How many national cultures does Dunhuang contain?

China's national culture has a long history. In the long-term spread and development, it has always tolerated and absorbed foreign cultures, and at the same time made its own national culture innovate and develop. Dunhuang culture in China's national culture is constantly developing and forming under the background of cultural exchange between China and foreign countries. Up to now, many documents and historical relics have witnessed the development of Dunhuang culture and the exchange and integration of Dunhuang culture with foreign cultures over the years. At the same time, Dunhuang was once an important location of the ancient Silk Road, and its culture showed the characteristics of diversification. While having our own national culture, we can also see the characteristics of Indian and Roman culture.

From Dunhuang art, we can fully see the inclusiveness of China culture, including religion. From the murals and sculptures in Dunhuang, we can see that there is Taoism in China and Buddhism in India, all of which exist in Dunhuang culture. Secondly, there have always been different nationalities in ancient China. Dunhuang is inhabited by many ethnic groups, such as Mongolian, Xiongnu, Xianbei and so on. Therefore, the characteristics of these national cultures appeared in Dunhuang culture. Therefore, Dunhuang culture, as an art, contains both nationality and cosmopolitanism. Dunhuang has been a combination of multi-ethnic culture and world culture since ancient times. In Dunhuang, we can not only see the cultural spirit of the Chinese nation, but also see the exchange and innovation between China culture and foreign culture.

There is also a spirit in Dunhuang culture, that is, the cultural spirit of tolerance and cooperation. In the new era of development, we should inherit and carry forward this spirit of exchange and cooperation, let Dunhuang culture spread Chinese culture to the world, establish exchanges and cooperation with other cultures, and make certain contributions to promoting world peace.