West of China — Dunhuang

邓佳玉
Travel with Jiayu in China
2 min readDec 6, 2019

Views of the west of China are very different from other places’. There are fewer people living there. China is a huge country, you can see different geographical feature as many as possible.

The crescent Lake/ Photography: mafengwo.com

The place where has dessert is named Mingsha Mountain. When you climb up to the top, you can see crescent lake. From Han dynasty is said as one of eight sightseeing of Dunhuang. What an amazing thing to see a moon from land derived from a lake!

The Gateway of Mogao Grottoes/ Photograpy: mafengwo.com

The most classic point is Mogao Grottoes. You can’t find the other same location like here in other places. It is a recommended place according to UNESCO. Inside the Mogao Grottoes, there are many famous Buddhism murals, the most famous ones are the series of ‘Fly to Sky’, they describe female characters in Buddhism. It is such a precious opportunity to admire the rest of the art, because there are the paintings on walls, which is hard to save as other kinds of works.

Desert/ Photograpy: mafengwo.com

You can feel a scene combined with desert, sunset, music from the west of China.

What a different lifestyle from fast paced city’s lifestyle!

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