[blam]

Dunhuang is the location of the Jade Gate in the Great Wall Of China.

It is also in the same region where these people were found:

The Curse Of The Red-Headed Mummy

[Mark in the Old South]

It is a never ending source of amazement to me how ignorant people are about religious art, especially Christians about Christian art but I gotta tell ya. I have never heard nor seen the image described. Does anybody gotta pic?

[El Sordo]

[omega4412]

In case you're wondering what this looks like...
http://www.planetfusion.co.uk/~pignut/tinner.html
http://www.chrischapmanphotography.com/hares.htm

[Straight Vermonter]

I know who is behind it.

[El Sordo]

The Three Hares Project: http://www.chrischapmanphotography.com/haresmen.htm

[RightWhale]

I suspect a pun. Possibly a Sanskrit pun.

[ALASKA]

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[gitmo]

[aruanan]

Dang, what mystery?

Sue Andrew, an art historian who is part of the group going to China, said: "We don't know how for sure the symbol travelled to the West but the most likely explanation is they were on the valuable oriental silks brought to Western medieval churches to wrap holy relics, as altar cloths and in vestments."

The design was something the Buddhists came up with ages ago. The conquering hordes of Islam pushed through Buddhist Afghanistan and well into India, picking up the design along the way (their prohibition against graven images notwithstanding). After that it made its way into Europe through both land and sea trade routes.

[FairOpinion]

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"A research team led by a British archaeologist is to travel to China in search of the origins and meaning of a mysterious ancient symbol identified in sacred sites across Britain, Europe, and the Middle and Far East.

Striking depictions of three hares joined at the ears have been found in roof bosses of medieval parish churches in Devon, 13th century Mongol metal work from Iran and cave temples from the Chinese Sui dynasty of 589-618.

Academics are intrigued at the motif's apparent prominence in Christian, Islamic and Buddhist holy contexts separated by 5,000 miles and almost 1,000 years."

[Katya]

"The three hares are depicted in churches, chapels and cathedrals in France and Germany."

Well at least in Europe, since we find it used in architectural elements it seems representative of the Golden Triangle or Temple of Solomon mystery. On a less esoteric level albeit universal, three symbols interwoven usually speak to the three-fold nature of man.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

[Fiddlstix]

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