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2019-01-09 11:34:46 chinadaily.com.cn Editor :Li Yan
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A four-stringed instrument is seen in a mural in the No 465 Cave of the Mogao Grottoes. (Photo/chinadaily.com.cn)

An exhibition of ancient musical instruments featured in the murals of UNESCO World Heritage site the Mogao Grottoes is being held in Lanzhou, Northwest China\'s Gansu Province. Let\'s take a look at them.

A four-stringed instrument is seen in a mural in the No 465 Cave of the Mogao Grottoes. (Photo/chinadaily.com.cn)

An exhibition of ancient musical instruments featured in the murals of UNESCO World Heritage site the Mogao Grottoes is being held in Lanzhou, Northwest China's Gansu Province. Let's take a look at them.

Pipa, a plucked string instrument, is seen in a mural in the No 321 Cave of the Mogao Grottoes. (Photo/chinadaily.com.cn)

Pipa, a plucked string instrument, is seen in a mural in the No 321 Cave of the Mogao Grottoes. (Photo/chinadaily.com.cn)

Huqin, a traditional stringed instrument, is seen in a mural in the Yulin Cave of the Mogao Grottoes. (Photo/chinadaily.com.cn)

Huqin, a traditional stringed instrument, is seen in a mural in the Yulin Cave of the Mogao Grottoes. (Photo/chinadaily.com.cn)

A gourd-shaped string instrument is seen in a mural in the No 322 Cave of the Mogao Grottoes. (Photo/chinadaily.com.cn)

A gourd-shaped string instrument is seen in a mural in the No 322 Cave of the Mogao Grottoes. (Photo/chinadaily.com.cn)

An oil painting by a Russian artist features a figure in the center playing pipa from behind his back, inspired by a mural in the No 112 Cave of the Mogao Grottoes. (Photo/chinadaily.com.cn)

An oil painting by a Russian artist features a figure in the center playing pipa from behind his back, inspired by a mural in the No 112 Cave of the Mogao Grottoes. (Photo/chinadaily.com.cn)

Stars shimmer in the night sky in this oil painting by a Russian artist of the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Northwest China\'s Gansu Province. (Photo/chinadaily.com.cn)

Stars shimmer in the night sky in this oil painting by a Russian artist of the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu Province. (Photo/chinadaily.com.cn)

A painting by a Russian artist portrays the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, or Guanyin in Chinese, from the No 321 Cave of the Mogao Grottoes. (Photo/chinadaily.com.cn)

A painting by a Russian artist portrays the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, or Guanyin in Chinese, from the No 321 Cave of the Mogao Grottoes. (Photo/chinadaily.com.cn)

A painting by a Russian artist portrays a Buddhist story from the Yulin Cave No 21 of the Mogao Grottoes. (Photo/chinadaily.com.cn)

A painting by a Russian artist portrays a Buddhist story from the Yulin Cave No 21 of the Mogao Grottoes. (Photo/chinadaily.com.cn)

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