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@colossal@mastodon.art · 3 hours ago

1,000-year-old paper flowers from the Valley of the Thousand Buddhas 🌸

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/01/paper-flowers-buddhist-art-caves-china/

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Nine small paper flowers attached to a fabric backing, found in a cave in China, dating to the Tang Dynasty

A cut and folded paper flower found in a cave in China, dating to the Tang dynasty

These 1,000-Year-Old Paper Flowers, Sealed in a Cave, Are a Marvel of Preservation

Among the Mogao Caves' nearly 500 chambers and temples, a space known as Cave 17 revealed thousands of extraordinary objects.

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