Scholars look into techniques to protect grottoes in Xinjiang

Photo taken on Aug. 11, 2011 shows a printed picture of a fresco in the Kizil Grotto in Aksu of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. On Wednesday and Thursday, scholars from China and seven foreign countries went to Baicheng and Kuqa counties in Xinjiang to investigate the ancient Qiuci grottoes and look into the techniques to protect the buddhistic grottoes and frescoes in them.(Xinhua/Wang Fei)


An expert of the Qiuci Research Society reinforces the Kizil Grotto in Aksu of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2011. On Wednesday and Thursday, scholars from China and seven foreign countries went to Baicheng and Kuqa counties in Xinjiang to investigate the ancient Qiuci grottoes and look into the techniques to protect the buddhistic grottoes and frescoes in them.


Scholars examine a site of the Kizil Grotto in Aksu of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2011. On Wednesday and Thursday, scholars from China and seven foreign countries went to Baicheng and Kuqa counties in Xinjiang to investigate the ancient Qiuci grottoes and look into the techniques to protect the buddhistic grottoes and frescoes in them.


A German scholar takes photos of the ruins of the Subax buddhist temple in Aksu of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 11, 2011. On Wednesday and Thursday, scholars from China and seven foreign countries went to Baicheng and Kuqa counties in Xinjiang to investigate the ancient Qiuci grottoes and look into the techniques to protect the buddhistic grottoes and frescoes in them.


Foreign scholars discuss at the site of the ruins of the Subax buddhist temple in Aksu of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 11, 2011. On Wednesday and Thursday, scholars from China and seven foreign countries went to Baicheng and Kuqa counties in Xinjiang to investigate the ancient Qiuci grottoes and look into the techniques to protect the buddhistic grottoes and frescoes in them


Foreign scholars visit the Kizil Gaha Grotto in Aksu of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2011. On Wednesday and Thursday, scholars from China and seven foreign countries went to Baicheng and Kuqa counties in Xinjiang to investigate the ancient Qiuci grottoes and look into the techniques to protect the buddhistic grottoes and frescoes in them.


An expert from South Korea examines the Kizil Grotto in the Aksu area of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2011. On Wednesday and Thursday, scholars from China and seven foreign countries went to Baicheng and Kuqa counties in Xinjiang to investigate the ancient Qiuci grottoes and look into the techniques to protect the buddhistic grottoes and frescoes in them.(Xinhua/Wang Fei)