[Explanation] Recently, the publication project of "Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Numbering Archaeological Document Research" planned and launched by Gansu Culture Publishing House of Reader Publishing Group in 2018 was published.

The book has accumulated fifteen years of work, combing and researching all the original materials, checking and correcting the problems in the serial number one by one, and using the methods of collation and image analysis and research to make corrections for academic research and search.

  Yun Juntao, president of the Gansu Culture Publishing House of Reader Publishing Group, introduced to reporters in his office that the project conducted an in-depth study of the serial numbers of the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes and the comparison relationship, which is equivalent to replacing the "identity card" for each cave.

  [Concurrent] Yun Juntao, President of Gansu Culture Publishing House, Reader Publishing Group

  Each cave has its own number, that is, now we generally say that each cave has its own ID or ID. Only by confirming this number can you know the age of the cave, the architectural form of this cave, and the mural art of this cave The method and numbering are to clarify this issue, that is, to clarify the staging and dating of these caves, the characteristics of its archaeological art, and the inheritance of its various architectural forms.

  [Explanation] In history, the numbering of the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes is the most representative of the Boxihe number (P), Zhang Daqian number (Z), and Shiyan number (S). They are indispensable for the study of Dunhuang grotto art. reference.

However, limited by the times, coupled with different research methods, the serial numbers are independent, and there are many confusions and errors, which brings great inconvenience to the academic research and citation.

Juntao Yun said frankly that in this documentary study, the original number of the six Mogao Grottoes was compared and retrieved, and the author's hand-painted Mogao Grottoes' original elevation comparison map and plan order comparison map were added, which is of great significance.

  [Concurrent] Yun Juntao, President of Gansu Culture Publishing House, Reader Publishing Group

  The first is an original academic monograph that fills in the blanks, and it is a series of academic monographs, and its academic value is very high.

The second one is the value of very precious data. The 15 comparison tables involved in the comparison tables have used micro-historical methods, iconographic methods, and even the research, research, demonstration, and analysis of these comparison tables. The methods of archeology and the history of science and technology come to study such a small problem in all directions.

From this point of view, the materials involved in it, including the graphs hand-drawn by the author, and the tables made by the author, can be used as the most primitive materials and the most authoritative reference book.

  [Explanation] It is reported that the study of this document is based on the academic history of Dunhuang grottoes research, comprehensively using the theories of Dunhuang studies, archaeology, art history, philology, and collation, and combing historical materials, combining pictures and history. Sort out and compare horizontally, and finally realize the academic purpose of searching for details and correcting errors.

  Li Yalong, Yan Jiao reports from Lanzhou

Editor in charge: [Lu Yan]