Dunhuang旅行予算ガイド

A late-Qing century-old Dunhuang shop passed down through five generations, famous for donkey-meat yellow noodles, whose noodle craft is listed as municipal intangible heritage.

Dunhuang's famed "donkey-meat yellow noodles," silk-fine strands dressed in shiitake-and-donkey sauce and served with braised donkey, known by the saying "dragon's meat in heaven, donkey's meat on earth."

A tart-sweet cooling drink brewed from Dunhuang's native Liguang apricot, the signature beverage of summer nights in Dunhuang's markets and restaurants.

A halal tradition of Dunhuang and the Hexi Corridor: bone-in mutton simmered in plain water, eaten by hand and dipped in garlic, pure and unadorned.

A famed Silk Road dish of Dunhuang, mutton and flatbread braised together in one pot, the meat falling tender and the bread soft, the sauce rich, a hearty staple of the Hexi Corridor.

A classic cold street snack of Dunhuang: strips of gluten and starch-skin noodles tossed in chilli oil, garlic and vinegar, tart, hot and chewy.

A northwestern folk opera rooted in Ming-Qing popular tunes, closely tied to the Dunhuang quzi lyrics preserved in the Mogao Library Cave; national ICH from 2008.

The thousand-year craft of Mogao's painted sculptures, built on wooden-and-reed armatures, modelled in fine clay and painted in mineral pigments; provincial ICH from 2018.

An ancient painting tradition developed by generations of Dunhuang folk painters at the meeting of Han and western-regions art, using natural mineral-stone powders for colour; a Gansu provincial ICH item.