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China's Dunhuang, French museum to co-build database of Mogao Grottoes

2024-04-07

China's Dunhuang Academy and France's Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts have collaborated to create a digital resource library in the Library Cave of the millennium-old Mogao Grottoes.
Study tours heat up at Dunhuang Yardang National Geopark

2024-03-29

Since the beginning of this year, the market for Dunhuang culture study tours has been heating up, leading to a significant increase in the number of study participants visiting the Dunhuang Yardang National Geopark. According to statistics from the Dunhuang Culture and Tourism Department, from January to March 27, the park welcomed 28,637 study participants, marking a 126 percent increase compared to last year.
Leading the way in green energy

2024-03-28

The Shouhang Dunhuang 100 MW CSP molten salt power plant shines bright in the gobi desert—a marvel in China's energy landscape.
Unveiling secret recipe behind the Tianshui malatang craze

2024-03-25

In Tianshui, an ancient city nestled within China's Gansu province, a portion of traditional street food has recently taken the country by storm, drawing culinary adventurers from every corner to experience its fiery delight.
Popular cultural play 'Encore Dunhuang' returns to stage

2024-03-25

The large-scale indoor immersive melodrama Encore Dunhuang has resumed since March to speed up the recovery of local tourism market.
Dunhuang Academy's protection team work to ensure relics not lost to sands of time

2024-03-19

The Dunhuang Academy's cultural relics protection team was honored with the title of National Outstanding Engineering Team early this year, China's highest honor in the field of engineering.
Burst of flavor puts city in Gansu under spotlight

2024-03-18

It took six hours for Liu Yi, 26, to get to Tianshui, Northwest China's Gansu province, by train. It took another two hours of waiting in a queue before he could finally get his hands on a bowl of local malatang — a mix of foods boiled in hot, spicy broth.
Explore 'Gallery in the Desert': Mogao Grottoes Cave 320

2024-03-15

The High Tang Dynasty (713-766) stands as a pinnacle of artistic achievement, characterized by vibrant exchanges along the Silk Road that fostered remarkable advancements in Buddhist art at the Mogao Grottoes.