Preparation for going to Dunhuang

If you plan to travel to Dunhuang! (Must see)! ! ! Accommodation has been updated. Source: Lexiu Miso's diary I grew up in Dunhuang. It is recommended to come from August to October when the weather is not very hot. The famous Li Guangxing has also matured. The best time to travel to Dunhuang is from the beginning of May to the end of June. During this time, the temperature in Dunhuang is not very high and the temperature is relatively cool. Things to note are to pay attention to the phrase "the temperature difference between morning and evening is large", as well as Dunhuang's typical arid climate, and drink more water. The second time period is from mid-September to the end of October. It avoids the hottest season in Dunhuang. The autumn air is crisp and the scenery is pleasant. If you choose this time period to travel to Dunhuang, you can also taste some local agricultural and sideline products, which are all green foods. If you have the money to fly, all flights in and out of Dunhuang are at full price all year round. The trains are K9667 Lanzhou-Dunhuang and K591 Xi'an-Dunhuang. The prices are relatively cheap! And you can have a good rest. You can take a taxi after getting off the bus. It takes 20-30 days to get to the city. There are various accommodations in the city, mainly concentrated on Yangguan Road and its extension. Among them, the five-star hotel is Shazhou Hotel. And Dunhuang Hotel, at both ends of that road, in the middle are 3 and 4-star hotels with prices ranging from 100-800. The environment is not bad. Since the local tourism system in Dunhuang is not very developed and the tourism companies are not perfect, it is recommended to act on your own! The urban area of ??Dunhuang is very small and the transportation is very convenient. There are buses and taxis in the urban area, and the fare is relatively cheap. The bus price is 1 yuan per person, and the starting price of a taxi is 5 yuan. Generally, the starting price in Dunhuang city can get you to wherever you want to go. Dunhuang tourist attractions generally have two days. On the first day, visit Mogao Grottoes and Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring. Shazhou Night Market. The next day we visited Yumen Pass, Yadan Devil City, and Yangguan. Accommodation in economical two-star hotels is less than 100 yuan. Dunhuang is a tourist city and there are many hotels in the urban area. June-October is the best travel season. Tickets with student ID cards are half-price. Day one: Mogao Grottoes guide. Mogao Grottoes: Commonly known as Thousand Buddha Cave, it is known as the most valuable cultural discovery in the 20th century. It was first built in the Pre-Qin period of the Sixteen Kingdoms. After the construction of the Sixteen Kingdoms, Northern Dynasties, Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Xixia, Yuan and other dynasties, it has formed a huge scale. There are currently 735 caves, 45,000 square meters of murals, and mud paintings. With 2,415 painted sculptures, it is the largest and richest Buddhist art shrine in the world. In 1987, the Mogao Grottoes were listed as a world cultural heritage. One of the four largest grottoes in China. The Mogao Grottoes are an art palace that combines ancient architecture, sculptures, and murals. It is especially famous for its colorful murals. There are paintings of Buddha statues, flying apsaras, musicians, fairies, etc. everywhere in the cave. Open cave numbers: 16, 17, 328, 329, 323, 320, 419, 420, 427, 428, 55, 61, 23, 259, 257, 249, 244, 237, 231, 96, 103, 48, 130, 172, 454,. Special caves: 465, 285, 220, 272, 275, 45, 57, 158, 156, 159, 254, 217, 321, 322, 9, 401. (It is said that the murals in Cave 285 are the best, and the stone carvings in Cave 45 are the best.) After resting in the morning, we went out to eat. There was little rice and pasta was everywhere! Then take a taxi, 10-30 oceans to the Mogao Grottoes, the entrance fee is 180, half price for students, there is a free tour guide after entering, it takes 1-2 hours to walk around, the rest can be walked around by yourself, take pictures and buy something. At noon, you can go to the Dunhuang History Museum, which is still on Yangguan Road. The tickets are also cheap. You can get a general understanding of Dunhuang and buy luminous cups. When you go out and turn left, there are many people selling luminous cups. You can tell whether the luminous cups are real or fake with a magnet. Real luminous cups can be attracted. Estimated to be done