2011年7月29日星期五

China Famous Places Tour to Longmen Grottoes

Gantry beautiful, scenic, spring graced. Since ancient times, color was included in Luoyang, Longmen eight wonders of the highest in the Tang Dynasty poet once said: "Luo are suburbs, the landscape of victory, the first gantry Yan." Longmen Grottoes on the cut in the cliff between the mountains and rivers. It began cutting in from the Northern Wei Ping Cheng (now Datong City, Shanxi) Qianduluoyang around. Emperor Xiaowen was deeply biased towards the Northern States is not conducive to the rule, and located in central China's Luoyang natural conditions, so the capital Luoyang in AD 493, and opened a prelude to construction of the Longmen Grottoes. Longmen Grottoes through the Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Qi Dynasty, Northern Zhou, Sui, Tang and Song and other North Korea, carving off up to 400 years, including the Northern Wei and Tang Dynasty, 140 years of massive construction, so all the caves in the gantry, the Northern Wei caves about 30%, 60% of the Tang Dynasty, only about 10% of other dynasties. According to statistics, the two sides of mountains of existing Kukan 2345, Block 70 pagodas. Longmen Grottoes is the ancient Chinese inscriptions largest one, with ancient monuments known, there are stone inscriptions over 2860 pieces, including the prestigious Dragon twenty products and Chu Sui-liang's Yique shrines of the monument, are Weibei body and the Lianhua Tang Kai's model, called the Chinese art of calligraphy superior. Dragon 11 million statue statues whole mountain, the largest Buddha statues Losana, through high 17.14 meters, 4 meters high head, ear length 1.9 m; smallest Buddha in the Lotus Cave, each only 2 cm, called dermabrasion.

Longmen Grottoes is the ancient royal statues made ready the place where most, it is a manifestation of imperial will and behavior. Northern Wei and Tang Dynasty statues reflect the very different style of the times. Northern Wei statues in the Yungang Grotto here lost rugged, majestic, vigorous features, and breath of life gradually thicken towards lively, graceful, gentle. The Northern Wei statues, long, thin face, thin shoulders, chest, straight drapery carving knife with straight, strong fresh simplicity. Northern Wei Dynasty people advocating thin is beautiful, so Buddhist carvings statues also show bone seek clear as type style. The Tang Dynasty, people like the fat of the United States, so the Tang Dynasty Buddha's face rounded, generous shoulders, chest uplift, drapery carving knife with a round, natural and smooth. Longmen Grottoes in the Tang Dynasty statues inherited the fine traditions of the Northern Wei Dynasty, but also learn from the Han Chinese culture, creating a lively and vigorous style of realistic natural landscape, reaching the pinnacle of the art of Buddhist carvings.
Longmen Grottoes is the history of calligraphy art treasures. Dragon twenty well-known calligraphy quality products, the offspring Beituo connoisseurs from the Longmen Grottoes in mind the many stone statues questions culled calligraphy Need. These inscriptions not only records the vow figure as motivation, purpose, phases of archaeological caves also provide a basis for dating. Kang Qing Dynasty scholar to write the whole community has strongly advocated to use Weibei body, also praised Weibei ten United States, such as: strokes jumping, structure the heavens, lush flesh and blood and so on. Until now, Weibei body also as a banner, decoration with the word widely used. Thus, twenty items in calligraphy occupies a pivotal position.

Longmen Grottoes Buddhist culture, artistic expression, but it also reflects the political, economic and cultural fashion. To retain a large number of caves in religion, art, architecture, calligraphy, music, clothing, medicine and other aspects of physical data, therefore, it is a large stone Museum of Art.

