Dunhuang surrounding attractions and Dunhuang surrounding attractions distance map
Although Dunhuang is a county-level city in Gansu, I know that Gansu actually started from Dunhuang. Then when I started to enter the tourism industry, more tourist attractions in Dunhuang and Lanzhou began to come into my sight. Going to Dunhuang in the future has become a silent obsession in my heart.
Distances between various attractions in Dunhuang Attractions in Dunhuang
Introduction to Dunhuang attractions
Mogao Grottoes, also known as Thousand Buddha Caves due to the large number of grottoes.
In fact, the grottoes have been built for many years, and there are works from past dynasties. The most exquisite part is the royal carvings, where rich folk and Jia people also left their works.
The Mogao Grottoes have 735 caves, 45,000 square meters of murals, and 2,415 clay sculptures.
This is the largest and richest Buddhist art site in the world!
Youku
The Yulin Grottoes are known as the sister grottoes of the Mogao Grottoes. This grotto is the same as the Mogao Grottoes in content and artistic style.
Not as famous as the Mogao Grottoes, and close to the city, the Mogao Grottoes are far from the city center. Moreover, due to age and some man-made reasons, there were not many original colorful sculptures in the grottoes, and the existing ones are all from later times.
Sanwei Mountain Scenic Area
The main peak can be seen in the Mogao Grottoes, 25 kilometers away from the city.
The scenic spot stretches for 60 kilometers and has three dangerous peaks, so it is called the "Three Dangerous Peaks".
Sanshan Scenic Area is the most sacred place in Dunhuang. The construction of the grotto is due to the Buddha's light in Sanwei Mountain, and the Feng Shui topography of the old era also has some truth.
Mingshan-Crescent Spring Scenic Area
Dunhuang's famous Crescent Spring, together with Mingsha Mountain and Mogao Grottoes, has become the three most famous tourist attractions in Dunhuang. These three scenic spots have also become the most classic east route in Dunhuang and become tourist attractions that people in China and even the world yearn for.
Yadan Ghost Town
The ghost town is also an attraction far away from the urban area.
The unique wind-eroded landform community there has become Zhangye’s Yadan Geopark. There are many hills and peaks of different shapes. The majestic scale, the desolation and loneliness of the desert there attract countless people.
Yumen Pass
Yumen Pass is the famous strategic route of the Silk Road. Yumen Pass and another important pass, Aiyang Pass, are both located in Longle County, Dunhuang County. They were all places where Dewey ruled and were important garrison locations.
Yangguan was the throat of land transportation in ancient China and an inevitable pass on the Silk Road.
Sunshine is located near Antique Beach in the southwest of Dunhuang City, Gansu Province.
During the Western Han Dynasty, Zhiguan Pass and Yumen Pass were the gateways for transportation in the Western Regions.