When the national dunhuang cultural research institute took over the mogao grottoes in the 1940s , it should be said that it received the la mort notice of the grottoes at the same time 当二十世纪四十年代的国立敦煌研究所接过莫高窟的时候，应该说同时接到了它的病危通知。
The mogao grottoes , located 25 kilometers southwest of dunhuang city , gansu province , have a total of 492 caves . they are a treasure house of murals , sculptures and other cultural relics 莫高窟，位于甘肃省敦煌市西南25公里处，共有492个洞窟，是壁画、雕塑和其他文物的宝库。
The mogao grottoes contain priceless paintings , sculptures , some 50 , 000 buddhist scriptures , historical documents , textiles , and other relics that first stunned the world in the early 1900s 莫高窟包括极其贵重的油画，雕像和50 ， 000个佛教手稿、历史文献、纺织品和其它遗物，在二十世纪初首次轰动世界。
The mogao grottoes of dunhuang , popularly known as the thousand buddha caves , were carved out of the rocks stretching for about 1 , 600 meters along the eastern side of the mingsha hill , 25 km southeast of dunhuang 敦煌东南面25公里处的莫高窟，一般地被认为是千佛洞，岩石雕刻延着明霞山大约延伸1 ， 600米。
Mogao grottoes , also known as the " thousand - buddha grottoes " , located 25 kilometers southeast of dunhuang city , the singing sand mountain and mountain cliff , china is one of the three grotto art treasure trove 莫高窟，又名“千佛洞” ，位于敦煌市东南25公里处、鸣沙山东麓的断崖上，是我国三大石窟艺术宝库之一。
13kms to the dunhuang airport ; 300 meters to the long - distance bus station ; 25kms to the world cultural heritage - mogao grottoes in dunhuang , 5kms to state - level a beauty spot - mingsha mountain , crescent moon spring -创建于1987年，坐落在久负盛名的旅游名城-敦煌。位于敦煌市鸣山路16号，距离敦煌机场13公里长途汽车站300米。
Cave opposite the foot of the crisis now three , contracted by the dunhuang academy in dunhuang art exhibition center . copying a large part of the original cave , visitors watch as more colorful in the mogao grottoes 现在莫高窟对面的三危山下，由敦煌研究院承建了敦煌艺术陈列中心，仿制了部分原大洞窟，使游客在莫高窟的观赏内容更加丰富多彩。
Along this silk road are such famous historical sites as the mogao grottoes in dunhuang renowned as the art treasure house of the east , the jiayuguan pass - the western end of the great wall , the labrang monstery and the majishan grottoes in tianshui , etc 自兰州有通往北京上海广州西安乌鲁木等26个城市的航线，省内航线通敦煌和嘉峪关，兰州又是西北铁路运转的枢纽，从兰州出发乘汽车沿312国道进入“河西走廊”即是丝绸之路的黄金路段。
Dazu grottoes , which was listed into < world heritage > by united nations educational , scientific and cultural organization in 1999 boasts same with reputation with mogao grottoes in dunhuang , yungang grottoes and longmen grottoes for its great scale , skillful technology and rich content 1999年被联合国教科文组织世界遗产委员会列为《世界遗产名录》的大足石刻，规模宏大，艺术精湛，内容丰富，与敦煌莫高窟、云冈石窟、龙门石窟并驾齐驱。
