敦煌纪行

Trip To Dunhuang

甘肃最西边的敦煌市,面积3.1万平方公里,距省会兰州1137公里。敦煌的土地绝大部分是戈壁、沙漠和山地。当飞机从兰州起飞,在空中飞行1小时40分钟后,从高空俯瞰,有限的耕地和草原,恰像画家无意间洒在黄色画布上的绿色斑点……鸣沙山·月牙泉由流沙堆积而成的鸣沙山在敦煌城南5公里外,自古以来就是敦煌的旅游胜地。我们飞抵敦煌,首先想到的就是去目睹那酷似金龙,又如锦缎,连绵40余公里的鸣沙山。

Dunhuang, locus of historical relics and resort for tourists to western China, is 1137 kilometres(or an hour's air ride) from Lanzhou, the provincial capital. Over 10kilometres south of Dunhuang is the Mingsha Hill in which quietly flows the crescentshaped Yueya Spring. The Yumen Fass to the northwest and the Yang pass to the southwest, both are tourist attractions. The celebrated site however, is the artistic treasure-house of Mogao Grottoes,25 kilometres to the southeast of the city. Visitors, with no exception, admire the long history,the scale and skills of the well-preserved frescoes.