in 3-4 hours! Guide to Mingsha Mountain. Located at the northern foot of Mingsha Mountain, seven kilometers south of Dunhuang, it covers an area of ??about 200 square kilometers. Also known as "Shajiao Mountain". Located on the edge of the Tengger Desert, it is one of the four largest Mingsha Mountains in my country, together with Shapotou in Zhongwei County, Ningxia, Xiangsha Bay, Dalat Banner, Inner Mongolia, and Barkol Town, Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County, Xinjiang. The mountain is tens of meters high, stretches for more than 40 kilometers from east to west, 20 kilometers from north to south, and is 1,650 meters above sea level. It looks like two sand arms stretching out to protect the Crescent Moon Spring at the foot of Mingsha Mountain. (It is best to go in the afternoon, because the weather is hot during the day and the sand absorbs the heat of the sun. The sand will become very hot. The sand will cool down slightly in the afternoon. The sand in the afternoon can promote blood circulation and burying the legs can be therapeutic. Arthritis and dermatitis can also be treated by burying it. Very good!) Tickets are 160 yuan, half price for students, and taxis from the city to Mingsha Mountain are 10-20 yuan. There is no tour guide when entering. It is recommended to ride a camel and walk around first. The sand is also very unique. It is composed of seven kinds of sand grains. It is dust-free and very pure. Crescent Moon Spring is surrounded by high sand mountains, with a small lake shaped like a crescent moon in the middle. Because of the terrain, the sand does not move down the mountain when the wind blows, but flows from the bottom up the mountain. Therefore, the Crescent Moon Spring will never be buried by the sand and is called a desert wonder. You can watch the sunset in the evening, and then you can take a bus or take a taxi back to the city. You can have dinner at the Shazhou Market, which is full of local snacks, which is very good! The price is also cheap, but they are all pasta. There is a handicraft street next to the market. It is also very prosperous, and most of the handicrafts are not available in other places, and the prices are not expensive! But if you say you are from the Petroleum Bureau before buying, you will not get ripped off a lot.

Or go downhill to Jian'an Market in Qili Town, the first mutton restaurant (similar to a bungalow). The roast mutton here is not well-known because the supply is small. Unlike Xinjiang mutton, which is artificially raised all over the country, the mutton in Dunhuang is all Qinghai, natural grazing, drinking snow mountain water, and eating Chinese herbal medicine. The next day, Yumen Pass, Yadan Devil City, Yangguan. From Dunhuang City (leave the hotel at 08:50 and go to have breakfast) → West Thousand Buddha Caves (09:45-11:15) → Yumen Pass (12:05-12:30) → Han Dynasty Great Wall (13:25-13: 50) → Yadan Devil City (15:10-16:30) → Yangguan (18:30-19:45) → Return to Dunhuang City at 20:45. (Recommendations are for reference only) West Thousand Buddha Caves: 20 yuan/person (original price) Yumen Pass/Han Dynasty Great Wall: 20 yuan/person (off-season ticket, original price 40 yuan) Yadan Devil City: 25 yuan/person (ticket/off-season ticket Price, original price 50 yuan) + 20 yuan/person (travel within the scenic area, public vehicles are not allowed to enter the scenic area) Yangguan: 25 yuan/person (ticket/discounted fare, original price 50 yuan) + 30 yuan/team (Yangguan Museum Guide fee/original price) Guide to visiting Dunhuang. Eight scenic spots in Dunhuang: Liangguan Ruins, Thousand Buddhas Lingyan, Dangshui River flowing north, Moon Spring Dawn, evening view of the ancient city, spring plowing of embroidered soil, and the clear sound of sand ridges. Dunhuang Night Market: Shazhou Market: Located on Dunhuang East Street, the best time to visit the night market is after ten o'clock in the evening, and the time can last until four or five o'clock in the middle of the night. It integrates entertainment, dining and shopping. It is divided into several major areas: the handicraft area is full of exquisite handicrafts such as luminous cups, carpets, colored sculptures, craft camels, luminous cups, Qilian jade, and Mogao Grottoes flying gold paintings; Mutton kebabs and other snacks are mouth-watering; the "Chaohai Good Fruits" Li Guangxing, Mingshan Jujube, Purple Smoke Peach, Perfume Pear, White Grape, and Yellow River Honeydew Melon in the agricultural specialty area are even more