Dunhuang Attractions

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Dunhuang Museum: Unlocking Silk Road History & Buddhist Art Treasures

Dunhuang Museum is a three-storey museum located in Dunhuang City.

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Ancient City of Dunhuang Movie Set

Covering an area of 12,700 square meters, Ancient City of Dunhuang Movie Set locates about 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) southwest of Du ...

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Yardang National Park: Unveiling the Mars-Like Landscape in Dunhuang

Situated 180 km to the northwest of downtown Dunhuang, Yardang National Geologic Park is the biggest Yardang landform group in the wo ...

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Discover Yang Pass: The Silent Gateway of the Ancient Silk Road

Yangguan Pass, built in Western Han Dynasty with more than 2,000 years’ history, is an important portal to the western regions and a ...

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Yumen Pass: A Poetic Han Dynasty’s Frontier on the Silk Road

Yumen Pass, situated in the Gobi Desert eighty kilometers northwest of Dunhuang County town in Gansu Province, is a strategic fort on ...

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Crescent Lake and the Singing Sand Dunes in Dunhuang: Dancing with the Sand

6 km south of the center of Dunhuang at the Singing Sand Mountains, the Crescent Lake is an oasis in the Gobi Desert, which is surrou ...

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Mogao Caves (Mogao Grottoes)

Hailed as "Art Gallery in the Desert" and the "Museum on the Walls", Dunhuang’s Mogao Grottoes, aka Mogao Caves, were listed as a Wo ...

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