ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>John's Information Service &amp; Café On The Silk Road and in Tibet kashgar turufan dunhuag xian xinjiang silkroad</TITLE> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=gb2312"> <link href="../../css.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <style type="text/css"> <!-- body { background-color: #ed992c; } .style1 { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #d85b0e; } .style4 {color: #d85b0e;} .style9 { color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; } .style13 {color: #FF0000;} .style14 {color: #000000;} .style5 {color: #000000;} .STYLE6 {font-size: 14px;} --> </style> <meta name="keywords" content="kashgar turufan dunhuag xian xinjiang silkroad"> </HEAD> <BODY LEFTMARGIN=0 TOPMARGIN=0 MARGINWIDTH=0 MARGINHEIGHT=0> <!-- ImageReady Slices (c.psd) --> <table width="780" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><a href="../../index.asp"><img src="../../images/c_02.jpg" alt="" width=83 height=41 border="0"></a></td> <td><a href="../../index.asp"><img src="../../images/c_03.jpg" alt="" width=177 height=41 border="0"></a></td> <td width="520" height="41" background="../../images/c_04.jpg"><div align="center"> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript"> <!-- function MM_jumpMenu(targ,selObj,restore){ //v3.0 eval(targ+".location='"+selObj.options[selObj.selectedIndex].value+"'"); if (restore) selObj.selectedIndex=0; } //--> </script> <link href="../../css.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <div align="center" > <iframe width="100%" height="30" src="../../chinese/search.asp" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> </div> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="../../index.asp"><img src="../../images/c_06.jpg" alt="" width=83 height=93 border="0"></a></td> <td><a href="../../index.asp"><img src="../../images/c_07.jpg" alt="" width=177 height=93 border="0"></a></td> <td background="../../images/c_08.jpg"><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="520" height="93"> <param name="movie" value="../../flash/top.swf"> <param name="quality" value="high"> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> <embed src="../../flash/top.swf" width="520" height="93" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed> </object></td> </tr> </table> <table width="780" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td height="68" valign="top" background="../../images/c_09.jpg"><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="725" height="62"> <param name="movie" value="../../flash/wave2.swf"> <param name="quality" value="high"> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> <embed src="../../flash/wave2.swf" width="725" height="62" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed> </object></td> </tr> </table> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=780 align=center border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width=99 bgColor=#ffffff><IMG src="/admin/eweb/UploadFile/2008318142649773.jpg" border=0></TD> <TD width=681 background=../../images/c_11.jpg> <P class="i3 style1 style4" align=left>Brief Introduction of Dunhuang</P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=780 align=center border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top width=780 background=../../images/c_12.jpg colSpan=3 height=431> <TABLE cellSpacing=5 cellPadding=5 width="94%" align=center border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD> <P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR><FONT face=Verdana>Dunhuang now is became very tourists city, it is well know for all the world,it is lay at a crucial junction of the Silk Road,west of Gansu province, from dunhuang west to xinjiang, east to Jiayuguan ,south to Golmud to Tibet,in the ancient braid of caravan trails stretching for more than 7,500 kilometers from China to the Mediterranean, which served as a business way not just for merchandise, but also for the ideas ----the religious, cultural and artistic. By the 4th century AD, the Silk Road had brought Dunhuang became a growing Buddhist community. 20 kilometers to its south-east, at the edge of the MingshaShan or Dunes of the Singing Sands, lay a river bed bordered by a long cliff. It was here, in the year 366 AD, that a local monk set about carving out a cave for solitary meditation. Over the next thousand years, hundreds of similar caves were cut into the same rock face - to become not bare monastic cells but richly endowed and adorned shrines. The site began to decline in the 12th century, and slipped into virtual obscurity until the early years of the 20th century.</FONT>&nbsp;<BR></SPAN></P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: ‹[SO"> <P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left> <TABLE style="WIDTH: 100%" borderColor=#000000 cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=3 width="100%" bgColor=#ffffff border=0 heihgt=""> <TBODY> <TR> <TD> <P align=center>&nbsp;<IMG src="/admin/eweb/UploadFile/200831914521663.jpg" border=0></P></TD> <TD> <P align=center>&nbsp;<IMG src="/admin/eweb/UploadFile/2008319145236691.jpg" border=0></P></TD></TR> <TR> <TD> <P align=center>&nbsp;<IMG src="/admin/eweb/UploadFile/2008319145247587.jpg" border=0></P></TD> <TD> <P align=center><IMG src="/admin/eweb/UploadFile/2008319145258586.jpg" border=0>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P></SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <style type="text/css"> <!-- .style2 { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; } .style3 {font-size: 14px} --> </style> <link href="../../css.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <table width="780" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td height="18" bgcolor="D85B0E"><div align="center"><a href="../../index.asp" class="a2">Go Home &gt;</a></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="26" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div align="center" class="style2"> <p><span class="style3">Copyright reserved by John's information service &amp; caf&eacute; on the silk road and in Tibet,Contact to Us:</span> </p> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="35" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><table width="400" height="0" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3"> <tr> <td width="50%"><span class="style3"><a href="mailto:johncafe@hotmail.com">johncafe@hotmail.com</a></span></td><td width="50%"><span class="style3"><a href="mailto:info@johncafe.net">info@johncafe.net</a></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span class="style3">Tel:0086-998-2581186</span></td> <td><span class="style3">Fax:0086-998-2580096</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table> </BODY> </HTML>