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Top Silk Road China & Central Asia attractions list for sightseeing and vacations trip such as Xian Terracotta Army, Xiahe Labrang Lamasery, Jiayuguan Great Wall Fort, Dunhuang Mogao Caves, Urumqi Hearvely Lake, Kashgar Sunday Bazzar & Mosque, Turpan Ancient City ruins and more...
Yangguan Pass Han Great Wall

Yangguan Pass Han Great Wall

The Yangguan (Yang Pass), together with another grand pass - Yumen Pass, acted as important passageways to Central Asia, India and Europe. Emperor Wudi of the Western Han Dynasty (206BC - 24AD) built Yangguan Pass and Yumenguan Pass in 121BC in order to resist the Huns (Xiongnu) and manage the West Region of China.

Mogao Caves

Mogao Caves

The Mogao Grottos or Mogao Caves, housing the ancient thousand buddhas and mural paintings, are the famous Dunhuang highligh of buddhist art treasures shrine on the north-west Silk Road China.

Crescent Moon Lake

Crescent Moon Lake

Crescent Moon Lake, called as Yueyaquan in Chinese, is a crescent-shaped pool in the oasis, 5 km southwest of the city Dunhuang of Gansu province, China. It was named Yueyaquan since Qing Dynasty.

Mingsha Shan Echo Sand Dunes

Mingsha Shan Echo Sand Dunes

Refered to Echo Sand Mountain, have you ever heard of a good place to ride a camel or climb stunning the dunes for spectacular view?!

Dunhuang Grotto Art Protection Center

Dunhuang Grotto Art Protection Center

Locted oppsite Mogao caves, Dunhuang Grotto Art Protection, Examination and Exhibition Center is a two-story low building hidden itself an half in the hill. The grotto art center has a video studio hall and three exhibition areas.

Urumqi Museum

Urumqi Museum

Situated in Xibei Lu, in Urumqi City, the Xinjiang Regional Museum is a large integrated museum and centre for the collection and study of cultural relics discovered in the region.

Xinjiang Uygur Regional Museum

Xinjiang Uygur Regional Museum

Locted in Urumqi Xibei Road, the Xinjiang Regional Museum is a large integrated museum and centre for the collection and study of cultural relics in Xinjiang. The museum architecture built in 1953 with featured Uighur ethnic internal decor style and has an exhibition hall covering an area of about 7,800 square meters (approx. 9,328 square yards).

Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves

Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves

The Bezeklik/Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves is famous for ancient muralsWith with exsiting 60 caves, and over 40 caves have ancient murals of 1200 square meters.

Red Hill Park

Red Hill Park

Red Hill Park (Hongshan Park) stands out from forest Red Mountain and is an icon of Urumqi city. Red Mountain get its name from purple grit rock.

Nanshan Mountain Grasslands

Nanshan Mountain Grasslands

Urumqi Nanshan Grasslands or Southern Pasture (Baiyang gou included) are a natural paradise, with scenery and surroundings such as natural spruce forest on snow mountain, wild animals such as snow leopard, wild goat, red deer and palm bear are running on the grasslands, beautiful birds are flying in the sky, which are similar to that at Heaven Lake.