絲路 與 石窟
絲路 與 石窟
SilkRoad and Grottoes
He Xi Corridor - 2
Zhang Ye was the first city to host an multi-country trade expo in 609 AD. The Emporer Yan of the Sui Dynasty came to this city to host an expo with special envoys from 27 states from the Silkroad.
This pictures shows that was the remain of a wall built in Ming Dynasty to defend against Mongolian calvaries.
This is the main cave of the Tian Ti Shan Grottoes located at the northwest of WuWei. It was originally excavated at the end of the 4th century, probably was the earliest buddhist grottoes along the He Xi Corridor.
This Statue is the symbol of the City of Wuwei, it is also the symbol of the China Tourism Industry. The horse at the top was made after a similar bronze statue from the East Han dynasty that existed some 2000 years ago.
This was a guard tower on the city wall of Xi An. For all travelers of the SilkRoad, one of their destination was the city of Chang An, which is Xi An nowadays.
The 4 Counties of He Xi Corridor
Pictures shown in the gallery of this page were taken from the 4 cities of He Xi Corridor nowadays. DunHuang is famous for being the host city of MoGao Grottoes, JiuQuan become one of the few space center of China, both ZhangYe and WuWei remained as important agricultural hub in north west China, as they have always been.
Buddhist grottoes didn't emerge from the 4 counties in a west to east sequentia order as many people would have thought. WuWei was the first place to have grottoes built in late 4th century AD or very early 5th century, followed by the beginning of MoGao Grottoes at DunHuang at around 420AD.