<<The Ancient Charm: Exhibition of Kucha Cave Painting Replicas>> sponsored by Xinjiang Kucha Academy, Zhejiang Art Museum and China Academy of Art was held at Zhejiang Art Museum from Dec 5 to 12, 2012. This exhibition featured 80 outstanding replicas from the original masterpieces in Kucha caves. These replicas were painted in front of the original murals by generations of excellent artists in more than 3 decades. Kucha is one of the ancient capitals of the Xinjiang region. Located in transit heart of the ancient Silk Road, it once was the political, economic, military and cultural center in the Central Asia. It inherits a legacy of artistic and cultural interaction of four great civilizations including Han and Tang Dynasties, India, Persia and Greece. Though the kingdom disappeared after more than 1300 years, the traces of human civilization were kept on the mural pieces in Kucha caves. The exhibition represents a loaded Buddhist ideology and distinctive skills of artistry.