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.