The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Poem Written in a Boat on the Wu River

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Buddhism along the Silk Road

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Thousands of years of trade and invasion brought Buddhist monks into contact with merchants and nomadic peoples in Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. This short video, produced in conjunction with the exhibition Buddhism along the Silk Road: 5th–8th Century, shows how these interactions occurred.

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Poem Written in a Boat on the Wu River

Mi Fu (Chinese, 1052–1107)

Period:: Northern Song dynasty (960–1127)
Date:: ca. 1100
Culture:: China
Medium:: Handscroll; ink on paper
Dimensions:: 12 1/4 in. x 18 ft. 3 1/4 in. (31.1 x 557 cm)
Classification:: Calligraphy
Credit Line:: Gift of John M. Crawford Jr., in honor of Professor Wen Fong, 1984
Accession Number:: 1984.174

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