Dunhuang

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city historical city oasis city

Dunhuang is an ancient oasis city in northwestern China renowned for its strategic position as a gateway between China and Central Asia and for the nearby Mogao Caves filled with Buddhist art.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Dunhuang canonical	11
Dunhuang manuscripts	5
Dunhuang City authorities	1
Dunhuang area	1
Dunhuang city	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ historical city ⓘ oasis city ⓘ
administeredBy	Jiuquan ⓘ
administrativeLevel	county-level city ⓘ
climate	arid ⓘ continental desert climate ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
economicActivity	agriculture ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasAirport	Dunhuang Mogao International Airport ⓘ
hasHeritageSite	Mogao Caves ⓘ
hasOasis	Crescent Lake ⓘ
historicalDynastyAssociation	Han dynasty ⓘ Northern Wei dynasty ⓘ Tang dynasty ⓘ Western Xia ⓘ
historicalFunction	Buddhist cultural center ⓘ gateway between China and Central Asia ⓘ military outpost ⓘ trade hub ⓘ
historicalLanguage	Classical Chinese ⓘ Khotanese language ⓘ surface form: Khotanese Sogdian ⓘ Tibetan ⓘ
historicalRegion	Silk Road routes ⓘ surface form: Silk Road
knownFor	Buddhist art ⓘ Mogao Caves ⓘ surface form: Mogao Cave murals Tarim mummies ⓘ surface form: Silk Road archaeology desert landscapes ⓘ manuscript discoveries ⓘ
languageUsed	Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
locatedIn	Gansu Province ⓘ Gobi Desert ⓘ surface form: Gobi Desert region Hexi Corridor ⓘ northwestern China ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	China Standard Time ⓘ
locatedOn	edge of Taklamakan Desert ⓘ
nearbyAttraction	Crescent Lake ⓘ Mingsha Sand Dunes ⓘ Mogao Caves ⓘ Yumen Pass ⓘ surface form: Yangguan Pass Yumen Pass ⓘ
partOf	Silk Road routes ⓘ surface form: Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an–Tianshan Corridor
provinceLevelDivision	Gansu Province ⓘ surface form: Gansu
religionHistoricallyPresent	Islam ⓘ Taoism ⓘ
religionHistoricallySignificant	Buddhism ⓘ
transportRole	Caravanserai ⓘ surface form: Silk Road caravan stop
utcOffset	+8 ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Silk Road routes → majorCityOnRoute → Dunhuang ⓘ

Old Turkic (runiform and Uyghur-script traditions) → attestedIn → Dunhuang ⓘ

Jiayuguan Pass → linkedTo → Dunhuang ⓘ

Gansu Province → hasMajorCity → Dunhuang ⓘ

Serindia → subject → Dunhuang ⓘ