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Dunhuang
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 Dunhuang,
located in west Gansu Province, is a well-known historical
and cultural site listed by the State.
After travelling for hours towards Dunhuang, the flat,
barren desert landscape suddenly gives way to lush green
cultivated fields with mountainous rolling sand dunes
as a backdrop. The area has a certain haunting beauty,
especially at night under a star-studded sky. It's not
so much the desert dunes and romantic nights that attract
so many tourists to Dunhuang, but the superb Buddhist
art at the nearby Mogao Caves.
Legend said a monk, Yue Zun, dug the first cave and
also cut a statue of the Buddha into the sandstone cliff
face of Mingsha mountain, where are now the famous Mogao
Grottoes, about 25 kilometers southeast of Dunhuang.
Over 1000 caves were cut out of cliffs between the 4th
and 14th centuries. The art of Dunhuang began to decline
in the 12th century and was ignored until the early
years of the 20th century. Today 492 caves remains in
the 1600-meter-long cliff face. The Mogao caves are
one of the best preserved and most extensive collections
of Buddhist paintings and sculptures in the world. The
Buddhist art of Dunhuang is truly fascinating.
Attractions
in Dunhuang
Dunhuang
Package Tour
 Location:
located in the west of Hexi Corridor of Gansu province
of China
Neighboring Areas: Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Qinghai
provinces, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia Hui and Xinjiang
Uygur Autonomous Regions
Population: 100,000
Area: 3,120 sq km
Climate warm
variable zone, aridity climate with the frost-free period
of 160 days, windy
Average Temperature: 9.3 C
annually, annual or daily difference in temperature
great, common saying: "morning with fur-lined jacket,
noon gauze", hot summer with the highest temperature
over 40C
Rainfall: annual precipitation 1982.7 mm, concentrated
in spring and autumn
Mountains: Mt. Sanweishan
Rivers: Dang River, Shule River
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