Source: Xinhua Net
This is the Mogao Caves area taken on April 18 (drone photo).
World Cultural Heritage Mogao Grottoes is located at the western end of the Hexi Corridor in the western end of Dunhuang City, Gansu Province, 25 kilometers southeast of the foothills of Mingsha Mountain, the total length of the grotto group is more than 1600 meters, after thousands of years of construction, there are 735 existing caves, murals of 45,000 square meters, more than 2,400 painted sculptures. The grotto is a cultural relic of grotto architecture, painted sculptures and murals, and has precious historical, artistic and technological value.
The Mogao Caves are the largest, longest-lasting, most abundant, most complete and most exquisitely artistic grotto temple site in the world, and are the crystallization of the multicultural integration and mutual learning of civilizations on the ancient Silk Road. In 1987, the Mogao Caves were approved by UNESCO for inscription on the World Heritage List.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Bin
This is the desert scenery next to the Mogao Grottoes (drone photo taken on April 18).
This is the Mogao Caves area taken on April 19 (drone photo).
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Zheyu
This is the landmark of the Mogao Caves, a world cultural heritage site , the nine-story wooden building outside Cave 96 (drone photo taken on April 18).
This is a panoramic view of the Mogao Grottoes, a world cultural heritage site surrounded by the desert Gobi (drone photo taken on April 18).
(Source: XinhuaNet)