Dunhuang Museum | History of Dunhuang and the Silk Road
The Dunhuang Museum is an exhibition of the general history of Dunhuang, which is one of the most comprehensive places to understand Dunhuang culture.
The cultural relics in the museum are divided into 14 categories: stoneware, pottery, bronze, ironware, wood, porcelain, silk, Han Jian, scripture, calligraphy and painting rubbing, gold, silver, pearls and jade, coins, brick carvings and others. The museum is crowded with people and noisy, but under the guidance of the guide's patient voice, you can slowly calm down and immerse yourself in the world of cultural relics.
鸣沙山 月牙泉 | 小王子的沙漠
Mingsha Mountain, Crescent Spring. The sand does not wade into the spring, and the sand spring coexists. The crescent moon spring is surrounded by Mingsha Mountain, but it is not covered by quicksand, and it is always rippling blue waves, crystal clear, and has been dependent on each other for thousands of years.
Crescent Spring
Arriving at Mingsha Mountain is a scorching afternoon sun.
Thousands of camel caravans meander through the desert, all of them tired.
Mingsha Mountain
Mingsha Mountain
I chose to hike up the mountain.
I climbed the stairs to the halfway point of the mountain and began to hike up in the desert without the help of a ladder on the side.
One step at a time, one step at a time. Every walk in the desert takes twice as much effort. And, the footprints left on it will be completely lost the next day. Suddenly sighed, this is just like life, not every effort is to move forward.
Crescent Spring
Finally climbed to the top of the mountain. Knowing the sunset at nine o'clock in the evening, I have been looking forward to it since three or four. The closer the time gets, the happier I feel. It seems to have experienced the state of mind of "The Little Prince".
Crescent Spring
Mingsha Mountain
【Strategy】
(1) Tickets: 110 yuan/person for Mingsha Mountain, 100 yuan/person for camel riding, and 200 yuan/person for Wusesha camping base.
(2) Precautions: The wind and sand are very large, and it is easy to get dirty with the camera lens. Don't lose anything, burying it in the sand is like looking for a needle in the sea.
Crescent Spring
Shazhou Night Market | Bustling nightlife
It seems that every city has such a night market.
When night falls, the lights bloom, the flow of people surges, the aroma of food fills the face, and the smell of fireworks is full.
▪︎ Dunhuang West Line Tour ▪︎
West Thousand Buddha Caves | The Eye of the Gobi
West Thousand Buddha Cave, sit quietly on the cliff on the bank of the Dang River for thousands of years, watch the yellow sand with the sunset, and turn into dust of the past.
The West Thousand Buddha Caves is one of the Dunhuang grottoes and an important part of the art of the Dunhuang Grottoes, and is known as the "sister cave" of the Mogao Grottoes. According to the Dunhuang testament in Paris, the excavation time of the West Thousand Buddha Caves should be earlier than the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, and the latest was also in the same period as the Mogao Grottoes. After long-term erosion, erosion and collapse of the river, only 22 caves remain. Among the 22 existing caves, the earliest one preserved is the Northern Wei Dynasty, and then there are the caves of the Western Wei Dynasty, as well as the Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties, and the Song Dynasty.
【Strategy】
(1) Tickets: 30 yuan/person, open to the public due to the high influence of natural conditions, heavy rainfall, snow, strong sand and dust weather closed.
Yangguan | There is no one in the west out of Yangguan
"Persuade the gentleman to have a glass of wine, and there is no one in Yangguan in the west."
When it comes to Yangguan, many people must think of the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Wei's eternal swan song.
Yangguan
Yangguan
Yangguan
However, the former Yangguan City is long gone.
The current Yangguan is like an ancient city buried by the vast quicksand in the endless desert, leaving behind a beacon that has been baptized by wind and sand.
【Strategy】
(1) Tickets: 50 yuan/person + 10 yuan/person sightseeing car, free explanation service is provided.
玉门关 | 春风不度玉门关
"Why should Qiang Di complain about the willows, the spring breeze does not pass the jade gate."
This masterpiece by the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Zhihuan expresses the nostalgia of the soldiers on the border, tragic and desolate, but open-minded and generous.
Yangguan and Yumen Pass echo each other, since the Han and Wei dynasties, it is an important pass leading to the westernmost frontier of the Western Regions, it is the necessary pass of the southern route of the ancient Silk Road, and it is also the gateway to the southern route of the Western Regions out of Dunhuang in the west, and it has an extremely important position in the military. Because it is south of Yumen Pass, it is called Yangguan.
