Dunhuang Travel Guide
From Wikitravel
Dunhuang (敦煌) is a city on the old Silk Road. It is located in Gansu Province in north west China.
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The city was founded by Emperor Wudi of the Han dynasty in 111 BC at the cross roads of two trading routes on the silk road, and the name 'Dunhuang', meaning to 'to flourish and prosper,' gives some indication of the town's prominence in ancient China. It is much less important today.
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The city is the site of the Mogao Caves (莫高窟), a UNESCO World Heritage Site filled with exquisite Buddhist art and manuscripts. Although the city had an early connection with Buddhism due to the passage of monks traveling the Silk Road, it was not until a monk had a vision of a thousand Buddhas above the desert at Dunhuang in 4th century that the famous caves were excavated and filled with the manuscripts and treasures.
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