You'd really dig this: http://buddhisttorrents.blogspot.com/2010/02/chinas-frozen-desert.html
Also the Nat. Geo. special of the "Lost Cave Temples of the Himalayas" is a real good documentary as they reconstruct in 3D huge cave monasteries and libraries they find on the old, now defunct salt trading routes between Nepal and Tibet. http://press.nationalgeographic.com/pressroom/index.jsp?pageID=pressReleases_detail&siteID=1&cid=1258482077021 On Jun 4, 2010, at 1:32 PM, yifuxero wrote: > Featured in National Geographic: "In a Silk Road oasis, thousands of Buddhas > enthrall scholars and tourists alike". > > "a stand of poplars under the dunes of China's Gobi desert marks the presence > of a seasonal river and a mile-long cliff carved by its waters. In the fourth > century AD Buddhists began digging caves in the rock face and decorating the > darkness with paintings and statues." > ... > > http://www.travelchinaguide.com/picture/gansu/dunhuang/mogao-caves/
