Visiting Mogao Caves in the off-season is extremely enjoyable!!

❤️Cultural treasure The reason why the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang are precious is because Dunhuang is a key town in the Hexi Corridor. Since the Sixteen Kingdoms, patrons from every dynasty have funded excellent painters and craftsmen to paint Buddhist stories and sculpt Buddha statues in the caves to decorate the caves and spread Buddhist beliefs. The different levels of creativity and depiction of social life at different times by different artists constitute a rich study of Dunhuang culture and art. 👀Must-see for architecture students Cave 61, famous for its transformation map of Manjusri Bodhisattva, who took Mount Wutai in Shanxi as his dojo, has all the famous temples and temples of Mount Wutai painted on the cave wall. Later, Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin finally found the earliest existing Tang Dynasty architecture, the Big Buddha Light Temple in Shanxi, through this mural as a clue, breaking the theory of Japanese scholars that there were no Tang Dynasty wooden buildings in China. There are countless such examples in the Mogao Caves. ✔️Special Cave 217 depicts the transformation map of the Amitabha Sutra. The jade buildings in the Western Paradise are depicted based on the architectural style of the Tang Dynasty, and you can appreciate the architectural style of the Tang Dynasty through the murals. 🌌Must-see for astrology students The appearance of the Western twelve constellations and the local nine Yao star lords on the murals of Cave 61 shows that Dunhuang was at the forefront of the collision of Eastern and Western cultures at that time. Without the prosperity and openness of the Mogao Caves at that time, it is unimaginable today. 〰️Process You need to watch two short films first, if you can choose, watch the second dome film directly. Then take a shuttle bus for about 25 minutes to the front of the Mogao Caves scenic spot and queue up as instructed. In the queue, 30-35 people form a group in order, and only the Mogao Caves guide can randomly lead 8 ordinary caves for about 1.5 hours according to the on-site situation. Among them, Cave 16&17 Scripture Cave, Cave 96 Big Buddha are must-see for each group, and you can rub the cave in front of Cave 96 at the end. Whether it's a regular ticket or an emergency ticket, you need to finish visiting the ordinary caves before you can queue up to buy special cave tickets. 🔴Special Caves There are 8 special caves to choose from, but whether they are all open depends on the flow of people on the day. The ticket price is set at 150 or 200 yuan per cave according to the artistic value, and each cave is explained for about 15 minutes. It is recommended to understand the content of each special cave in advance, and then buy tickets according to personal preference! Special caves form groups of 20-25 people, if there are not enough people, you have to wait. The recently opened 45, 57, 275 are on one side, 156, 158, 159 are on the other side, the same direction will be easier to form a group. Recommend to see the more essence of the Tang Dynasty caves 45 and 57!