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Dunhuang is in China and these were taken from Dunhuang without permission. Why is the British Library hanging on to ancient manuscripts that were taken from C
by haltingproblem 5y ago
Dunhuang is in China and these were taken from Dunhuang without permission.
Why is the British Library hanging on to ancient manuscripts that were taken from China without permission? Why is repatriation of all these cultural treasures not a priority?
- stryan 5y agoSource on them being taken without permission? This is being digitized as part of the International Dunhuang Project, which includes Chinese universities such as the Dunhuang Research Academy. If you're talking about how they would have acquired the scrolls historically, IIRC the maintainer of the cave/temples allowed scrolls to be taken for research/etc in exchange for donations to help restore and maintain the complex.
- boxed 5y agoGreat idea. Let's give these to the communist party so they can destroy more of Buddhist history and culture! Or. You know. Let's not.