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Mogao Grottoes
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| The Mogao Grottoes (Mogao Ku) also known as the Thousand Buddha Caves, constitute one of the three major Buddhist grotto sites in China. It is one of three noted grottoes in China and also the largest, best preserved and richest treasure house of Buddhist art in the world. |
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Yumenguan Pass
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| Yumenguan Pass, located on a hillock 90 kms northwest of Dunhuang city, used to be one of the two critical defensive passes protecting Dunhuang from invasion from the West about two thousand years ago. |
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Thousands Buddha Cave
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| The thousands Buddha Caves used to be an important center for Buddhist worship. The Xizhou Huigu government of Gaochang Kindom built the royal temple of the King of Huigu that is sited here. |
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White Horse Tower
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| White House Tower has 9 layers and 12 meters high with a diameter of 7 meters. It has a style octagon; wrapped whith the bricks, the first face is three meters of breadth, the second to the fourth layer present to fold the heavy form of cape. |
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More Dunhuang attractions
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| Explore Northern Silk Road Tour |
from $545.00 |
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| The Silk Road is a series of trade and cultural transmission routes that were central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent connecting East and West Asia by linking traders, merchants etc. during various periods of time. |
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| Train Tour-Silk Road Exploration |
from $1,834.00 |
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| This Silk Road tour covers exotic places like Xian, Lanzhou, Jiayuguan, Dunhuang, Turpan, Urumqi, Kashgar. For people like Silk Road history and tours with cultural aspects. |
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