Mogao Grottos in Gansu Province,

11. Grottos

Discovered in 1900 in the scripture cave are documents, embroidery, satin pictures, paper pictures from 4th to 14th centuries, and totally more than 40 thousand pieces. Most of them are transcripts in Han characters; a few are printed copies. Of the Han texts, more than 90% are Buddhist scripture, besides, are traditional classic chronicle works and official and private documents. Besides Han characters, there are also characters of ethnic minorities.