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Thousands of horses gallop at foot of Qilian Mountains

2022-02-17

Thousands of horses gallop across snow-covered grasslands in the Shandan Army Horse-breeding Farm of Zhangye, Northwest China's Gansu province on Feb 15.
Lanterns create festive atmosphere in Zhangye

2022-02-14

As the festival approached, Zhangye in Northwest China's Gansu province was aglow with the glittering Jiuqu Yellow River Lantern Formation decorating its ancient buildings.
Similarity of frescoes to winter sports raises intrigue

2022-02-08

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games opening ceremony on Friday deepened Chinese netizens' fascination about the similarities between modern winter sports and depictions of flying apsaras on frescoes at the Mogao Grottoes, Gansu province.
Dunhuang cultural expo boosts tourism, global exchanges

2022-01-25

The concurrent organization of the Silk Road (Dunhuang) International Cultural Expo and Dunhuang Tour - Silk Road International Tourism Festival has brought numerous benefits to Northwest China's Gansu Province over the past three years, as they have boosted the integrated development of the cultural and tourism industries to a new height.
Beyond the Bounds of History: A Collaborative Exhibition Between the Palace Museum and Dunhuang

2022-01-12

The exhibition displayed 188 pieces of cultural relics from the Gansu province and the collection of the Palace Museum as well as hand-painted reproductions of Dunhuang murals, high-fidelity digital reproductions of murals, and reproductions of caves 285, 220, and 320, etc.
Crescent Moon Spring offers picturesque winter scenery

2021-12-13

Snowflakes quietly descended on Northwest China's Dunhuang Desert on Dec 10. The Crescent Moon Spring was covered with a thin layer of gauze.
Blueprint outlines preservation of grottoes

2021-12-08

A blueprint to protect and study grotto temples in China during the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) was released by the National Cultural Heritage Administration on Tuesday.
China's Gansu to exhibit highly-protected cultural relic next year

2021-12-01

LANZHOU -- A notable national treasure, popularly known as "Bronze Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow," will go on display in northwest China's Gansu Province next year.