Photographs on this site come from Wikimedia Commons unless stated otherwise, used under the licence named beside each one. Images are scaled and sometimes cropped for layout; no other changes are made. Our own artwork and text belong to Eastern Whispers.

Episode photographs

• Episode 1 · The First Step West: Han Great Wall, Dunhuang — Albert Herrmann & Georg Westermann, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons).
• Episode 2 · The Jade Gate: Yumen Pass — Bairuilong, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons).
• Episode 3 · Caravan: Camel caravan, desert — Fortepan — ID 30523: Adományozó, Donor: Kina, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons).
• Episode 4 · The Capital: Xi’an city wall — xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons).
• Episode 5 · Caves of Light: Mogao Caves — N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons).
• Episode 6 · The Fabric Worth an Empire — original artwork created for this series by Eastern Whispers.
• Episode 7 · The Road of Faith: Dunhuang manuscript — International Dunhuang Project, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons).
• Episode 8 · Paper and Powder: Woodblock printing — DAIMANdald, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons).
• Episode 9 · The Belt: Railways to the West: Freight train, China — GT1976, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons).
• Episode 10 · The Road: Ports of the Sea: Container terminal — H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons).
• Episode 11 · Keepers of the Caves: Mogao mural painting — G41rn8, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons).
• Episode 12 · The Road That Never Ended — original artwork created for this series by Eastern Whispers.

Instrument photographs

• Dizi — David290, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source file).
• Erhu — Unknown author, CC0 (source file).
• Frame drum — Ratomir Wilkowski, www.RKP.org.pl, CC BY 3.0 (source file).
• Guqin — CharlieHuang (Wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0 (source file).
• Pipa — Wikimedia contributor, CC0 (source file).
• Yangqin — Wikimedia contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source file).

Licence texts: CC0, CC BY 2.0, CC BY 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 4.0, Public domain. Found an attribution we have missed or got wrong? Please tell us and we will fix it.