Day: December 22, 2025

The city of Dunhuang, in north-west China, is situated at a point of vital strategic and logistical importance, on a crossroads of two major trade routes within the Silk Road network. Lying in an oasis at the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, Dunhuang was one of the first trading cities encountered by merchants arriving in […]

Dunhuang Museum is a local three-storied museum for keeping cultural relics of Dunhuang area. A group of carved figures depicting people leading their camels as they travel along the Silk Road stands in front of the museum. The exhibit which covers the period from primitive society to the end of the Qing Dynasty can be […]