The Mogao Grottoes
The Mogao Grottoes or Thousand-Buddha Cave is a world famous Buddhist site. It is located on the eastern slope of Echoing Sand Dune, 25 kilometers from downtown Dunhuang. "Mogao" means high up in the desert. It is originally built at Former Qin Period and 1,680 meters long with more than 700 grottoes in which there are more than 2,000 color statues and 45,000 square meters long frescos. From the frescos, tourists can learn some Buddhist stories.
In Qing Dynasty, a cave in which Buddhist classic books had been kept was discovered. Besides Chinese, these books are also written in the language of other minority ethnic groups. They are valuable documents on the research of China and Central Asia's history, religion, economy, art and so on.
Yumen Pass
Yumen Pass is situated 75 northwest of Dunhuang. It is the throat of communication line through which a mass of silk and tea from Central China were exported abroad and always reminds people of the famous line from the poem by the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Zhihuan, "Beyond the Yumen Pass the breath of Spring has never crossed". Since Han and Wei period, it has been a strategic passage of the westernmost border leading to the Western Region
Echoing Sand Dune and Crescent-Moon Spring
Echoing Sand Dune is a sandy hill 250 meters high in the southwest of Dunhuang. It consists of many sand dunes covering almost 800 square kilometers. When sliding down the slope of the hill, one can hear the 
roaring sound of the moving sound, hence the name.
Crescent-Moon Spring is embraced by Echoing Sand Dune and gets the name for its water surface shape. It is about 100m long and 25m wide, and has fish and water weeds that are said to be good for the health. Strangely enough, although windstorm in this area often drives up sand, but people has never seen the spring filled with sand. Total:
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