What happens when some of America's leading Asian art professionals come face-to-face with 1,500 years of Chinese artistry and the enduring legacy of cultural exchange?

This week, a group of leading U.S. professionals from institutions such as the Cleveland Museum of Art stepped into the heart of Chinese art history, the Longmen Grottoes. With over 2,300 caves and niches, this UNESCO World Heritage Site preserves masterpieces of Buddhist sculpture and timeless traces of dialogue between civilizations.

Let's hear what they had to say.■