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Mogao Caves - Greatest Hoard of Buddhist Arts
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It is man-made wonder in the Gobi desert, the brightest star on the ancient Silk Road, brilliant treasure of
Buddhist arts... you can't help being marveled by the fabulous artifacts, murals and sculptures.
Type: World Heritage Site, Ancient Ruins, Religious Sites, Historic Sites, Caverns & Caves, Sights &
Landmarks
Best Seasons: Summer/Autumn
Recommended Visiting Time: 3~5 hours
Opening Hours: 08:00 - 18:00 (4.1-10.31); 09:00 - 17:30 (11.1-3.31)
Tickets: Peak Season (4.1-11.30): ￥238-￥50 / Off Season (12.1-3.31): ￥140-￥40
Address: Mogao Town, Dunhuang 736200, China
Brief Impression about Mogao Caves

Mogao Caves, also known as Thousand Buddha Caves or Mogao Grottoes, is a group of ancient caves
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which were built in different dynasties. It is famous for exquisite murals and various sculptures kept
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you can trace the development of Chinese art over 1,600 years from one dynasty to the next because
each dynasty built own caves to record its own features. The site along with Longmen Grottoes, Yungang
Grottoes and Maijishan Grottoes are four greatest Buddhist grottoes in China.
More than 50,000 collections emerged from the discovery of the so-called “Library Cave” in 1900, and
were dispersed around the world. So far, most of the its manuscripts and relics are collected by museums
and libraries in Beijing, London, Paris, Paris, St . Petersburg and Japan.
In 1987, the UNESCO listed the Mogao Caves as the World Heritage Sites. It declared -“As evidence of the
evolution of Buddhist art in the northwest region of China, the Mogao Caves are of unmatched historical
value. These works provide an abundance of vivid materials depicting various aspects of medieval
politics, economics, culture, arts, religion, ethnic relations, and daily dress in western China.”
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Where is the Mogao Caves Located?

Mogao Caves is located in Mogao Town, about 25 kilometers southeast from Dunhuang City central
area. This area used to play an important stopover of the ancient Hexi Corridor which is one of the most
important sections of ancient China Silk Road. Another a liate site of Mogao Caves – Dunhuang Mogao
Caves Digital Exhibition Center is 10 kilometers away from Dunhuang city.
25 km from Dunhuang City

16 km from the Mogao Caves Digital Exhibition Center
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Mogao Caves Location Map (Click to Enlarge)
How to Get to the Mogao Caves

Travelers usually transfer to Mogao Caves from Dunhuang City where better accommodation and dinning
are offered. Firstly, driving about 10 kilometers along Yangguan Avenue to the Mogao Caves Digital
Exhibition Center where you will watch some documentary movies about Mogao Caves. After then
transfer about 16 kilometers to Mogao Caves by sightseeing shuttle bus. Both the Dunhuang Airport and
Dunhuang Train Station are situated near to the Digital Exhibition Center. So if your arrival time is early
enough, you can go to visit the Digital Exhibition Center and Mogao Caves immediately.
For independent travelers, you can take public bus from Dunhuang Hotel which departs every half hour
and charges 8 RMB. Taxi is also available, and may charges about 40 RMB.
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Sightseeing Shuttle Bus
History of Mogao Caves

Continuous Construction of More Than 1600 Years
Around in 111 BCE, the emperor Wuding of Han Dynasty established Dunhuang as a defensive strategy to
protect against the Xiongnu. As the time passed by, Dunhuang also became an important trade center
also a meeting place of culture and religions along the Silk Road.
The original construction of Mogao Caves can be traced back to the fourth century CE. In 366, a Buddhist
monk called Le Zun traveled in Dunhuang. One day he came across a mountain above of which there are
thousands of Buddhas bathing in the golden light. He decided to build a cave for meditation here. After
the rst cave built by Le Zun, many other monks joined Le Zun, and later in Northern Liang formed a small
community of monks. As the site became more and more famous, ruling families of later dynasties, such
as Northern Wei, Northern Zhou, also joined the constructions of caves. The construction of Mogao
Caves ourished during Sui Dynasty as a large number of caves were built by both ruling families and
folks. The Tang Empire was the heyday when the amount of caves exceeded any other dynasties with
more than a thousand caves. Later as the decline of Silk Road in Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the Mogao
Caves were almost abandoned, only served as worship site for local pilgrims.
The Mogao Caves originally consisted of meditation caves for Buddhist monks, but later many other
kinds of caves were built. The most important ones are the consecrate caves which are themed by
Buddhism, including Chinese Buddhism, Tibetan Budhism, Indian Buddhism, etc. The caves, sponsored by
important clergy, local ruling elite, even the Chinese emperors, have large space inside, and were
exquisitely painted to represent famous events and stories of Buddhism.
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Colored Sculptures in Mogao Caves
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Beautiful Murals in Mogao Caves
Discovery and Revival

