What are the attractions to visit in Dunhuang?

Mogao Grottoes

Also known as the "Thousand Buddha Cave", it is located at the foot of Mingsha Mountain 25 kilometers southeast of Dunhuang County. It is named after it is located in Mogao Town. It is the largest and most famous Buddhist art grotto in China. It is distributed on three or four levels on the cliff of Mingsha Mountain, with a total length of 1,600 meters. There are 492 existing grottoes, with a total mural area of ??about 45,000 square meters, and 2,415 clay sculptures. It is the largest and richest Buddhist art holy site in the world. In 1987, it was listed as a World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. It is one of the four major grottoes in China.

Mingsha Mountain

It is located seven kilometers south of Dunhuang City. In ancient times, it was called Shensha Mountain and Shajiao Mountain. Mingsha Mountain is named after the sound of moving sand. In ancient times, it was called "Shajiao Mountain" and "Shensha Mountain". The mountain is formed by the accumulation of quicksand. It is about 40 kilometers long from east to west, about 20 kilometers wide from north to south, and has a maximum altitude of 1,715 meters. "Sha Ling Qing Ming" is one of the "Eight Scenic Spots" in Dunhuang.

Crescent Moon Spring

Surrounded by Mingsha Mountain, it is about 150 meters long and 50 meters wide. It is named because the water surface resembles a crescent moon. At the foot of Mingsha Mountain, there are many medicinal materials such as apocynum and wolfberry in the scenic area. It has been one of the "Eight Scenic Spots of Dunhuang" since the Han Dynasty and was named "Yuequan Xiaoche". Crescent Moon Spring is nearly 100 meters long from north to south and about 25 meters wide from east to west. The spring water is deep in the east and shallow in the west. The deepest point is about 5 meters. It is curved like a crescent moon, hence its name. It is also known as "the first spring in the desert". There are four wonders of Crescent Moon Spring: the shape of the crescent moon remains unchanged forever, the clear water becomes a spring in a bad place, the sand mountain is not submerged in sand, and the old fish in the ancient pool do not grow old when they eat it.

Yadan Landform

Dunhuang Yadan Landform (Dunhuang Yadan National Geopark) is located 200 kilometers west of Dunhuang. The distribution area is 10 kilometers long and 10 kilometers wide. It has tall mounds and many At 10~20 meters, 200~300 meters long. The place name also known as Sanlongsha first appeared in the Han Dynasty. It is located outside the ancient Yumen Pass, where the northern line of the Silk Road passes. The Shayadan landform of Sanlong is perpendicular to the prevailing northwest wind direction and consistent with the direction of mountain flood flow. Together with Yumen Pass, it forms the second largest scenic spot in Dunhuang. Because of its unique characteristics, it has the Devil City.

Dunhuang Ancient City

It is located in the Gobi Desert on the south side of the highway from Dunhuang City to Yangguan City, 25 kilometers away from the city center. It was designed and built for the large-scale historical feature film "Dunhuang" co-produced by China and Japan in 1987. It was modeled on "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" of the Song Dynasty and imitated the ancient city of Shazhou, with a construction area of ??10,000 square meters. The architectural style of the ancient city of Dunhuang has a strong Western style. The city has three east, west and south gates with towering towers. The city is composed of five main streets: Gaochang, Dunhuang, Ganzhou, Xingqing and Bianliang. Both sides of the streets are equipped with Buddhist temples, With pawn shops, warehouses, wine shops, residences, etc., the ancient city of Dunhuang reproduces the majesty of Dunhuang, an important town in the northwest during the Tang and Song Dynasties. It is known as the museum of western China's architectural art.

Yumen Pass

Also known as Xiaofangpan City, it was built around 111 BC. It is the choke point of the Silk Road leading to the North Road of the Western Regions. It is located in the Gobi Desert 90 kilometers northwest of Dunhuang City. The city wall is square in shape, with a loess barrier 10 meters high and a well-preserved city wall of 3 meters wide at the top and 5 meters wide at the bottom. It is 24 meters long from east to west and 26.4 meters wide from north to south, covering an area of ??633 square meters. There is one gate in the northwest.

Yangguan

Located in Yangguan Town, 70 kilometers southwest of Dunhuang City, it was one of the two passes that opened up Hexi for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Since ancient times, it has been a necessary pass on the Silk Road from Dunhuang in the west to the southern route of the Western Regions, and the gateway to the western border. Wang Wei, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, said, "Weicheng is light and dusty in the morning rain, and the guesthouses are green and willow is new. I urge you to have a glass of wine, and there will be no old friends when you leave Yangguan in the west." Yangguan has become famous throughout the ages.

Sanwei Mountain

The tourist area is located 25 kilometers southeast of Dunhuang City. Sanwei Mountain is tens of miles east to west, and its "three peaks stand tall, as if they are about to fall, so it is called Sanwei". Sanwei Mountain was also called Beiyu Mountain and Shenyu Mountain in ancient times. When viewed from the Dunhuang Oasis, the three hidden peaks look like they are about to fall, hence the name Sanwei Mountain. Dunhuang people call Sanwei Mountain the first mountain in Dunhuang. Among the Eight Scenic Spots of Dunhuang in the Qing Dynasty, Sanwei Mountain is listed as the first scenic spot in Dunhuang, and is called "Dongzhi of Wei Peak". Sanwei Mountain is the most holy place in Dunhuang. It is listed as the first of the eight scenic spots in Dunhuang in local chronicles, and is said to be: "Dangerous peaks stand in the east".