- The Specially Chosen Itineraries
A Tour of Two Days and Two NightsA:D1: the downtown area-the Mogao Grottoes-the Exhibition Center of the Art of Grottoes-the Exhibition Museum for the Cultural Relics of the Library Cave-Dunhuang musi...
- The Large-scale Tourist Activities
Travel on Foot or by CamelˇˇˇˇGoing straight to the west through Yangguan Pass and the Jade Gate Pass, you will get to the Takalamagan Desert, also named the Sea of Death. The Dunhuang municipal governm...
- The Agricultural and Ecological Itineraries
The beautiful Dunhuang rural landscape is mainly formed by the local irrigation agriculture, which is characterized by the oasis in desert.The Tour to Grape Gardens in Nanhu villageˇˇˇˇThere is an oasis...
- The Characteristic Itineraries
Dunhuang is unique for its charming scenic spots of human interests and the natural landscapes. In order to make tourists have a deeper feeling about the fascination of these places, several specializ...
- The Museums---Dunhuang Folk Custom Museum
The Dunhuang Folk Custom Museum is a villa-styled museum to exhibit the folk arts and customs of the Northwest China. It was constructed by raising money from non-governmental channels. The museum cov...
- The Museums---The Dunhuang Museum
The Dunhuang Museum is a comprehensive local museum to exhibit the historical relics, folk arts local human and geographic features, and natural resources. The museum boasts a rich collection of over ...
- The Natural Landscape---Old City of Dunhuang
The Old City of Dunhuang is also called Dunhuang Film City, resembling Shazhou City of Song Dynasty. A preparation for Sino-Japans co-filming of Dunhuang, the city was modeled after Shazhou City and t...
- The Natural Landscape---Castle in Spain
Castle in Spain is another miracle of Dunhuang City. In the sunny and hot summer, the mysterious mirage can be found from the distant vastness of Gobi desert. Along each side of the highway from Dunhu...
- The Natural Landscape---Wowa Pond
Wowa Pond is also called Shouchanghai. A story from history books of Dunhuang goes that, a prisoner named Bao Lizhang was once farming in Dunhuang during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. One da...
- The Natural Landscape---The Mingsha Mountain and the Crescent Moon Spring
Also called Shajiao Mountain or the Shengsha Mountain, Mingsha Mountain stretches from the Mogao Grottoes in the east and to the Danghekou in the west. It is over 40KM long from the west to east and 2...
- The Historical interests---Qiaowan City
85km to the east of Anxi county, Qiaowan City is at 3,146km point of the No.312 State Highway. Visitors can find different historical remains here, such as Kangxi (Emperor of Qing Dynasty) Dreaming of...
- The Historical interests---Suoyang City
70km to the west of Anxi county, Suoyang City is also called Kuyu City. It is named after the sweet and delicious cynomoriun (In Chinese Pinyin, Suoyang) growing around the city. Suoyang city was firs...
- The Historical interests---Xuanquan Remains
Covering 20,000 square meters, Xuanquan Remains had been an important military stronghold of Silk Road and a post station in Han Dynasty. Over 15,000 pieces of bamboo slips of Han Dynasty and 17,650 h...
- The Historical interests---Jade Gate Pass
Jade Gate Pass is also called Small Fangpancheng. According to historical records, the Great Wall was reconstructed during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, in order to prevent the invasion of H...
- The Historical interests---Yangguan Pass
With a long history of over 1000 years, Yangguan Pass was first built in the 3rd year of Yuanding, during the reign of Emperor Wu in Han Dynasty (114 BC). During the period of Western Han (from 206 BC...
- The Religious Interests---Yulin Grottoes in Anxi
Yulin Grottoes, also called Ten Thousand-Buddha Gorges, are the sister caves of Dunhuang Grottoes. There are now 42 caves here, in which there are 5,650 murals and 272 painted sculptures built in the ...
- The Religious Interests---Sanwei Fairyland
The Sanwei Fairyland is known for its magnificence, elegance and steepness. The precipitous peaks standing against each other in the east is one of the traditional sightseeing spots in Dunhuang. Peaks...
- The Religious Interests---Xiyun aoist Abbey
Firstly built in 1730, the Xiyun Taoist Abbey remains to be the only Taoist construction in Dunhuang. It was said that the abbey was originally constructed in the southern suburbs of the county. After...
- The Religious Interests---Leiyin Temple
Leiyin Temple covers a total area of 43 Chinese mu, specifically 3,000 square meters in construction. The name of the temple, three Chinese characters appeared on the horizontal board on the gate of t...
- The Religious Interests---The Baima Tower
The Baima Tower or the White Horse Tower was constructed in 386 A.D. it is said that the tower was in memory of the white horse of a respectful monk named Jiumoluoshi. It was here that the horse died ...
- The Religious Interests---Xiqianfodong Caves
Xiqianfodong Caves or the Western Thousand Buddha Caves is thus named for its location is in the west of Mogao Grottoes. There are 17 caves, all built in the same time as Mogao Grottoes. Those caves b...
- The Religious Interests---The Mogao Grottoes
Also named Thousand-Buddha Caves, the Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang is situated on the cliff of The Mingsha Mountain, about 25km southeast of the Dunhuang Town. Stretching 1600 meters from south to north...