The History of Henan Tour

In order to strengthen the county, state control, turn the country into Sili Xiaowei Department of the Ministry and 13 prefectural governor, but the actual monitoring zone. Department of Henan Province and belong to Sili Xiaowei Yu, Yan, Jing, Ji 4 state jurisdiction, with Hongnong, Hanoi, Henan, Yingchuan, Runan, chenliu, Nanyang and Weijun and Huaiyang and Leung 2 vassal kingdom. Luo Han Yang are (Luoyang), the implementation of the state exempted the county, County Commission County. Department of Henan Province and belong to Sili Xiaowei Yu, Yan, Jing, Ji, Young 5 state jurisdiction, with Hongnong, Hanoi, Yingchuan, Nanyang, Runan, chenliu, Ōita, Weijun Chen, and other counties, beam 2 countries. Henan is the Three Kingdoms of Wei, the first all Xuchang, then moved to Luoyang, the state is still in place, County (state), county 3. There are 12 county and Leung Kwok-1 countries. Western Jin Dynasty, Luoyang, Henan province, 18 gun. Northern and Southern Dynasties, Northern Wei Dynasty in Henan and South belong together. Henan is located in the State of Northern Wei 8 26 County; Southern Qi in the 12 counties of Henan is located three states. Sui reunification of North and South, the 20 counties located in Henan (state). Chang Tang is the first, then moved to Luoyang. Gyeonggi Province and Henan Province belong to Henan, Hebei, Huainan, Shandong Nam Road, Henan, a licensed 21-gun and the government. Five Dynasties period, Liang, Jin, Han weeks 4 toward all Bian (now Kaifeng), Later Tang Luoyang. Henan province, said the majority of states, a few said the military, government. Northern Song Dynasty capital Bianliang (now Kaifeng). Henan border with Jingdong, West Beijing, Hebei Zhu Lu, Lu presiding over the government, state, and some military, prison is also under way. Government, state, military jurisdiction over all counties. Song Huaihe River and the south after the gold for the community, Henan big subordinates gold. Yuan directly under the Central Secretariat of the Central area, other parts of divided executive secretariat, referred to as "province", the system began in this province. "Province" under the road system, government, state government leaders, the county, but also the government, the state is not subordinate to the road directly under the province. When an area north of the Yellow River in Henan Central Secretariat, is south of the Yellow River in Henan Jiangbei executive secretariat. Central Secretariat under the jurisdiction of a name in Henan, Akinori, Hui, and Puzhou Huaiqing other way. Henan province, Henan Rd subordinates, Bianliang Road, Nanyang House, Yu Ning Fu, Duguid House. Cheng Xuan Ming diverted to administrative commissioner for the Central Secretariat, Secretary (province) under the jurisdiction of the government, state, and then the next for the county.

Ming, Kaifeng, Henan licensed, Duguid, Henan, Nanyang, Runing, Akinori, Hui, and other government and Yu Chau Huaiqing state and the capital of the Daming Fu Zhili, Shandong, a small part of the county Dongchangfu . Government is a total of 31 states, 96 counties. Qing recovery province, save for the government, then under the state and counties. Finally clear of the world, Kaifeng, Henan licensed, Duguid, Henan, Nanyang, Runing, Chen states, Akinori, Hui, Huaiqing nine House, Zheng, Xu, Yu, Shaanxi, light 5 Zhili state and Xichuan The Zhili. 5 is a state government, county 96. Early Years, diversion system. There Kaifeng, Henan, Hebei, Luo, Ruyang 4, 5 Zhili state, more than 100 counties. 1927 Waste Tao-yin, the implementation of provincial and county levels, the system. Save grouped Administrative Region (monitoring area), area counties. Henan Province is divided into 12 districts in 1946, a total of 108 counties.

The History Tour of Henan

Henan is located in the Yellow River, as most areas south of the Yellow River, named Henan. 2000 years ago, as the center of Kyushu Yuzhou China, it referred to as "Yu" and the "Central Plains", "Central Plains," said.

