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Dunhuang is a relatively small city in northern Dunhuang, located in an oasis of the Gobi desert at the historic junction of the northern and southern Silk Roads. It was made a prefecture in 117 BC by emperor Han Wudi and was a major point of interchange between China and the outside world during the Han and Tang dynasties.
Dunhuang is a surprisingly clean city with almost clean blue skies (a rarity in China) and a relatively highly developed city centre. Tourism plays a major role in Dunhaung's economy and the city has a good tourist infrastructure with many hotels. Tourist attractions include the dunes of the Gobi desert and the Mogao caves with murals painted on the walls.


01 Airport	02 China Southern plane in airport	03 Panorama view of Dunhuang	04 Central hospital


05 Tree lined pavement with bicycles	06 Fruit market stalls	07 China telecom building with antennas	08 Statue of woman with mandolin	09 Tree lined street


10 Camel	11 Street sweeper	12 Main street with ornamental arches	13 Bus station	14 Chinese arch in pedestrian area	15 Dunhuang museum


16 Pavement in main shopping street	17 Pedestrian area with stalls and white and blue flags	18 White and blue flags	19 Leiyin Buddhist temple main entrance	20 Incense pot in Leiyin Buddhist temple


21 Buddhist monks in Leiyin temple	22 Leiyin Buddhist temple inner court	23 Coloured prayer flags in Leiyin Buddhist temple


24 Shanzhuang Mountain Villa hotel	25 Street at night with neon lights and decorations	01 Panoramic view of cotton fields bordering desert


02 Panoramic view of cotton fields bordering desert	03 Tree line	04 Cotton plants field	05 Open cotton boll


06 Open cotton boll	07 Open cotton boll	08 Open cotton boll	09 Closed cotton boll	10 Cotton plants with bolls


11 Cotton plants with bolls	12 Open cotton boll	13 Open cotton boll	14 Closed cotton boll	15 Cotton plants field


16 Cotton plants field	01 Ripple patterns in sand dune	02 Ripple patterns in sand dune	03 Mingsha Shan sand dunes


04 Ripple patterns in sand dune	05 Panorama view of sand dunes and sun	06 Ripple patterns in sand dune	07 Plants growing on sand dune


08 Ripple patterns in sand dune	09 Ripple patterns in sand dune	10 Ripple patterns in sand dune	11 Mingsha Shan sand dunes	12 Golden sand dunes


13 Ripple patterns in sand dune	14 Sand dune crest	15 Sand dune crest	16 Panorama view of sand dunes


17 Panorama view of sand dunes	18 Sand dune and plant	19 Foot steps in sand dune	20 Shadows on sand dune


01 Sand dunes	02 Sand dunes	03 Sand dune crest	04 Panoramic view of sand dunes at sunset	05 Mingsha Shan sand dunes


06 Panoramic view of sand dunes at sunset	07 Panoramic view of sand dunes at sunset	08 Sunset


09 Sunset	10 Sunset

Other Dunhuang galleries: Downtown Dunhuang ▪ Cotton plantation ▪ Gobi desert ▪ Gobi desert at sunset

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