Caves of the Thousand Buddhas

Caves of the Thousand Buddhas:

see DunhuangDunhuang
or Tunhwang
, town, extreme NW Gansu prov., China. Crescent Lake, a noted tourist attraction surrounded by high sand dunes, is there. The Caves of the Thousand Buddhas (Mogao Caves) are at nearby Qianfodong.
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