Attractions

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 […]

Shazhou Night Market is located in the center of the Dunhuang city, which is the largest night market in Dunhuang. Shazhou Night Market is becoming more and more popular among Chinese and foreign tourists. Whenever the night falls, tourists from all over the world gather here, making the street extremely lively. Shazhou Night Market consists […]

 As you know ,Shifting sand and a clear spring are two natural sights which are hardly ever found together at the same place .However ,at Dunhuang ,unusual sand hills and a beautiful spring have combined to set a new style in lovely scenes for sightseers .Local and foreign tourists alike are fascinated by it . […]

Qinghai: The Rooftop of the World If the previous provinces are the grand stages of Chinese history, then Qinghai is its primordial, soul-stirring overture. This is not merely a province; it is the Roof of the World, the Source of Asia’s Great Rivers, and one of the planet’s final, breathtaking wilderness frontiers. Here, on the […]

Fuxi Temple，Worship of China’s First Mythical Emperor Fuxi Temple in Tianshui, Gansu Province is dedicated the first mythical emperor of China and the ancestor of all Chinese people, Fuxi. It’s also known as Taihao Palace or Renzhong Temple. It was constructed during Ming Dynasty with a magnificent architectural style resembling a palace. Fuxi Temple is […]

Maijishan Grottoes is the core scenic spot of Maijishan Scenic Area and China’s 5A tourist attraction. Because its mountain shape resembles the wheat stack piled up by farmers, it is called Maijishan. As one of the four major grottoes in China, Maijishan Grottoes are known as the “Oriental Sculpture Museum”. The other three grottoes are […]

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 […]

Tianshui is a prefecture-level city in Gansu province, China, and is the province’s second-largest city (behind the provincial capital Lanzhou). Located in the southeast of the province, the city strides along the upper reaches of the Wei River and at the boundary of the Loess Plateau and the Qinling Mountains. As of the 2020 census, […]

Shanxi: Where Ancient Whispers Meet Timeless Landscapes For the international traveler seeking a journey into the authentic heart of China, far beyond the neon glow of its megacities, Shanxi Province unveils itself as a captivating revelation. Nestled in the dusty embrace of the Yellow River’s middle reaches, this landlocked region is not merely a destination; […]

Shaanxi: The Beating Heart of Chinese Civilization If you seek to understand the essence of China, to walk where its ancient heart first began to beat, then let your journey begin in Shaanxi. This is not merely a province; it is the cradle of a nation. For over 5,000 years, from the dawn of prehistoric […]

Tibet: A Calling from the Roof of the World Beyond all maps and above all ordinary landscapes lies Tibet, the storied “Roof of the World.” This is not merely a destination; it is a profound elevation of the spirit, a realm where the sky feels within reach and ancient chants resonate with the mountain winds. […]

Xinjiang: The Ultimate Intersection of Earth and History If Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan are chapters in the continuous scroll of China’s central plains civilization, then Xinjiang is a vast, open book of epic poetry, written not with ink but with shifting desert sands, eternal glaciers, and the footfalls of countless cultures along the ancient Silk […]

At dawn, the air in Kashgar’s Old City hums with the clatter of wooden carts and the scent of cumin-dusted lamb sizzling on open grills. A Uyghur baker, whose hands dusted with flour, stacks freshly baked nang bread into pyramids while a Kazakh herder nearby unfurls a handwoven carpet patterned with ancestral symbols. This is […]

▲This is a rare giant flying aspara on the ceiling of Cave 80 of Kizil Caves.  The flying aspara here is a bearded, strong-bodied male figure, which is the earliest image of Bodhisattva in Indian Buddhism. Imagine a caravan emerging from the Taklamakan Desert’s shimmering haze, camel bells clanking wearily. Before them rise not barren […]

The nine-storied White Horse Pagoda with a height of 12 meters is a uniquely shaped spectacular architecture that is a leading site among the tourist attractions in Dunhuang. Built in the Qing Dynasty, the White Horse Pagoda, with a typical style of lama pagoda of Ming Dynasty, has been renovated multiple times throughout years. The […]

Yadan National Geologic Park is famous for its largest scale of Yadan Landforms, fully developing into the most valuable ornament in the world. “Yadan,” which refers to a precipitous hillock in the Uygur language, is a kind of wind-eroded landform. Yadan landforms rise above the flat Gobi Desert and cover a vast area. Due to […]

Yangguan is a place where ancient Chinese land roads were used for external traffic, and the only pass along the South Silk Road, located near the antique beach in the southwest of Dunhuang City, Gansu Province. After the Song Dynasty, due to the gradual decline of transportation with the West and land, the pass was […]

The West Thousand Buddha Caves is located in the west of Mogao Grottoes (or Thousand Buddha Caves). It is about 35 kilometers from the downtown area of Dunhuang. It was dug on the cliffs of the Danghe River bank since Northern Wei Dynasty. It is also an important part of ancient Dunhuang art. According to […]