One of the major birthplaces of the Chinese nation in Henan. Nature's treasures, outstanding people, excellence in large numbers. Far from four thousand years ago in the Neolithic Age, people of the Central Plains to create the famous "Peiligang", "Yangshao" and "Longshan culture." There have been bred out of our ancient thinkers Lier, Chuang Tzu, politicians Shang Yang, Li Si, scientist Zhang Heng, medical saint Zhongjing, writer Han Yu, philosopher Cheng Hao, Cheng Yi, as well as national hero Yue Fei Ji Hongchang, Yang Jingyu, Peng Xuefeng , Yingchao and other historical figures, more than 1,000 people. In the long history, Henan in China's political, military, economic, cultural has always occupied an important position. There have been 20 dynasties established their capitals or moved the capital of Henan, Henan, China's seven ancient capitals on the possession of three (Luoyang, Kaifeng, Anyang).

This piece of land in Henan, has staged scenes of historical drama, such as King Wu, Zhou public Luo, Spring feudal hegemony, the Warring States Period crowded, Liu Xiang Yu confrontation Guangwu Liuxiu Xing Han, Wei dominating the Central Plains, Sui wagang riots, Kuangyin Chen Qiaobing change, anti-Fei Jin fight hard, Rereading the Central Plains bloody, Beijing Chinese "27" storm, Liu and Deng advance Central Plains. Vicissitudes of history, all in the Central Plains has left deep traces.

Henan has a long history, brilliant culture, is one of the cradles of China's ancient civilization. Nanzhao Yunyang from the ancient town discovered fossils of human molars, together with the Mianchi, Xuchang, Anyang and other places unearthed a variety of Paleolithic, that have been here years ago Siwuqianwan human habitation. Seventy-eight Peiligang culture thousands of years ago (in Xinzheng County), five or six thousand years ago Yangshao (Mianchi border), four thousand years ago the Longshan culture, the Neolithic cultural sites, as many as one thousand have been found so far . Description Henan culture in the late primitive society has reached a certain height. Since the history, the Xia Dynasty capital in Henan where there Yangcheng (Dengfeng), Yangdi (Yu County), Royal Hill (Puyang) and other places. Shang Dynasty moved the capital to 7 times, 4 times in Henan Province, Anyang Yin Ruins is the site of the famous capital of the late Shang Dynasty. Western Zhou Dynasty in Luoyang for the East are, to create for the city of King City and into the week, in Henan province feudal princes owned dozens. Spring and Autumn Period, the territory is Qin, Jin, Chu, Song, Wei, Zheng, Chen, Cai Asian countries. Warring States Period is Han, Wei, Zhao, Chu Jiang. Qin unified China, set up the county, the county. Henan belong Sanchuan, Yingchuan, Nanyang, Hanoi, Chen Jun, ita and Dang County 7 County. Han Cheng Qin system, still based county and county levels, feudal lords and the implementation of the Kingdom of the county with the UTs staggered distribution.

The Tips of Travelling to Heilongjiang

Heilongjiang Travel Notes
Manchu gift

Heilongjiang Manchu ancient history described as "handsome manners of the family." Manchu traditional ritual performance in clothing, food, play, home, words, lines, lift, only aspects, very careful, just greeting etiquette, can be seen.

According to seniority, gender difference, divided to Guikou Manchu gift ceremony, Baoyao ceremony, rubbing shoulders ceremony, shaking hands, ask the coming ceremony, and so on. Guikou ceremony for young men and women to older people line gift. Old people sitting on the kang, a young man kneeling three Koushou. Men kowtow, the hand should help to; woman Koushou said the line "Hail" ceremony, hand on leg three Koushou, the hand on the temple after the up, coming after the same generation of people ask ask temples called nod salute ceremony. Bao Yao Li also Manchu gift, loved ones or guests to meet the temporary line of this ceremony. Salute those right leg Qiangshangyibu, hands open, his hands clinging to the recipient the waist, such as the older the recipient, then the left leg Bangui; the recipient to ask those who bow down the back as a salute. Rub shoulders ceremony, commonly known as "touch the shoulder head", that same generation when men meet each other hand courtesies, Hu Peng shoulders to show close. In addition, young men and women meet, shake hands or handle more than to pay tribute, not more uncommunicative, commonly known as shaking hands or handle ceremony.

