Category Archives: Attraction

Yangguan Pass is a crucial gateway to ancient Chinese land transportation and the necessary pass of the Silk Road. It situated at the border of Nanhu village, 70km to the southwest of Dunhuang proper, with the result that it’s called Yangguan Pass according to traditional Chinese statement of the south of a hill or north of a river to…

As one of the tour destinations along the silk road, it is the best place, where you can learn the history and customs of Dunhuang. Introduction of Dunhuang Folk-custom Museum: Dunhuang Folk-custom Museum is located in Dunhuang Crescent Crescent Moon Spring Scenic Area. It is a courtyard-style Museum which displayed Folklore and Customs of Northwest China. The…

As a traditional handmade wheaten food, it is the best way to treat guests by local people. The cooking is to blend flour with water and roll dough into a thin and at sheet. Cutting a sheet of dough in leek- thinned noodles, then putting them into boiling water till they are done. Other ethen…

The thousands Buddha Caves used to be an important center for Buddhist worship. The Xizhou Huigu government of Gaochang Kindom built the royal temple of the King of Huigu that is sited here. The caves are well hidden and rest on a long ridge overlooking a valley where the monastery was located. Originally accessible via…

As an ancient warehouse of military supplies in China. Hecang City, also known as Senior Fangpan City. It is located in the Gobi about 90 kilometers northwest of Dunhuang and is two times larger than Yumenguan Pass during the Han Dynasty (Junior Fangpan City). Honesty. It is very difficult to find this warehouse without careful…

As one of the important towers alone the silk road tour destinations, the White Horse Tower was built in the late Qin Dynasty.The present pagoda was rebuilt in the twenty-fourth year of Qing Dynasty. It is said that the tower was built by kumarajiva, a famous monk, who built it for his beloved white horse riding. What to visit…

Ranked first of Top Eight Sights in Durhuang’s annals of local history, Sanwei Mountain stretches a dozen of kilometers from east to west, and its highest peak sits opposite Echoing Sand Mountain cut by the Daquan River. Dunhuang has commonly esteemed as a holy place of Buddha, while Sanwei Mountain is the origin of Mogao…

Here you can not only see the Yadan landform with different shapes and spectacular scenery, but also a paradise of photographers, which is quite worth to visit. Brief introduction & What to see in Yadan landform Dunhuang Yadan National Geopark, also known as the Devil City of Dunhuang, is an important landscape for tourists to visit…

As an important town of the ancient Silk Road and an important hub of Chinese and Western culture, some of the well-known Senior monks such as Kumarajiva and Xuanzang had left their traces here. In the Tang Dynasty, they had a good reputation as “the sacred land of good Kingdom and the holy land of…

As one of the exhibitions focusing on the Silk Road and Mogao Grottoes culture in North west of China, Dunhuang Museum has become a good place to understand the history and the art of Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, which is worth to visit. What to see in Dunhuang Museum？ The appearance of the museum is quite special, it…