【Strategy】
(1) Tickets: 40 yuan/person + 50 yuan/person sightseeing car.
Dunhuang Yadan National Geopark | Wild Devil's Town in the Desert
Under the scorching sun, the car sped all the way to Devil's Town on the highway that stretched straight to the sky.
The desert as far as the eye can see, the sense of desolation is coming, but more is the refreshment of free flying!
Yadan National Geopark
Devil's Town,
The first time I heard the name, I was intrigued.
According to the information, it is because this land has a strange and grotesque landform, fluctuating winds, generating strange and soothing winds, and the local rocks are rich in iron, and the geomagnetic strength often makes the compass malfunction, resulting in the inability to distinguish the direction and get lost, hence the name.
Yadan National Geopark
Yadan National Geopark
Looking at the Yadan body that was already collapsing, I suddenly realized how precious it was to see this scene before it turned into a Gobi Desert.
[Strategy] (1) Tickets: 50 yuan/person + 70 yuan/person sightseeing car.
The on-board tour guide will explain the situation of the scenic spot, get off the bus to each scenic spot to take pictures, and be sure to remember your bus number. The desert off-road vehicle is 500 yuan / 4 people, you can go deep into the interior of the Yadan landform, and I personally feel that there is no need.
Dunhuang East Line Tour
Yulin Cave | A treasure trove of mural art
"If the murals of the Mogao Grottoes rank first among the grottoes in the country in terms of quantity and quality,
Then the Yulin Grottoes are a treasure trove of mural art second only to the Mogao Grottoes.
However, the grotto art of the Yulin Grottoes is by no means a simple "copy" of the Mogao Grottoes.
——China National Geographic
Yulin Caves, also known as Yulin Temple, Ten Thousand Buddha Gorge and Shangdongzi, is one of the important treasures of Chinese Buddhist cave art.
The exquisite mural art of Yulin Grottoes makes up for the lack of mural art of Mogao Grottoes, and is an important part of Dunhuang Grotto art, and occupies an extremely important position in the Buddhist grotto art from the Tang Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty in the mainland.
[Strategy] (1) Tickets: The full price ticket is 40 yuan/person, including a visit to 5 caves, with a tour guide.
I visited No. 11 (including the eighteen Arhats who moved from No. 5), No. 12, No. 13, No. 19, No. 5.
锁阳城 | 古来征战几人回
️ There is silence all around, few people walk, and the broken walls are lonely under the blue sky. Red willows and camel thorns guard the land, but they also hide the prosperity of the past. Civilization comes alive here, and listen attentively to the voices of the ruins.
Ruins of Suoyang City
Ruins of Suoyang City
Ruins of Suoyang City
The ruins of Suoyang City are located in Suoyang Town of Guazhou County, also known as "Guazhou Ancient City" and "Kuyu City". It is an ancient cultural relics site integrating ancient city sites, ancient tombs, and ancient reclamation areas. The ancient military defense system and the beacon information transmission system here are the most well-preserved typical examples of the mainland.
[Strategy] (1) Tickets: 75 yuan/person in peak season, 50 yuan/person + 20 yuan/person in off-season. Departure on the hour. (2) It is recommended that you go to the Suoyang City Museum first, so that you can have a better understanding of the history of Suoyang City. Afterwards, we will go to the inner and outer city and the ruins of Taal Temple.
Son of the Earth Unbounded Han Wu Xiongfeng | Wilderness Art
This is a continuous, conceptual wilderness art project. On the 270 county road 100 kilometers from Dunhuang to Guazhou, there are several sculptures and works of art by Professor Dong Shubing of Tsinghua University, which make the originally barren Gobi Desert instantly come to life.
Guazhou
The image of the son of the earth, a baby sleeping peacefully, implies the revival and immortality of thousand-year-old culture.
Guazhou
Unbounded, also known as mirage, is the creator's imagination of the Western Elysium, but this imagination is also an imaginary pattern.
Guazhou
The heroic style of the Han Dynasty, based on Liu Che, the seventh emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, shows the heroic spirit of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who unified the country and had thousands of miles in mind.
The utopian impact of artistic creation in the vast desert is too strong.
▪︎ 落笔 ▪︎
Dunhuang, a bright pearl scattered in the Gobi Desert.
With the setting sun, the wind blows my hair,
The people and things around him, those who went, came, and hurried by.
Just like this dream-like day, although it has passed in the long river of years, it still leaves traces.
In the center of the intersection of the four ancient civilizations, the thousand-year-old city covered with yellow sand hides unpredictable stories.