In the numerous gift, the most common gift to be playing one thousand and squatting Ann ceremony. "Playing thousands" of ancient times is the Liao and Jin Li, extended to the Qing Dynasty is still in use. The action is the first sleeve to sleeve Shan arrow head down, then left knee bent, right leg bent, head and upper body to bend forward, backward, left hand close, right ptosis, I said, "to xx adult greeting." The recipient bend, reach both hands, palms up that salute. "Squatting An" salute is the way to the Qing Dynasty woman. Bow legs parallel when standing, shaking hands placed on the left waist, knees slightly bent into a squat-like, I said, "to xx adult greeting." Married women in the morning and evening to say hello and saw her mother guests, underwent the ceremony.

Manchu avoid killing a dog

Engaged in hunting because of the Manchu, the dog is indispensable "assistant", also used dogs pulling sledge in winter, has become an important "production", as well as housekeeping and the role of military intelligence passed on. So Manchu avoid dogs, eating dog meat and the use of sticking, sticking not to wear a hat.

According to legend, early Nurhaci revolted, pressing harder and harder because of pursuers, in the reed marshes in the point of being out of the fire surrounded by soldiers, thanks to a dog with his body hair flooding, save the overworked sleep Noor Hachi. Therefore, there is King Manchu custom of dogs, usually well-fed dog, dog dead buried, they do not dog kill a dog, do not eat dog meat, do not wear dog fur hat, not sticking mattress shop, foreigner wearing a dog fur hat into the Manchu family, the owner will unhappy. However, the Ministry of Manchu Hada no such taboos, customs and from the Department of Nurhaci, Shenyang Dongling that's tomb after the survey data.

China Famous Places Tour to Great Wall

Summer (June to August) hot and humid and rainy. July average temperature 19-20 °c, the maximum temperature of 38 °c. Average annual precipitation of 200 to 400 mm, accounted for 60% -70%. As the rainfall concentrated between the heavy rain, flood prone, therefore, need the summer flood, waterlogging.

Autumn (September to November) rainfall reduced the average 50-100 mm. Large diurnal temperature amplitude. Average temperature in September is generally 10  northern region has to 0 °c, the southern region 2-4 c. Prone to frost in autumn. Winter (12 next February) long and cold and dry, snow covered the earth. January average temperature of minus 15 °c-minus 30 °c, the lowest temperature was minus 52.3 °c. Season precipitation is only 11-20 mm, representing about 5% of annual precipitation, the winter winds and thunderstorms should be anti.

Gourmet snacks
Located in northern Heilongjiang Province, is the lowest climate provinces of Heilongjiang people develop eating salty flavor characteristics. Heilongjiang is localized cuisine and innovative dishes of traditional cuisine, the ethnic flavor of the vegetables and professional light meal consisting of a large food cuisine, and with Feast, all sheep seats, seats tofu, dumpling feast, ice Banquet. Heilongjiang cuisine is characterized by a "reclaimer wide variety of seasonings; salty sweet, color shiang shape; two-good soup, sour Kouchong."

Heilongjiang dish a perfect cooking techniques, to burst, fried, leavened, baked, rinse, stew, steam, boil for a short, known for cooking. Representative dishes include braised salmon, vegetable powder stains, the four northeast stew (catfish stew eggplant, pork stew noodles, pickled cabbage stew of white meat, chicken mushroom stew), braised Luk Mei, dragon soup. Harbin, more famous snack sausage, pine nuts Tripe, old Dingfeng pastries.

Shopping Guide
Heilongjiang Province, the main tourist cities for shopping malls, many shops, such as Harbin Tyurin company, the first department store in Harbin, Harbin commercial, Songlei buildings, markets, and so hang on. In these stores you can buy a lot of visitors inexpensive leather goods (leather, fur hats, shoes) and other local native products, world-famous specialty of the northeast ginseng, deer horn and other treasures are in store for these very buy low price.

