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MOGAO GROTTO AT DUNHUANG

The Mogao Grotto is located at the eastern foot of Mingsha Mountain.25km southeast to Dunhuang city in Gansu province. It is located at the west. facing the east in front of the Sanweishan Mountain and Daquanhe River.The grottoes are divided into five layers with a total length of 1.618 meters, Mogao Grotto is also known as Qianfodong,〝the eaves of 1,000 shrines of for Buddhas〞.It was first created in 366 AD, constructed through ten dynasty More than 1,000 shires of for Buddha caves had already existed during the Tang Dynasty. Due to force majeure and artificial sabotages, there ate only 492 caves left today, together with 45,000 sq .m. fullof exquisite frescoes and more than 3,000 painted sculptures, and five wooden structures built during the Tang and Song Dynasty. It is the world′s largest scale and best kept Buddhist artistic treasure vault. The Mogao Grotto at Dunhuang was listed by the State Council as a major national protected unit of cultural relics in 1961.In 1987,the UNESCO included it as a protected unit of human cultural heritage.

YUEYAQUANSPRING

Five kilometers from Dunhuang, surrounded by the Mingshanshan Mountain is a spring shaped like a new moon. It is called Yueyaquan(〝New Moon Spring〞literally).It measures 220m from east to west in length, with varied distances from south to north in width. The widest area is more than 20m,and is about two meters deep. The Spring is surrounded by sands, but the water is clear all the time and never runs dry, surviving a thousand years a sandstorms. The Spring water is as clear as a mirror, so to speak. poems have been written in praise of the Spring.

Fly me to the Moon

The Flying Figures in Mogao Grotto at Dunhuang Caves are ones of the best loved images of art. These Flying Figures are the combination of the Tiang'eshen(〝Gods of Heavenly Music〞).They have been the creations of ancient Chinese artists who combined the essence of cultures from India, the Western Region and China, integrating the〝heavenly humans〞in the Indian Buddhism Chinese Taoism, and the flying people of the West and the Central Plains turned into ones with the Chinese characteristics Flying Figures can be found in almost every cave in Dunhuang, totaling about 4,500 of all. These Flying Figures display different artistic styles and features as time goes by. Their gracefully slender figures have attracted worldwide attention.