Must-see attractions in Dunhuang The main attractions in Dunhuang are Mogao Grottoes and Crescent Spring in Mingsha Mountain.
Needless to say, there are 735 caves, 2,465,438+05 colorful sculptures, 45,000 square meters of murals and more than 70,000 volumes of documents. ......
And that regrettable Tibetan sutra cave.
As Ji Xianlin (a master of Orientalism) said: "There are only four cultural systems with a long history, vast territory, self-contained system and far-reaching influence in the world: China, Indian, Greek and Islam, and there is no fifth one; There is only one place where these four cultural systems meet, namely Dunhuang in China, and there is no second one. "
So when you go to Dunhuang, you don't have to go anywhere, but you must go to the Mogao Grottoes.
You must make an appointment in advance to go to the Mogao Grottoes. Normal tickets are 8 caves plus 2 digital movies (238 yuan), but emergency tickets can only watch 4 caves without digital movies (100 yuan). If you buy it temporarily on the same day, you may not even be able to buy an emergency ticket.
Tickets can be purchased online directly on the WeChat applet Mogao Grottoes, which is very simple.
Don't rush back after seeing the Mogao Grottoes. Several exhibition halls and food restaurants are also worth visiting.
Basically, a Mogao grottoes, it will take most of the time, especially those who bought normal tickets.
After seeing the Mogao Grottoes, you will definitely feel that you are still unfinished. After all, even a normal ticket can only see eight caves. If you want to see more, you can go to Digital Dunhuang (e-dunhuan. com).
Here are the digital files of Dunhuang Grottoes. You can clearly see every cave in Dunhuang, and some caves can even support VR, which is basically equivalent to letting you be there.
Crescent Moon Spring in Mingsha Mountain is another must-see attraction in Dunhuang besides Mogao Grottoes.
This is an oasis in the desert, a crescent-shaped oasis.
You can ride a camel in Mingsha Mountain. When the Huns marched into the Central Plains last November, the very popular terrier came from here.
If you hate camels walking slowly, there are all-terrain car rentals.
In fact, Mingsha Mountain should be seen from the sky. Take the power glider and take the 480, and the sky view of Crescent Spring in Mingsha Mountain is super good. Unfortunately, I can't take pictures without my mobile phone.
Local tyrants can take a helicopter, which is more cool.
Mingsha Mountain is also suitable for wearing bright clothes and traveling. It should be nice to take a photo of Hanfu or Tian Fei clothes in the desert.
Dunhuang recommends traveling to Dunhuang, suggesting 3 days and 2 nights or 4 days and 3 nights. This is relatively comfortable to play.
There are four routes in Dunhuang, each of which takes one day.
Main line of Dunhuang: Mogao Grottoes-Crescent Spring in Mingsha Mountain-Dunhuang Museum-Leiyin Temple-mural tomb in Western Jin Dynasty
West Line of Dunhuang: West Thousand Buddha Cave (if you go to the Mogao Grottoes, you don't have to go)-Yangguan-Yumenguan-Han Great Wall-Hezang City-Ya Dan Geopark (Ya Dan just reopened on June 23rd).
East Line of Dunhuang: East Thousand Buddha Cave (if you go to Mogao Grottoes, you don't have to go)-Sculpture of the Son of the Earth-Suoyangcheng-Yulin Grottoes
North Line of Dunhuang: Monk Glacier-Aksai Film and Television Base (shooting place of the ninth floor demon tower)
If you are in a hurry, go to Dunhuang Line, which is in and around Dunhuang City. Just take a taxi.
Besides Mogao Grottoes and Crescent Moon Springs, Leiyin Temple and Dunhuang Museum are also highly recommended. These two scenic spots don't need tickets.
There is a hall in Lei Yin Temple. There is a hall with tens of thousands of Buddha statues in it.
As for the Dunhuang Museum, you should go first, which is the basis for you to know the whole Dunhuang. After going here, go to the Mogao Grottoes, at least you will know why.
It takes half a day to visit the Dunhuang Museum and take a closer look.
If there are two complete days, the western line of Dunhuang is also worth visiting. The western line of Dunhuang is mainly Yumen Pass, Yangguan Pass and Hecang City.
Now Yumenguan is just a small square castle. Yumenguan is lonely after all, and everyone comes from the saying that "the spring breeze doesn't go through Yumenguan".
And Yangguan is precisely for Wang Wei's sentence, "People have no reason to go out of Yangguanxi." In fact, the ancient fortress was not so tall and majestic.
The scenery on the west line of Dunhuang is more on the road. Driving in the barren desert and Gobi, this feeling can only be felt in the northwest.
In fact, there is no time not to go to the eastern and northern lines of Dunhuang. Unless you haven't bought tickets for the Mogao Grottoes, or are interested in the nine-story demon tower. Or want to take pictures of the son of the earth.