The northwestern region of China attracted many Western explores to discover. Dunhuang was one of the
hot spots. While the discovery of the hidden Library Cave by the Taoist Wan Yuanlu was the fuse to
make Mogao Caves known around the world.
Around in 1892, the Taoist Wang Yuanlu traveled to Mogao Caves, and found the site abandoned and out
of maintenances. He decided to stay here, and guarded the caves. On June 25, 1900, Wang Yuanlu found
a hidden cave behind a main cave while he was cleaning the sand. Inside the small cave were enormous
manuscripts, paintings and other relics. Considering the preservation of such as large treasure and
seeking for support, Wang took some manuscripts to the local o cials. But none of o cials took it
seriously. The governor of Gansu order Wang to reseal the cave in 1904.
Wang Yuanlu’s discovery spread into an archaeologist group led by the Hungarian-British archaeologist
Aurel Stein. In 1907, Stein visit Wang and bought a large number of manuscripts with a very low price
since Wang had trouble with raising funds to build a Taoist temple. Other groups of explores came one
after another. In 1908, the French Paul Pelliot spent little money buying more than 10,000 items from
Wang. The plunder didn’t stop that explores from Japan and Russia took thousands of other manuscripts
from Mogao Caves in 1911 and 1914. The rest of manuscripts were escorted to Beijing, and now are kept
in China National Library.
Until now, many museums and libraries in Beijing, London, Paris, St. Petersburg and Japan are collecting
most of its manuscripts and the relics.
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Wang Yuanlu (left) and the French Archaeologist Paul Pelliot in the Library Cave
Sites to See – Travel Routes

Before seeing the Mogao Caves, travelers who hold Ticket A/D will rst visit the Dunhuang Digital
Exhibition Center where two wonderful documentary movies are showed. Then take sightseeing shuttle
bus from the center to the caves area. After then, explore the museums in front of the caves.
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Visiting Route Map for Ticket A/D
Dunhuang Digital Exhbition Center

The Exhibition Center is the rst stop of Mogao Cave's visiting. Travelers will rstly be led to watch a lm
“Thousand-Year Mogao” which introduces the origin and development of Mogao Caves in 20 minutes.
Second movie is the “Dream Buddhist Land” which presents some of most outstanding caves in a large
dome screen. Travelers can see the clear details of the caves, including the colors of paintings, varies
shapes of sculptures from the screen.
Mogao Caves
So far, there are in total 492 caves built in different dynasties with different features. Murals, colorful
sculptures are the best highlights of each cave. The Followings are some most outstanding caves which
are open for publics.
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Ball-Screen Movie at Digital Exhibition Center
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Nine Storey Temple - Facade of Cave No.96
Notice of 2019 Opening Caves

Mogao Caves has adjusted the caves opened to the public. In the whole year of 2019, there are
40 caves opened for tourists. Usually, visitors would be divided into groups in the tourist spot
and lead by the scenic tour guide to visit about 7-8 caves. If you want to see more other caves,
you could do it by your own or follow other groups. However, please note there would be some
slight change of the cave number according to practical situation when you visit there in site.
▶ Opening Caves: No.9, No.16, No.17, No.25, No.29, No.46, No.55, No.61, No.71, No.94, No.96,
No.171, No.334, No.148, No.202, No.203, No.231, No.237, No.244, No.246, No.249, No.251,
No.257, No.259, No.292, No.296, No.314, No.329, No.332, No.335, No.340, No.341, No.384,
No.397, No.407, No.409, No.420, No.427, No.428, and No.445.
▶ Opening Hours: ❶ Magao Caves Digital Exhibition Center: 07:30 - 15:00 (Apri 1st to Oct. 31st );
08:30 - 15:00 (Nov. 1st to Mar. 31st) ❷ Mogao Caves Area: 08:00 - 18:00 (Apr. 1st to Nov. 30th);
09:00 - 17:30 (Dec. 1st to Mar. 31st)
No. 148 – located on the southern cliff, this cave was built during late Tang Dynasty, and houses a giant
sleeping Buddha which is 16 meters in length. Many sculptures of important gures in Buddhist legends
standing behind the Buddha statue and showing different expressions.
No. 96 – this is the symbolic cave of Mogao Caves. Exterior is the famous 9-storey tower, while inside the
cave is the highest Buddha of Mogao Caves which is 33 meters high and expresses the beauty standard
of Tang Dynasty – chubbiness and elegance.
No. 16 & 17 – unique cave-in-cave structure. The No.16 cave is usual, the only feature is the exterior of
three-storey tower hanging on the cliff. The northern corridor of No. 16 is the No. 17 Cave – the famous
Library Cave which used to house more than 50,000 items of manuscripts and relics.
So far, only about 40 caves are open for tourists. Apart from above caves, there are also some unique
caves. The No. 323 described the historical event of Zhang Qian’s diplomatic mission to Xiyu (the Western
Regions). The No. 237 has the mural of Playing Lute with Backhands.
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Reclining Buddha Statue - Cave No.148
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Giant Buddha Statue - Cave No.96
Museums and Relics

