No one is exactly sure why over a hundred lakes have formed amongst the tallest sand dunes on Earth. ...
I pass valleys, a way among different civilizations / Among different cultures, valleys, mountains under the heat of the red sun / If only you wish, I would be a chasm / If only you wish, I would be a river / I'll hear this call under sand's thorns / But I'll overcome my hard way...
In the final years of the 19th century more and more manuscripts – both in known and in unknown scripts and languages – as well as other findings surfaced from the region called at that time Eastern or Chinese Turkestan. They stirred up a keen interest among scholars, but thei...
Good ideas travel easilyand far along trade routes, and the Silk Road was no exception to that rule. A famous example of a Chinese invention that helped to transform the world is paper. Paper was invented during the Han dynasty, probably just at the time the Silk Road trade was b...
Silk Road goods carried overland were not loaded onto camels and carried from China to Europe. Goods made their way westward in a piecemeal way, with a lot trading and loading and unloading at the caravan stops along the way.
Different caravans carried goods during different se...
There is a beautiful legend about the beginning of the art of silkworm breeding in China. According to it the wife of Great Yellow Emperor Shi Huang , Lei Zu, sat under the shady crone of mulberry enjoying her herbal tea. Suddenly, a silkworm cocoon fell in her fragrant beverage....
Numerous poems scattered on the Silk Road should have been edited and translated to form a great work. We selected merely 20 poems of them with the translation...
从军行七首(其四)
王昌龄
青海长云暗雪山,
孤城遥望玉门关。
黄沙百战穿金甲,
不破楼兰终不还。ARMY LIFE
Wang Changling
IV
Clouds on frontier o'ershadow mountains clad in...
ChrisHi - How much does this cost in RMB for two people mid August ?
BonnieWangCan you pls provide me some information on this tour? Is it available for 2nd week of jun?
CanVoDear travel advisor, I could like it to take it this tour and mid November 2014.
Would you please contact me at my email address: vovancan@hotmail.com.
I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Sincerely,
Can
LaurensiusRusliDear,Manager.Please advise for 4days Dunhuang explore tour usd 349 start 29july2014.
2person ,my email ruslilaurent@hotmail ,waiting for your good news.
TQ.
Laurent
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