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="http://welcome.leixun.net/admin/eweb/UploadFile/2008318152738534.jpg" border=0></TD> <TD width=681 background=../../images/c_11.jpg> <P class="i3 style1 style4" align=left>Dunhuang best place to visit</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 vAlign=top width="51%" height=0> <TABLE cellSpacing=4 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top><STRONG><FONT color=#000000>The thousands of buddish caves---- Mogao Caves</FONT></STRONG></TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Verdana>The Mogao Grottoes located at 25km southeast of Dunhuang, at the edge of the Gobi desert in north-west China, are filled with one of the most extensive and exquisite collections of Buddhist paintings and sculptures in the world. Every surface of the walls and ceilings is covered with painted clay stucco, some 45,000 square metres in all: graceful acrobats of the sky scatter flowers and garlands, while dancers and musicians celebrate the beauties of the Buddhist Pure Lands; row upon row of miniature images of the Buddha, subtly varied in coloring or dress, adorn virtually every cave, and give the site its popular name of the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas. The Dunhuang caves remain one of the most perfectly preserved of the world's great religious sanctuaries.</FONT></FONT></TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top><STRONG><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Verdana>Yangguan</FONT></FONT></STRONG></TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Verdana>Yangguan lies 75 kilometres&nbsp; southwest of Dunhuang but consists of only the ruins of a high beacon tower. It's named Yangguan because it borders the southern part of Yumenguan Pass.</FONT></FONT></TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top><STRONG><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Verdana>The Hecang Fortress</FONT></FONT></STRONG></TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top> <P align=left><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Verdana>Hidden in the Gobi Desert twenty kilometers from Yumenguan Pass at the west, was originally the important quartermaster depot.</FONT></FONT></P></TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top><STRONG><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Verdana>Yumenguan</FONT></FONT></STRONG></TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top> <P align=left><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Verdana>Yumenguan lies about 80 kilometres northwest of Dunhuang. Its name came from the fact that jade from Hotan in Xinjiang entered Central China through this pass</FONT></FONT></P></TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top><STRONG><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Verdana>The moon lake and Dunes of the Mingsha shan</FONT></FONT></STRONG></TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top> <P align=left><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Verdana>It is 6 kilometers (3.73 miles) south of the center of Dunhuang, near the Dunes of Singing Sands, and is said to be the point where the oasis meets the desert. Crescent Moon Lake is a natural spring fed pond measuring about 240 meters from east to west, and 50 meters from north to south. Today it has an average depth of about 2.4 meters, although in past times all of the dimensions of the lake were larger. In all of the years the desert has never filled up the lake. This was maybe due to the pattern of the winds, or maybe magic.<BR>Mingshashan is the good place take photos of the&nbsp; desert scenery. The dune, surrounded by rolling ridges and precipitous cliffs, reaches a relative height of 250 meters. You can get to the top by riding camels, bicycles or hire a taxi. A wonderful view across the rolling desert sands towards the oasis comes to your sight after reach the top. When sliding down along the sands, it will make sound of "rumbling sands" or the sound of thunder or a drum-roll as the wind sweeps across the sands. 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