| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Dunhuang
|
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Desert scenery.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Dunhuang
Site / Event : White Horse Pagoda
|
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The temple holding the White Horse Pagoda.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Dunhuang
Site / Event : White Horse Pagoda
|
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The pagoda was built in 386 for the horse of a Buddhist monk.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Dunhuang
Site / Event : White Horse Pagoda
|
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Paintings of pandas.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Dunhuang
Site / Event : White Horse Pagoda
|
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Pear orchard.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Dunhuang
Site / Event : White Horse Pagoda
|
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The White Horse Pagoda.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Dunhuang
Site / Event : White Horse Pagoda
|
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Prayers.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Dunhuang
Site / Event : White Horse Pagoda
|
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Shazhou is an ancient Han Dynasty fort that protected the split in the Slik Road.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
Region : Dunhuang to Liuyuan Road
|
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Fertile area to the north of Dunhuang.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
Region : Dunhuang to Liuyuan Road
|
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Desert landscape with mirrages.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
Region : Dunhuang to Liuyuan Road
|
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Lunar landscape.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
Region : Dunhuang to Liuyuan Road
|
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Wind power.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
Region : Dunhuang to Liuyuan Road
|
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Desolate landscape.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
Region : Dunhuang to Liuyuan Road
|
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The road to Liuyuan.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
Region : Dunhuang to Liuyuan Road
|
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Dark desert.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
Region : Dunhuang to Liuyuan Road
|
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A group of men in Liuyuan.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
Region : Liuyuan to Turfan Train
|
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The deserts of northern Gansu Province.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
Region : Liuyuan to Turfan Train
|
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Dramatic landscape.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
Region : Liuyuan to Turfan Train
|
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Dry mountains.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
Region : Liuyuan to Turfan Train
|
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Arid landscape near the border with Xinjiang.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Liuyuan to Turfan Train
|
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Xinjiang is the largest province in China and one of the least populated.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Liuyuan to Turfan Train
|
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Snow capped mountains over the oasis of Hami.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Liuyuan to Turfan Train
|
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A family from Hami.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Liuyuan to Turfan Train
|
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The Gobi Desert.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Liuyuan to Turfan Train
|
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Crossing a river.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Liuyuan to Turfan Train
|
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A dust storm in the Gobi Desert.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Liuyuan to Turfan Train
|
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During a dust storm visibility is low.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Liuyuan to Turfan Train
|
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Dust storms can last for minutes or hours.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Liuyuan to Turfan Train
|
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View of a dust storm.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Liuyuan to Turfan Train
|
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The Flaming Mountains.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Liuyuan to Turfan Train
|
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Sunset over Xinjiang.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Liuyuan to Turfan Train
|
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Turfan station has Uyghur signs in Arabic script as well as Chinese writing.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
|
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Turfan is an Uyghur city.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
|
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The city is very green.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
|
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Modern buildings.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
|
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Mobile pomygranite seller.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
|
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Turfan is famous for its grapes.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
|
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Raisins are a product of the city.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
|
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Poster written in Chinese and Uyghur, a Turkic language.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
|
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Noodle and bean soup and spinach dumplings.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
|
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Beef noodles with spices.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
|
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Meat dumplings.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
|
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Spice covered kebabs.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
|
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View of the city at night.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
|
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The Night Market.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
|
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Food stall.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
|
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Turfan at night.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
|
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Turfan Museum was closed for renovations in 2025.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
|
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Traditional painted door in the old part of Turfan.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
|
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The houses are made of mud bricks.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
|
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Decorated doorway.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
|
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Raisins.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
|
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House with balcony.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
|
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Traditional house.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
|
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Persian furniture.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Emin Minaret
|
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The Emin Minaret and its mosque.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Emin Minaret
|
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The minaret has brick patterns.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Emin Minaret
|
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The mosque dates from 1777.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Emin Minaret
|
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The interior has Central Asian elements.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Junwang Palace
|
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Junwang Palace is an Uyghur mansion used as a Chinese Governors' residence.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Junwang Palace
|
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The architecture is a blend of Uyghur and Persian.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Junwang Palace
|
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The interior.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Junwang Palace
|
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Chinese bell.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Junwang Palace
|
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Cloister.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Junwang Palace
|
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Painting of Uyghur musicians.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Junwang Palace
|
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Horn in the small museum.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Junwang Palace
|
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Bronze cup with lizards from the Qing Dynasty.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Junwang Palace
|
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Jade disk.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Junwang Palace
|
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Three women.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Junwang Palace
|
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Colourful hall.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Junwang Palace
|
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Grapes on trellis.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Karez Museum
|
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The entrance to the Karez Museum.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Karez Museum
|
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Karez are underground canals which bring water from mountain glaciers as shown in an introductory model.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Karez Museum
|
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The canals have shafts which keeps evaporation down.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Karez Museum
|
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The canals pass through houses where they are warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Karez Museum
|
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Karez developed in Persia over 2500 years ago and spread to Central Asia.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Karez Museum
|
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Building and maintaining karez is an important and skilled job.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Karez Museum
|
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Underground karez with lights.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Karez Museum
|
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Underground cafe.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Karez Museum
|
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Overhanging grapes.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
|
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Street mural showing karez.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
|
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Noodle soup being prepared.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
|
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Misty view of the city during a dust storm.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
District : Jiaohe
|
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Jiaohe is an ancient mud brick city dating from 200 BCE set on a 30m high mesa flanked by rivers.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
District : Jiaohe
|
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Approaching the Jiaohe ancient city.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
District : Jiaohe
|
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The entrance to the top of the mesa is by a steep path from the South Gate.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
District : Jiaohe
|
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Mud brick structures.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
District : Jiaohe
|
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The gorge separating the ancient city from the outside to the North.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
District : Jiaohe
|
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Administrative building.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
District : Jiaohe
|
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The view to the South.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
District : Jiaohe
|
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View of the site to the North from the highest point.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
District : Jiaohe
|
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The view to the gorge and mountains to the West.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
District : Jiaohe
|
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The city is 1.6km long and 300m wide.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
District : Jiaohe
|
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The site has no trees and is very arid.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
District : Jiaohe
|
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The stupa by the Great Buddha Temple.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
District : Jiaohe
|
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The Great Buddha Temple.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
District : Jiaohe
|
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View to the South from the Great Buddha Temple.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
District : Jiaohe
|
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The shrine of the Great Buddha Temple.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
District : Jiaohe
|
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A small Buddhist temple to the North.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
District : Jiaohe
|
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The Tiger Rock.
|
2025 |
were added from 1 March 2026.