Nowadays, tourists could still find the preserved sections of the Great Walls built in the Han Dynasty in the northern area of Dunhuang. With the destruction of wind and sand in last two thousand years, part of the Great Wall was razed to the ground while the most have been preserved well. Among th...
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Yangguan is a place where ancient Chinese land roads were used for external traffic, and the> After the Song Dynasty, due to the gradual decline of transportation with the West and land, the pass was abolished. The antique beach was named after the ground was exposed to a large number of cultural...
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Originally known as Small Square City, the Great Wall Yumenguan Pass is one of the two important passes on the western frontier of the Han Dynasty lands, and Yangguan Pass is the other.
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Mogao Grottoes, also known as Thousand Buddha Grottoes and Dunhuang Caves, is one of three noted grottoes in China. It's also the largest, best preserved and richest treasure house of Buddhist art in the world.
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Built in 1372, the Jiayu Pass is one of the best-preserved passes in China as well as the largest pass of the Great Wall. It is located on a strategic passage of the ancient Silk Road at the western end of the Hexi Corridor in today's Gansu Province.
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Located 5 km south of Dunhuang City, the Echoing-Sand Mountain, for many Chinese well known as Mingsha Mountain, is celebrated for the sound of the moving sand.
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Located on the northwest of Dunhuang, 180 kilometers away from the city, Yadan National Geologic Park is famous for its largest scale of Yadan Landforms, fully developing into the most valuable ornament in the world.
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Located in White Horse Village, about 1 km (0.62 miles) west of Dunhuang City, the nine-storied White Horse Pagoda is a uniquely shaped spectacular architecture that is a leading site among the tourist attractions in Dunhuang.
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Located on the East Yangguang Road, the downtown area of Dunhuang City, Dunhuang Museum is a local three-storied museum for keeping cultural relics of Dunhuang area.
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