Dunhuang Guide

Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes

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the echoing sanddune and crescent spring

The echoing sanddune and crescent spring---It is a beautiful 5A natural scenery area. The sanddune and the spring stay together for thousands of years,which is in the south of Dunhuang city 6 km.Local would like to compare them as a deep lovely couple. The sandune is east streching...

Mogao grottos

The Mogao Grottos---It is in the southeast of Dunhuang city 25 km.In 1987 it was listed as the world cultural heritage by UNESCO.The first grotto was built 366 AD.Up to now 735 caves still exsit,which is 1700 meters along the cliff from north to south.The murals cover an area of 45,...

Ya Dan National Geological Park

The Ya Dan National Geological Park---- 'Ya Dan" is Uygur language,which means precipitous statues. The Ya Dan Geological Park is away from city about 185 km. Local government is applying this as the Ya Dan  World Geological Park.Over thousands of years ago it is a big sea...

Great wall of Han dynasty

The great wall of Han Dynasty---It is bulit in west Han dynasty during 2 century BC. At that time it is used to defend the strong cavalry from Huns, the strong minority from north. The construction is quite different from other parts of great wall. It is made of one layer of...

Yumen pass （Jade gate pass）

 Yu Men Pass, Yu means Jade, and Men means gate. It is also called Jade Gate Pass ,which is located in the northwest of dunhuang 100km . It is the north customs of the silk road over 2000 years. A lot of beautiful jades from west regions were transported to China through this...

Yu Lin Grottos

The Yu Lin Grottos---It is located in the south of Gua Zhou city 85 km ,which is called Ten Thousand Buddhas’ Canyon by local people. It is listed by the state council of China in 1961 as the Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National level. There are totally 43 grottos in the...

Mogao Grottoes

built from  366 to 1371,Mogao Grottoes get another name as thousands buddist scultures cave.it is the largest scale & the richest content among anyother buddist relics.now there are 4500 square meters colorful painting ,2415 sculture exiting in 75 caves.for its unique histories...

White horse pagoda

The white horse pagoda is located 2km west of dunhuang city. The pagoda was originally built in 385 AD and rebuilt in1843, in memory of a white horse which took the monk Kumarajira to China. Kumarajjira was a famous Buddhism translator in the 4th century. In 384 he was invited to central China...