The son of the earth is really suitable for taking pictures, which should be regarded as one of the hottest destinations in Dunhuang in Xiaohong's book at present. Who makes the photos look good?
Aksai film and television base was originally a small town in Aksai, but later the whole town was moved because of environmental problems.
The old county town has been gradually forgotten, so the buildings and slogans here still stay in the 1990s, and there is a sense of ruins. Later, because of filming, it was a little hot here.
If you have seen the Nine-story Demon Tower and want to experience the scenes in the movie, you can consider going here.
There are three performances in Dunhuang, as well as watching Dunhuang, Dunhuang Art Festival and Silk Road Flower Rain.
The difference is that Dunhuang is immersive, and there are five scenes to switch, focusing on the history of Dunhuang and the history of Mogao Grottoes.
Dunhuang Art Festival is an outdoor live performance, and the audience can rotate 360 degrees and move back and forth. Disadvantages? Only when it's dark at night, it's still a little cold when it's not in summer.
Silk Road Flower Rain is a stage play.
I recommend seeing Dunhuang again. Everyone must watch the performance before going to the Mogao Grottoes. On the one hand, this is a personal worship of the main creator Wang Chaoge; On the other hand, it is really wonderful to immerse and switch performances in multiple scenes.
Secondly, I recommend Dunhuang Art Festival, which is still very shocking to watch on the spot.
Silk Road Flower Rain is the least recommended. Not ugly, but stage performances can be seen everywhere. There is really no need to visit them in Dunhuang.
Besides watching performances at night, Dunhuang night market is also worth visiting. Besides, you can go many times.
Dunhuang night market consists of three parts, the front is selling local products, the middle is a food street, and the back is a food stall.
Recommend Dunhuang delicacies, such as Hu mutton stew cake, yellow donkey meat noodles, red willow barbecue, Dunhuang kang pot, fermented glutinous rice, Li Guangxing ... you can all eat here.
The food in Dunhuang is very concentrated, delicious and inexpensive.
In addition, if you want to watch the sunrise and sunset, it is suggested to watch the sunset in Ya Dan, or go to Mingsha Mountain to watch the sunrise and sunset. These two places are very worthwhile.
The vast desert is lonely, and the Yellow River sets the yen. The sunset in the desert is beautiful.
When to go to Dunhuang Every May to 165438+ 10 is the best time to travel in Dunhuang. In recent months, the sunshine has been long, for example, in mid-June, it began to turn black at 9: 00. It's fun to play.
Of course, don't miss three meteor showers every year.
Of course, if you go in the off-season, it is actually appropriate. The scenery will not be discounted because of the off-season, and the price of Dunhuang Hotel in the off-season is also very cheap, at best it is a little cold.
If it snows, the Mogao Grottoes and Mingsha Mountain in the snow also have a different flavor.
There is an airport that can reach Dunhuang, but there are not many domestic direct flights to Dunhuang in the off-season, and most of them need to stop in Lanzhou, Xining, Yinchuan and Xi 'an. ...
There is a railway station in Dunhuang, and more trains travel between Xi 'an, Jiayuguan and Lanzhou every day, so you can also take the train.
In addition, if you are traveling in go on road trip or by chartered bus, you can also cross Dunhuang through Qinghai-Gansu Great Ring Road.
You must book Dunhuang in advance. The flights from Hangzhou to Dunhuang (via Lanzhou) in summer are all full-price tickets. The kind of round trip 4000+.
It's too hot in northwest China this year. Especially in summer.
I can't afford it. I can't afford it.
Try to avoid summer vacation.
There are three hotels in Dunhuang, but they are not bad. They are Dunhuang Villa, Tianhe Hotel and Gloria.
Dunhuang Villa is the oldest hotel, built in 1995, but it is really high-end atmosphere.
Leiyin Temple is opposite Dunhuang Villa, and the performance of Dunhuang Art Festival is also next to Dunhuang Villa.
Tianhe Hotel was built by the richest man in Dunhuang and opened in 2020. The quality is fine. Gloria Hotel is the supporting hotel for the opening of ICIF. It was the first reception supporting hotel, and later it was also oriented to the market economy.
Two are recommended.
The most anticipated is the Bi _ of SLH. SLH, LHW and Laurie Chador are really not bad. With SLH, you can also exchange Hyatt points.
However, the construction period of Bi _ is somewhat delayed, and it is estimated that it will not be opened until the summer vacation, which is also very worth looking forward to.
The other is Dunhuang Oriental Inn, a designer hotel managed by Kaiyuan Group. This one hasn't opened yet, and it's still in the trial operation stage, so the official channels of the hotel don't sell it, nor do flying pigs, Ctrip and other OTAs.
Reservations can only be made through some unsafe tripartite channels, and the hotel does not have reception conditions for the time being. After all, in the preparatory stage, you can't open the door to receive guests.