The second of five films tracing an Indian expedition along the Silk Road in which they seek for the Buddhist sites along the route.
Dorothy Wong, Buddhist Pilgrim-Monks, 1
An illustrated talk on the great pilgrim-scholar monks in China in the 7th and 8th centuries and their influence on the arts.
Eminent Buddhists 3-4, Yijing and the West Market
Third and fourth documentaries about eminent Buddhists in the old Chinese capital city concerns the translator Yijing, the West Market area of the city and the Great Mosque (Mandarin, with English subtitles)
Dorothy Wong, Making Merit
A talk by Prof. Dorothy C Wong on Xuan Zang and Wu Zhou and the emergence of mass production in medieval China.
The Mission to Japan of Ven. Jian Zhen (Ganjin)
The story of the heroic efforts of one Chinese monk to bring a good vinaya lineage and the dharma to Japan during the Tang dynasty.
Hang Gliding along the Karakoram Highway
The Silk Road Series 12/16: Two Roads to the Pamirs
In this last episode we first visit Kashgar, the Town of Beautiful Tiles, which is where the Silk Road meets up again, after crossing the Taklamakan desert via two different roads.
The Silk Road Series 1/16: The Glories of Chang-an
The first episode in the series focuses on Chang-an, which in modern-day China is called Xi-an. It was formerly the capital of China and the source of the Silk Road which ran from there to Rome. In ancient times it was the largest city in the world.
Dorothy Wong, Buddhist Pilgrim-Monks, 2
An illustrated talk on the great pilgrim-scholar monks in China in the 7th and 8th centuries and their influence in Japan.