Folk festivals
Heilongjiang Province, where a lot of seasonal activities, as this is one of the areas inhabited by minority nationalities, different peoples have different customs, different cultures, different seasonal activities. But the largest and most influential of the seasonal nature of activities in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, Skiing and Snow Festival.

Heilongjiang Skiing Festival, held once a year, is scheduled for December 5 to January 5 the following year, month, visitors to Heilongjiang if at this time, you can go to a ski race on the field, enjoy the snow and ice sports.
Harbin Ice Festival is also held at this time, visitors can go to Harbin to see the Ice, snow sculpture of the beauty and enjoy the snow and ice art show, can also participate in a lot of snow and ice entertainment.

China Travel Guide of Heilongjiang

Heilongjiang Travel Guide
Recommended travel
Wudalianchi and Jingbo Lake in Heilongjiang Province, the most important of the two major top natural landscape. If time is limited, it would only visit the two spots on the line; if enough time in the trip, can also be other attractions on the way again.

Winter to Heilongjiang, I suggest to Harbin Ice and Snow World, Snow World at the end of 1999 was born in the beautiful Songhua River, the opening year was held on January 5, Department of the essence of ice and snow art world, melting snow and ice play in a world park, set ideological, artistic, ornamental, participation, entertainment in one scene magnificent magnificent, majestic style, exquisite and beautiful scenery, known as the magnificent, magnificent "ice epic picture." To the Harbin Ice and Snow World, go at night, brightly lit, looks better, but it is best arrived before sunset, you can see no light at the Ice Show, and can shoot the sunset and the coexistence of Ice view.

Best time to travel
Heilongjiang Province is located in the east coast of mid-latitude Eurasia, is a continental monsoon climate, the province from south to north, according to the temperature indicator can be divided into the temperate and cold temperate; from east to west, according to the dryness index can be divided into wet areas, semi-humid and semi-arid areas. Monsoonal characteristics for the winter cold and dry, hot and rainy summer, spring and autumn climate variability. The annual average precipitation is 589.6 mm. The annual average temperature 1.3 ° c, the annual temperature up to 38-48 c.

Spring (March to May) prone to drought and high winds, the temperature rose rapidly and volatile, heating or cooling time of up to 10 ° c or so. 50-80 mm average rainfall season, accounting for only about 15% of the year.

Heilongjiang Transportation Travel Guide

Heilongjiang Transportation
Aviation
Existing Heilongjiang Harbin, Qiqihar, Mudanjiang, Jiamusi four civilian airports, of which Harbin Taiping International Airport is one of eight civil aviation airport, has become China's second largest international airport in Northeast.
Harbin International Airport has regular flights to Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Nanjing, Qingdao, Wenzhou, Xiamen, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shenyang, Dalian, Xi'an more than thirty large and medium tourist cities. In addition, Davis flew to Prague, the Russian Far East Tymoshenko, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, Seoul, Korea and Japan, Niigata flights.

Railway
Heilongjiang is China's first railway built one of the provinces, transportation to the railway as the backbone of Russia forces after the invasion of northeast China, in Heilongjiang Province in 1897 began building the first railway - North Manchuria Railway (now known as Bin Sui and Binzhou Railway ).
The province's railways 26, stem extension to Harbin, Qiqihar, Mudanjiang, Jiamusi four economic center of radiation to the surrounding cities as the axis, and through international and domestic trunk route add Russia, North Korea, inline Jilin, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia.
Among them, Bin Sui, and Binzhou Railway and the Trans-Siberian railway connecting Russia, Mu (Dan) Figure (s) connected with the DPRK railway. Beijing-Harbin, Labin, flush, pass to, Mutu five railway lines connecting with the national railway. The province's railway mileage of 5121 kilometers, ranking the highest.

