11th century murals discovered in Qinghai
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About 200 square meters of murals dating back to the Gusiluo Age were discovered in April in five rock caves in Hualong Hui Autonomous County of northwest China's Qinghai Province, a scientific investigation team from Qinghai Nationalities Institute said.
The team includes Bai Guo, associate professor from the arts department of Qinghai Nationalities Institute; Zaxi Jiancuo, a Thang-ga student from Qinghai Nationalities Institute; and Dong Zhu, an art student from Qinghai Normal University.
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Murals of Gusiluo Age in No.1 rock cave. |
The Gusiluo Age was a local regime in Qinghai during the West Xia Dynasty in 11th century. Legend has it that Gusiluo was established by the descendants of the Tubo Kingdom during the 11th century. The Buddhist cause was paralyzed completely in Tibet after the collapse of the Tubo Kingdom in the ninth century. Many Buddhist artifacts and art were ruined. But Hualong in the northeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau revived as a center and well-known holy region of Tibetan Buddhism during the Gusiluo Age.
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