mouth-watering. Eating in Dunhuang: Special snacks (prices and locations may be out of date, for reference only): Donkey meat yellow noodles - a plate of yellow noodles is 7 yuan, and donkey meat is sold by the pound. At the entrance of Dunhuang Xidaqiao Farmers Market (No. 84, Wenmiao Lane, Dunhuang City), Shunzhang Donkey Meat Yellow Noodles Restaurant and Daji Donkey Meat Yellow Noodles are located at the west entrance of the market. Dunhuang stuffed skin - 3 yuan a plate, sold in all streets and alleys. Dunhuang steamed noodles - 4 yuan a bowl, available in all night markets and snack bars. Pao'er oil cake - 8 cents each, rarely found on the street, only sold at one place in Shazhou market. Noodle soup - 4 yuan a bowl, available in all night markets and snack bars. Apricot peel water - can be found in streets, alleys, and tourist attractions, and the price for large and small cups ranges from 50 cents to a few yuan. (I personally highly recommend this. It’s cheap and good. Have a cup when the weather is hot. It’s a bit like sour plum soup, but sweeter and more refreshing. Whenever you see it along the way, you will always buy a cup.) Netizen introduction: Barbecue at Shazhou Market Recommended by many. There are a lot of Sichuan people in Dunhuang, and the food is mainly Sichuan style. You can see Malatang stalls all over the streets at night. In addition, I recommend the snack street in the city, where you can find a variety of pasta you have never seen before. There is a gray bean soup that is worth a try. There are some good restaurants near the Feitian Hotel on Mingshan Road: the chicken at the Halal Friendship Hotel is very well cooked and the quantity is particularly abundant. Others such as John's Information Cafe and Shirley's Cafe offer good Western food. Dunhuang specialties mainly include handmade carpets, colored sculptures, craft camels, luminous cups, crystal glasses, craft calligraphy and painting, Dunhuang batik, antiques, etc. Among them, the sweet fruits and luminous cups are the most famous. Dunhuang is known as the "Guazhou" and is rich in various sweet fruits and grapes. The main ones include Li Guangxing, Ziyang peach, Mingshan jujube, Yangguan grape, sand pulp watermelon, white melon, Huanghe honeydew melon, winter fruit pear, etc. Among them, Li Guangxing is the most famous. In recent years, Dunhuang has developed a series of preserved fruit products, and people are always willing to bring some dried fruit products as gifts to relatives and friends. Dunhuang wine, Dunhuang mineral water, and Dunhuang fruit drinks are also very popular among people. The luminous cup is carved from jade collected from the Qilian Mountains. It emits a faint light in a dark environment. "Grape wine luminous cup", Wang Han's poem makes it clear that grape wine must of course be tasted in a luminous cup! Things to avoid in Dunhuang 1. The temperature in Dunhuang in summer is generally around 34°C to 14°C, with a large temperature difference between morning and evening. The temperature is slightly lower than in the mainland, and many areas have high altitudes and strong ultraviolet radiation. 2. Dunhuang tourist attractions have long distances, scattered and monotonous attractions, long bus rides, and long train rides. Please prepare food, poker, etc. In addition, a pair of shoes that are comfortable, well-fitting, and easy to walk on are also particularly important. 3. Drug precautions: The Silk Road has a long journey and a large climate difference. It is difficult for tourists to adapt and they may suffer from acclimatization symptoms. Tourists should bring relevant drugs: Tongketie, cold medicine, gastrointestinal medicine, etc., but Dunhuang locals There are also many pharmacies, so it is generally not easy to carry more. 4. There are some ethnic minorities in Dunhuang. The Shazhou Market night market has many ethnic snacks. The Muslim Hui people do not eat pork. This is the biggest taboo in their lives and must not be offended to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings. . Friendly reminder: 1. If you want to go sandboarding, please close your mouth and eyes when you are near the bottom of the valley. It is best to wear a mask, because the small bamboo raft will raise sand and dust. 2. Climbing: If you climb the sand mountain by yourself, it will take about 1.5 hours. You can also choose to ride camels, mountain bikes, off-road vehicles, etc. to climb to the high points of the desert, or take a human-powered glider to get a bird's eye view of the desert.

