Conserving Vulture Peak | Episode 2: Curatorial introduction
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- This week we join Jane Portal, Keeper of the Department of Asia at the British Museum, as she explains the history and rediscovery of the Vulture Peak embroidery - one of the most magnificent of all the compositions found in the hidden library at Dunhuang.
This embroidery dates from China’s Tang dynasty (AD 618-907). It depicts the Buddha preaching at Vulture Peak - in Buddhist tradition a favourite retreat of the Buddha and his disciples, located in what is now north-east India.
It was discovered by archaeologist Sir Aurel Stein (1862-1943) who, while exploring the many caves at Dunhuang, discovered a walled up cave. Behind this wall was a library full of manuscripts paintings and textiles, including this astonishing embroidery.
Watch the rest of the ‘Conserving Vulture Peak’ series here: goo.gl/FXoBK2
The tapestry is part of a collection donated to the British Museum by the archaeologist Sir Aurel Stein (1862-1943).
You can find more information in the collection online goo.gl/7B4W81
Stein didn't discover that library you're talking about at 1:30. A monk did. Stein bought 10,000 manuscripts for 'a price that will make our friends at the British Museum chuckle...:
Yes. Didn't expect the narration could contain such glaring mistake.
And thank you ever so much for your priceless digitalization efforts.
What wouldn't I give to be able to go along the silk road in the 19th or 20th centuries. Holy poo what a magical journey it must have been!
I think you might mean 450BCE to 1720 AD. The 20th century was the 1900s, quite recent, and nowhere near as impressive as it would have been in, say, the Byzantine era. (I mean, who wouldn't want to meet Kublai Khan?!)
Holy poo Indeed!
I'd think it would be quite mucky from all that dust being trotted up and I'd always be looking forward to the next station and be on high alert for weirdos or ne'er do-wells travelling on the same road. Especially if I was on busness
The way she flawlessly nailed the pronunciation of Dunhuang caught me off guard
I realy enjoy the videos on this channel and the great work the british museum is doing.
When she says "I'm the keeper of the asia department" I can't help but imagine her batteling invading barbaric hordes to keep the department safe though...
So Stein just straight up lifted it from the temple? How is that acceptable?
would you like to talk to his manager?
It's not Stein who discovered the cave,I think.
time can be so cruel
khoa tran Still nice to see such ancient artifacts and imagine the person making it and the people that enjoyed it long ago .
This video has two different titles and the comments have nothing to do with the video, they are comments for a video with the first title tagged on to this video about conserving Vulture Peak.
*जहा बुद्ध है वहा शत्रु नहीं..! बुद्धत्व की ओर... Journey to self Discovery..!*
_"अपने सामने वाले मानव के अंदर जो नैसर्गिक तत्व है वहीं तत्व हमारे अंदर भी होता है।" हम सभी मानव प्राणीमात्र एक ही पंच तत्त्व से निर्मित है और वापस उसी तत्व में विलीन होना है। यह निसर्ग का शाश्वत नियम है।"_
सामनेवाले मानव में वहीं बुद्ध तत्व मौजूद है वहीं तत्व हमारे अंदर मौजूद है, यह भावना जागृत होती है तब हम अलग नहीं वल्कि एक ही तत्व की उपज है, यह सिद्ध होता है। बुद्ध कहते है _हम सब में बुद्ध तत्व याने सत्य, Bodhi Mind, याने निरपेक्ष मन, True Nature होता है।_ इस तत्व को जब हम समझ लेते है तब मानवी मन में होनेवाले राग, द्वेष और मोह की भावना मिट जाती है और करुणा भावना जागृत होती है। हर समय करुणा बढ़ती है तब हम शत्रुत्व कीस के साथ करोगे..? अपनी करुणा के साथ नहीं कर सकते। उस के लिए मानव समाज का होना जरूरी है, यदि समाज ही ना रहे तो तुम अकेले उस धरती पर क्या करोगे..?? यह खुद को पूछना होगा..!
शिक्षा से ज्ञान आता है अहंकार नहीं..! यहीं बुद्ध की महान शिक्षा है और इसका हर समय पालन किया जाता है, तो राग द्वेष, मोह रहता ही नहीं, नष्ट होता है और मेत्ता भावना, मित्रत्व की भावना निर्माण होती है, याने समाज में रह कर ही बुद्ध से बुद्धत्व की ओर जाने का मार्ग सुकर होने लगता है। इतना साधा-सीधा मार्ग बुद्ध ने दिखाया है। इस लिए बुद्ध कहते है _मै इश्वर नहीं मार्ग दाता हूं..!_
_बुद्धि को सत्य की ओर, भावना को मानवता की ओर और नश्वर शरीर को कर्म की ओर ले जानेवाला मार्ग याने संस्कार..! यही धम्म का मार्ग है..!_
कोई भी व्यक्ति हमारा मित्र या शत्रु बनकर संसार में नहीं आता, हमारा व्यवहार और शब्द-वाणी ही लोगो को मित्र या शत्रु बनाती है..!
इस मार्ग पर चलने से हात में तलवार लेने की जरूरत ही नहीं..! सभी प्राणीमात्र को बुद्धत्व की ओर जाने का यही एक सीधा मार्ग बुद्ध ने सभी प्राणीमात्र को दिखाया है। यदि मानवजात इसका हर वक्त पालन करती है तो वे सभी बुद्धत्व को प्राप्त हो सकते है।
*_इश्वर कहीं भी नहीं है, उसके लिए अपना समय और धन बर्बाद मत करना, संसार का केवल एकमात्र सच है, और वह है सत्य का मार्ग..!! जिसने यह समझ लिया वही बुद्धत्व के प्रवास की ओर निकल गया..!!_*
_....गते गते पारगते पार संगते बोधी स्वाहा..!_
बहुत मेत्ता भावना...
सब का मंगल हो..!
*नमो बुद्धाय..!!*
Does the institution items are loaned to ever refuse to return them. If so, what happens🎈
They each send a champion to fight in the thunderdome cage....to the death!!! Two man enter.....one man leave!!!!! Goes without saying that the winner gets the scroll. Hope this answers all your questions.
she relays on these stolen pieces to feed her family, damn right she will try her best to say the name right
valuable chinese historical relic
Sadhu sadhu sadhu
Shame Stolen art work.
It’s stolen from China 😅
Shame Stolen art work
not stolen if no one wanted it
@@ClementinesCoinsyou should be embarrassing for your words!!! you took stuff from somebody without telling them, and without their approval, that's called stealing!!! all the art from Dunhuang here are carved from walls of Dunhuang caves, by some foreign smugglers, shame on who ever did these ugly things!!! if the Brits have some decency they should give back all the stuff they took from the host nations, then again, the British museum should be pretty empty afterword...shame on those whoever did this!
@@liran547 they literally say in the video the tapestry was left in a sealed off cave rotting away in the mountains along the silk road. it was abandoned so no one wanted it. giving back something their own country doesnt treasure is such a stupid idea, especially a country like china who wouldnt even bother putting it in their own museums.
along those lines, buddhist's are taught to not treasure or want anything so why are you wanting this back when your religion directly contradicts what you want
@@ClementinesCoins do u listening to yourself? the theory of mubs,so stupid
@@liran547 i mean you can barely type in english so i dont expect you to understand a word im saying. you dont understand ownership laws so shut up