Format: 21 x 12 /Colour/ Pages: 150. ISBN: 978-988-14105-0-4
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Dunhuang, once a flourishing city on the ancient Silk Road linking China and the West, is home to one of humanity’s great cultural treasures: the Mogao Buddhist caves.
For more than a millenium, Dunhuang located in northwest China’s Gansu province was one of the ancient world’s most important meeting places of East and West. Today Dunhuang is again hosting a growing number of Silk Road explorers attracted by a cultural legacy of global significance.This guide contains photos of precious Mogao murals and desert landscape images by an internationally celebrated photographer.
Full of expert insights about Silk Road culture and history, Dunhuang: A City on the Silk Road will appeal to both armchair and actual travellers. This is also the first English guidebook to offer individual introductions to each one of the Mogao Caves that are currently accessible to the public (60+ caves.)
- Expert introduction to the Mogao Buddhist Caves, including Buddhist iconography, history and main sutras
- Silk Road history and maps
- Itineraries and tours.
Dunhuang: A City on the Silk Road is the first in a new series of Meet Asia cultural travel guides from Make-Do Publishing. +++ Swipe a QR code inside the book for free access to a Dunhuang E-Zone with additional images and maps.