Highway
Heilongjiang Province, the existing national highway 7, highway mileage of 46,617 kilometers, ranking the fifth in the country. Highway have been completed, "Daqing - Harbin - Mudanjiang - Suifenhe", "102 State Road provincial boundaries - Harbin - Jiamusi - Hegang" 2, Daqing - Qiqihar, Jiamusi - the same river, 102 State Road Province world - Changchun highway is under construction. Then, from Harbin, Qiqihar, or take the highway by the river with direct access to the capital Beijing.

Water transport
Heilongjiang Province, abundant water resources, ranking the highest in the three northeastern provinces, the province's inland navigable mileage of 4696 km, 9 existing Direct passenger flights to the Songhua River, Heilongjiang, Wusuli as the backbone to Harbin and Jiamusi Port of hub waterway network throughout the whole territory.

Among them, the Songhua River in Heilongjiang province, water transportation route is the route, navigable from May to November each year; Heilongjiang in China's northern route, in the same river and Khabarovsk, Russia (Khabarovsk) and the Songhua and Ussuri River phase; Wusu boundary river between China and Russia in the river route to route, the winter freeze.

Heilongjiang Food Culture Tour 2

Heilongjiang now have a special stew restaurant, another white meat blood sausage to boil for a short business-oriented feminist restaurant. There are grains Museum to operate a large pancake salted features. These soil falling things are now boarded up for formal occasions.

Heilongjiang eat vegetables, like to eat raw, in order to facilitate better absorption of vitamins. The winter is long, eat real estate a year is too short of fresh vegetables. There are two main forms, one is a salad, cold dishes, like homemade, good variety of fresh vegetables, with soy products, fans mixed together, and cucumber lift. The other is dipping sauce dishes. Smoke from Russia and some pickles, some from Qilu. Butter most famous skeleton, as well as butter intestines, stomach, various parts of the chicken to the sauce can single out. Crystal said pork is the provincial Department of Food Science School of Business professor invented. In short people like to eat ready-made in Heilongjiang. Put dinner guests, most of the dishes are readily available, is usually not a few fried dishes. Although the weather is very cold in Heilongjiang, but everyone likes to eat cold things, including like to drink cold drinks. Heilongjiang cuisine is characterized by the salty taste, but also with cold weather related.

Heilongjiang's staple food rice and pasta sub-categories. Now mainly eat rice, rice, sorghum past, large High-son rice, millet, rice, rhubarb. Yellow rice, is not peeled before called Millet, is typical Manchu things.

Pasta with flour-based, but also corn, yellow rice. Yellow rice or sticky BEAN BAG, bean flour examination paper, the food is authentic Manchu. Pasta is worth mentioning that the dumplings. Beijing only pork, leek, fennel three kinds of stuffing, Harbin, up to a dozen, such as sauerkraut stuffing, tomato paste, green pepper stuffing, wild vegetable stuffing, Sam Sun stuffing and so on. Previously there are a famous old Dumpling House, a rising star with Oriental Dumpling King. Oriental Dumpling King said a branch business in Guangzhou, especially fire.

Heilongjiang people like to eat noodles. Sauced noodles, a variety of halogen. Soy noodles, is different from the south side hot soup and noodles to separate to do, but also from the uncertainty of hunting migratory life of the Manchu. There are patches, Geda.

Heilongjiang Food Culture Tour

Heilongjiang Food Culture
Chinese people pay attention to food, food culture in the world-class, since a year had been educated youth in the Great Northern Wilderness in the capital Beijing to open its first Kanto-style restaurant, not a few years, the Northeast has far exceeded the number of restaurants a Sichuan restaurant, most restaurants called Dongbei. Heilongjiang were mostly descendants of immigrants, Shandong, Shandong Qilu culture brought - Shandong cuisine, food culture there are indigenous to Manchuria and part of the Russian food culture, three kinds of food culture converging, and gradually developed a unique diet Heilongjiang culture.