Mogaoku Museum was built in 1920 by the donation of Japan Government. It is a semi-basement
museum which large space inside. The museum exhibits the discovered artifacts, ancient silk and other
relics. The museum also introduces the great events of the archaeological excavation, preservation
projects, Mogao study and researches, international co-operative programs, etc.
One of another highlight of Mogaoku Museum is the Mogao Caves Duplication Exhibition. There are 8
caves duplicated by 1:1 proportion. Not only the size, but also the decoration, sculptures and murals were
perfectly represented in the new caves.
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Map of the Mogao Site Museums and Exhibitions (Click to Enlarge)
Reservation Required
To visit the Mogao Caves, travelers need to make a reservation. Only 6,000 visitors are allowed each day
(the tourist capacity might be enlarged in peak season). The visiting time in the caves is about 75
minutes. Well, don’t have to worry, your rest time will be fully used to visit the museums and the Digital
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Special Caves
Besides the essence in the Digital Exhibition Center, Museum, and caves area in Mogao Caves, there are
now 10 special caves in this tourist area. These special caves open to the public during some months to
avoid too many visitors for they are comparatively older and need better protection.
Notice of 2019 Opening Special Caves: Special caves opened are No.45, No.57, No.156, No.158, No.217,
No.220, No.254, No.275, No.321, and No.322. After visiting the common caves, you could also visit some
special caves with extra fees. Please know the detailed charge of each cave in site. However, please note
there would be some change of the cave number according to practical situation when you visit there in
site.
Reclining Buddha Statue - Special Cave No.158
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Delicate Mural Paintings - Special Cave No.217
Visiting these precious caves, you can appreciate the very ancient but still fantastic statues and frescoes
with abundant colors from Tang dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Such as the most
beautiful Buddha and Bodhisattvas among all caves, lifelike statues and portraits of Bodhisattva and
other paintings expressing the life situation of that period, and the perfect carving of faces, bodies,
clothes and gestures making each statue a perfect artwork in Cave 45; the fantastic sculpture of Buddha
Nirnava in Cave 158, which is the largest one and represents the outstanding skill of Buddha sculpture
works in the middle Tang Dynasty; the fabulous paintings of princes from various countries visiting the
very prosperous ancient China in Tang Dynasty in Cave 220, which indicated that China was not only in
very good prosperity but holding an open heart to the outside regions during then; Cave 275 tells about
the stories of Buddhism and the clothes as well as ornaments on the gures re ects the frequent
communication between Chinese people and the Western countries.
Moreover, you can pay more visits to admire the famous most beautiful Bodhisattva in Cave 57, featured
paintings still in bright color of mountains and water styles in Cave 217, etc.
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Dunhuang has a typical continental arid climate. It is dry, and has little rain all year around. There is large
temperature gap between daytime and night. Summer and autumn(May to October) are best season for
travel Dunhuang, because there usually sand storm in spring. And it is too cold in winter. Whenever you
are planning to visit Dunhuang, be fully prepared for the strong sunlight and wind.
② Ticket & Fee

There are 6 types of tickets selling at the Mogao Caves Digital Exhibition Center. Ticket A/B/C is for the
peak season (April 1st to November 30th ); while ticket D/E/F is for the off-season (December 1st to
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Important Notes: 1)daily allowed visitors are limited (6,000), so it is required to make the reservation at
least 7 days in advance; 2) the price includes tour guide arranged by the site.
③ No Photography in Caves
Taking photo is not allowed when visiting inside the caves and Mogaoku Museum. But you can take
photos of outside the caves.
④ Dunhuang and the Mogao Caves Resources

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⑤ Prepare Some Light to Visit the Special Caves

To well protect the historical relics, it is very dark in the special caves. And you can take your electric torch
to see the paintings and statues clearly.
Since every special cave needs some time to enjoy its essence, it is advised to visit only about 3 to 4
caves in one day in order not to be so tired. And if you like these grottos very much, you can go there the
next day(s).
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Mogao Caves - Greatest Hoard of Buddhist Arts

Mogao Caves Facts

Brief Impression about Mogao Caves

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Where is the Mogao Caves Located?

25 km from Dunhuang City

Mogao Caves Location Map (Click to Enlarge)

How to Get to the Mogao Caves

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Mogao Caves Digital Exhibition Center

History of Mogao Caves

Colored Sculptures in Mogao Caves

Discovery and Revival

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Mogao Caves on the Cliff

Sites to See – Travel Routes

Visiting Route Map for Ticket A/D

Dunhuang Digital Exhbition Center

Ball-Screen Movie at Digital Exhibition Center

Notice of 2019 Opening Caves

Reclining Buddha Statue - Cave No.148

Museums and Relics

Map of the Mogao Site Museums and Exhibitions (Click to Enlarge)

Reclining Buddha Statue - Special Cave No.158

Delicate Mural Paintings - Special Cave No.217

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