Mutou Valley
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Mutou Valley is located in the Flaming Mountains
, near the ancient oasis city of Gaochang
on the rim of the Taklamakan Desert in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region
, China
. Under a cliff in the Mutou Valley is located the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves
, a complex of Buddhist caves temples dating from the 5th to the 9th centuries.
Flaming Mountains
The Flaming Mountains or Gaochang Mountains are barren, eroded, red sandstone hills in Tian Shan Mountain range, Xinjiang, China. They lie near the northern rim of the Taklamakan Desert and east of the city of Turpan...
, near the ancient oasis city of Gaochang
Gaochang
Gaochang is the site of an ancient oasis city built on the northern rim of the inhospitable Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang, China. A busy trading center, it was a stopping point for merchant traders traveling on the Silk Road...
on the rim of the Taklamakan Desert in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region
Xinjiang
Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km2...
, China
China
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. Under a cliff in the Mutou Valley is located the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves
Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves
The Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves are complex of Buddhist cave grottos dating from the 5th to the 9th centuries between the cities of Turpan and Shanshan at the north-east of the Taklamakan Desert near the ancient ruins of Gaochang in the Mutou Valley, a gorge in the Flaming Mountains, China...
, a complex of Buddhist caves temples dating from the 5th to the 9th centuries.