Price: Camel ride starts at 40 yuan/person (approximately), there are fixed routes, you can add money remotely, it takes about 40 minutes. Motorcycle and mountain bike, 150/car, add money remotely, you can drive by yourself or be driven by the staff, about 30 minutes. Self-driving off-road vehicle (2020), about 200-300 yuan/car, you can drive yourself or be driven by a staff member, the time is relatively free and easy to negotiate. The human-powered glider seems to cost 160 yuan per person, and it hovers over the Crescent Moon Spring in Mingsha Mountain. It takes about 10 minutes. The basic route is over sandy mountains. 3. It takes about 15-20 minutes to walk from the entrance of Mingsha Island Crescent Spring. You can choose to take an electric car for 10 yuan/person and it takes 5 minutes to arrive. You can also go there by camel. 4. Be prepared for sun protection and wear light-colored sun protection clothing. You can rent shoe covers (can be lifted up to the knees) at the entrance for 10 yuan/set to prevent sand from entering the shoes and preventing sand from burning your feet. 5. The best place to take pictures of Crescent Moon Spring and enjoy the sunset in the desert is on the mountainside of the sand mountain next to Crescent Moon Spring. You can take photos of the entire Crescent Moon Spring, but the disadvantage is that there will be some backlighting in the afternoon. In addition, to watch the sunset, you must register at the scenic spot police station and pay a 20 yuan management fee, otherwise you will be expelled by the joint defense patrol patrolling the mountain at night (actually this is not the case, there were many people at that time. I just saw it said so on the Internet, I guess For travelers sleeping rough) 6. When you reach the top of Mingsha Mountain, you can bottle the sand and bring it back. Legend has it that the sand here is the finest, softest, and cleanest, and it also bears witness to strength and bravery. 7. There is a big temperature difference between day and night, so you still need to prepare clothes when watching the sunset. In addition, carry water on your back, as water in scenic spots is expensive. 8. The desert is endless, don’t run around, be careful not to get lost. (In fact, it’s not that big. I just didn’t have any idea before going there and I was afraid of straying into the “Sahara”.) 9. There will be a two-hour time difference with the mainland. You may have to be prepared for jet lag when you first arrive in Dunhuang. (Fortunately, I did a train ride for one day and two nights before, so I had enough rest. However, it will be reflected in the conversation on the mobile phone. At 21:00, my family called me and asked if I had slept. The answer was: it is not dark yet.) Finally, I wish you enjoy A comfortable, comfortable and safe silk journey. -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Accommodation! ! ! Yuequan Villa (this is recommended! I am applying for "International Youth Hostel") 30 yuan per bed for 5 people. It is recommended that one person or many people live there at the foot of Mingsha Mountain (you can evade the fare to enter Mingsha Mountain...) If two people want to If you want to stay in a standard room, go to the hotel next to the reception center. I forgot the name of the hotel. It’s 60 yuan for a standard room with bathroom. The price in the reception center is 68 yuan for a standard room. You have to negotiate (I only found out that there is a cheaper hotel next to the reception center after I have already checked into the reception center. .) If there are three people, they can stay in the Party School Hotel for 100 yuan per standard room with bathroom. . The owner of Yuequan Villa is very nice. Although Yuequan is not a real international youth hostel, the model is basically the same and the atmosphere inside is better. You will meet many travel friends. Other hotels may not have that atmosphere. CHARLEY JOHNG'S DUNE GUESTHOUSE --- "Yuequan" "Quanshan Villa" is near the Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring Scenic Area. It can be reached by bus No. 3 from the city. Address: Mingsha Mountain Botanical Garden. Tel: 13893763029. When I lived here, I met a very interesting Australian who treated me to an apple. and pine nuts; and two Americans with fire signs, learning dirty words in each other's languages. The boss was very enthusiastic and helped repair the broken backpack; the hot water was very touching, and there was also a cute big wolf dog - Tiger son. Haha~~ -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Dunhuang Chengyuan Villa sincerely welcomes everyone to travel to Dunhuang. Chengyuan Villa Located between Dunhuang City, Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Lake, the environment is elegant, the price is moderate, the hotel is clean, and the service is warm. You can feel the hustle and bustle of the city and the tranquility of the countryside. It is suitable for self-driving and backpackers. The transportation is convenient. The No. 3 bus from the city to Crescent Spring passes in front of the door. It costs 5 yuan to take a taxi to anywhere in the city. The resort provides one-day and two-day tour charter services, and the price is reasonable, especially the quality of service can be guaranteed. Our enthusiastic service will definitely leave you with wonderful memories of your trip to Dunhuang. Contact number: 0937——8835027 Fax: 0937——8835017 Mobile: 15097212902 Email: fhfhxfdd01@163.com QQ -----524124860 Clean and cheap.

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