Dunhuang
October 28th 2008 Dunhuang, a dry place; lies in an irrigated cotton-producing oasis. Mogao Ku (Mogao Grottoes), one of the few famous grottoes in China situated some 25km southeast of Dunhuang town. Mogao Ku consists of 492 caves (not all open to the visitors). The first cave was built by Monk Lezun in 366 & the last ones carved out at the time of the Mongolian conquest in 1277. After that the Magao sunk into obl
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