Chinese Tourism Explores Dunhuang – Lonely Green Island In The Arid Desert

Located on the Silk Road, Dunhuang is the most important trading point between the East and the West. China is pouring billions of dollars to revive this famous road. Chinese tourism discovers Dunhuang - a lonely green island amidst the arid desert. has been devastated by desertification. For many centuries, this place has been likened to a lake in the desert, or the beautiful mouth of a beautiful woman due to the shape of a semicircle

. Sa, which means "singing sand". It is rumored that the singing of sand in the Gobi desert is meant to haunt the merchants on the Silk Road. Gobi is the largest desert in Asia The Chinese often call it the Endless Sea.



As an oasis town, Dunhuang is like a lonely green island amidst the dry wind and sand. However, the Gobi desert has a very diverse topography depending on the climate of each region, legend has it that there was a alms monk named Le Zun. One night in AD 366, the monk saw thousands of Buddhas shining in the sky above Ming Sa. Then he built a temple with a golden Buddha statue on the cliff by the river. Later, another monk named Fa Liang visited Dunhuang and created a second cave. Within a few decades, 70 caves were carved in Mac Cao. Over 1,000 years, the artists had creating more than 700 cave temples with 45,000 square meters of frescoes This is a UNESCO-protected heritage site and attracts many tourists.



The architectural advancement of the Mac Cao caves reflects Chinese and western influences. Many caves were renovated in later dynasties. For Mac Cao monks, visual arts played an important role in the propagation of religious doctrines. To create these frescoes, one had to pour 3 layers of plaster on a flat wall to paint. There are about 2,415 remaining statues in Dunhuang, many of which have been restored since the Qing Dynasty. In previous dynasties, statues were attached to the wall on the back, the head was made separately, then placed on the body. Until the Tang dynasty, the statues were completely separated. During the Tang Dynasty, there were two giant Buddha statues built here, reflecting the strength and pride of the empire at that time.



considered the peak in Mac Cao. Unlike statues from previous dynasties, the secluded statues of this period can be admired from all sides. The vibrant colors and sharp details of the statue's costumes also reflect the prosperous lives of monks at that time..

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