Travel with us on the Tibetan Plateau
Travel with us on the Tibetan Plateau
Travel with us on the Tibetan Plateau
Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves (柏孜克里克千佛洞) Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves are a major Buddhist cave site on the Silk Road, located ~40 km northeast of Turpan, Xinjiang, on the cliffs of the Flaming Mountains’ Mutougou Gorge. Basic Facts Original Caves: 83; […]
Gaochang Ancient City (高昌故城, Gāochāng Gùchéng) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site (inscribed in 2014) located ~40 km east of Turpan, Xinjiang, China, near the Flaming Mountains. Basic Facts Location: Sanbu Township, Gaochang District, Turpan. Area: ~200 hectares (2.2 million […]
Tuyoq (Uyghur: تۇيۇق; Chinese: 吐峪沟; pinyin: Tǔyùgōu) is an ancient valley and oasis village in Shanshan County, Turpan, Xinjiang. It’s a key Silk Road site where Buddhist and Islamic cultures intersect. Basic Info Location: ~70 km east of Turpan, cutting […]
Crescent Lake (Yueyaquan) and Singing Sand Mountain (Mingshashan) is a iconic 5A-level desert scenic area in Dunhuang, Gansu, famed for the rare coexistence of sand dunes and a spring. Basic Info Location: 5 km south of Dunhuang city, at the […]
Chonggu Monastery (冲古寺, Chonggu Gompa) is a Tibetan Gelugpa monastery in the Yading Nature Reserve, Daocheng County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. Basic Info Location: At the foot of Chenrizig Snow Mountain (one of the three sacred Yading mountains), […]
Yulin Caves (榆林窟, Yulin Grottoes)，also known as Ten Thousand Buddha Gorge (万佛峡), is a renowned Buddhist cave temple site and the sister caves of the Mogao Caves. Basic Facts Location: In Guazhou County, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, about 70 km […]
Jiayuguan Fort, also known as Jiayu Pass, is the westernmost and grandest pass of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall. It is famed as the “First and Greatest Pass Under Heaven” (天下第一雄关). Basic Facts Location: 5km west of Jiayuguan City, Gansu […]
Zhangye Danxia (officially Zhangye Rainbow Mountains or 七彩丹霞, Qīcǎi Dānxiá) is a spectacular geological landscape of colorful layered hills in Gansu Province, China. Basic Info Location: Linze & Sunan counties, ~40 km west of Zhangye City Status: UNESCO Global Geopark, […]
Shechen Monastery is one of the most important monasteries of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, famous for its tradition of philosophical scholarship and sacred arts. Origins & History Founded: 1695 in Kham (Eastern Tibet) by Shechen Rabjam Tenpé Gyaltsen, […]
Zhangye Dafo Temple (Great Buddha Temple) is a famous historic Buddhist temple located in Ganzhou District, Zhangye, Gansu Province, China. Basics Founded: 1098 AD (Western Xia Dynasty) Other names: Kasyapa Buddha Temple, Hongren Temple Status: National Key Cultural Relic Protection […]