Relatively well-known dishes are crisp white meat, leavened the meat section. Heilongjiang people use this to make a delicious pot package of meat, but not in Shandong cuisine. And inventiveness into the pan fried vegetables, fish to fry, there are eggplant, to Sam Sun ... ... to put together different kinds of fried vegetables, but also the Heilongjiang invention, a new Sam Sun who, cabbage (turnip), tomatoes, pepper three samples a fried. I have seen some people also added to eggs, cucumbers, five samples a fried. More meat, vegetables and vermicelli, bean stew, etc. together, the so-called "bad stew."

Bring stew, which was the invention of the Manchu people. Manchu early to hunting and fishing for a living, living in the wild, uncertain movement, cooking utensils hanging pot only one, naturally had to stew. There are eight so-called stew. Beijing's most recognized mushroom stew chicken, ribs stewed beans are also good. If you boil potatoes, cabbage added a three-tier thin streaky pork slice, pasta, lily, is also quite good. Boil for a short white meat (blood sausage) that is typical of the Manchu dishes.

Molly was now invented fish stew, another catfish stew eggplant. The other food with fish stew, often with fish food that flavor. Beef, potatoes, cabbage (turnip), tomatoes, three things a stew. Weed out the cabbage and potatoes, beef stew is the persimmon. Fried cabbage with tomatoes above is subject to the enlightenment of Russia's food culture. Also potatoes, beef stew, pickled cucumber. Pickled cucumber is the authentic Russian food, usually cold to eat, Heilongjiang restaurants in recent years have shredded cucumber acid is incorporated into the Russian cultural factors in the form of Chinese culture.

China Famous Places Tour to Dunhuang

Dunhuang is located in the western end of Hexi Corridor, the northern fringes of the Tibetan Plateau, is Gansu, Qinghai, three provinces at the junction of the new history is one of four towns west. Total population of 150,000, area of ​​over 30,000 square kilometers.

Dunhuang is a national historical and cultural city, dating back over 2000 years of history. It is the Silk Road, Hexi Road, Qiang middle (Qinghai Road), South Western, Great North Road junction border fortress. Over Dunhuang, Anxi from the northeast line, for the road leading to the Central Plains of the west; West of Yang Guan, South Road and along the Silk Road in Xinjiang, Western Ruoqiang connected; the northwest line of the Pass, along the Western North Road leading to Hami and Lop Nor can; Dunhuang South passing through the Aksai, over Altun, the direct Golmud in Qinghai Province.

Dunhuang Grottoes, also known as the Mogao Grottoes, Thousand Buddha Caves, is one of the world-famous four caves, but also represented the country's largest, most comprehensive, highest artistic value of the grotto art, the "Silk Road Pearl".

In 1900, fifty thousand multi-volume instruments that religious and secular, from the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes to enjoy the "world's art treasures," "the world's remaining treasure house of Buddhist art of the greatest," the double crown. December 1987, UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage Mogao Grottoes.

Characterized the art of the Mogao Grottoes in the building, statues and murals on the combination of the three, its colorful art attainments deep, rich romantic imagination, the grand mural composition varied, complex and nuanced use of color, fine lines and smooth, with a strong artistic appeal. Cave-shaped sub-Zen, film, hall, Tamiao, dome roof caves and other shapes; colorful sub-round, floating, shadow, good industry, plastic and other forms; murals points Zunxiang, Sutra, stories, Buddhist historical sites, architecture, landscape , feed, animals, decorative painting different content, the time span of 1,600 years, is a rare and precious cultural treasures of mankind.

Dunhuang, the vicissitudes, with several ups and downs, step cover hobble through nearly five thousand miles long and tortuous. Long history and splendid ancient breeds of Dunhuang culture, so is still glorious Dunhuang; that land of relics, books voluminous literature, fine grotto art, mysterious mountains, water ... odd ... to the ancient city Ambilight, the desert oasis more and more lush, vibrant, like a lush green emerald set in the golden desert, the more beautiful, more brilliant.