mogao Grottoes, to cave number, mapping, photography and writing work.

The delegation from Percy and shooting today has more than one hundred years, in this hundred years, the relationship between nature, history and human, cave has undergone such changes, some even changed fundamentally, at the time of the colorful murals intact, to this day has not existed for a long time, but in the catalogue Percy and accidentally preserved, precious.