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	Landscape of the Mountain And the great wall 
	Long shot see the fog and the mountain.

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	Mogao Grottoes, is located in rare mountain gully running from south to north
in this barren land. Sandwiched by minsha mountain in the wext and Sanwei mountain
in the east
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	The great wall, the forbidden city and the terra cotta warriors of the Qin are all remarkable. However, they were all built in given dynasty. That the Mogao Grottoes as a Quintessence of art, history an culture were built and developed over 11 dynasties
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584 AD
Audio:	A middle-sized cave (#302) was built at the Mogao site. An inscription on the northern wall of the central pillar of the cave records: " The 21st Day f the 6th month of the 4th year of the Kaihuan Era"
585  AD
Audio:	Cave#305 was completed in the first month of the 5th Year of the Kaihuang Era
601 AD
Audio: The Sui Emporor issued an edict requiring every county to construct a Buddhist pagoda on the 15th dat of the 10th month of the year, with the emporors request, monk Zhiyan brought the buddha's ash(srina) from the Sui capital to the Chongjiao Temple (Mogao Site) at Dunhuang
613 AD
	Cave 282 was finished on the 5th day of the 7th month of the year.
642 AD
	The Zhai Family Fuilt their "family cave" Cave#220 at the mogao site.
669 AD
	The Tang army conquered Korea about 28,200 Korean families were forced to emigrate
to various countries in China, probably including Dunhuang.
674 AD 
The Khotanese King and Parthian (Modern Iran) King passed Dunhunag on their way to visit Tang Court in Chang An (Modern Xian)
695 AD
Monk Lingyin and a lay buddhist Yin Zhu spnosored the construction of the northern great buddha, the largest buddha statue at at the Mogao site. This giant maireaya budhha was shaped in a woman's bodily form.
669 AD
Zhang Siyi partronized the northern wall painting of cave 335 which represents the Vimalakirti-Nirdesa Sutra.
716 AD
Zhao Zhiben Took the position as the governer of Dunhuang. He encouraged the Zhang Family to build a temple of Zhang Zhi, "the creator of the cursive style" in  Chinese calligraphy history.
776 AD
The Li family built a large cave 148 at the Mogao site.
781 AD
Dunhuang was conquered by the Tibetians after 11 years blood resistance.
834  AD
Tebetian official Shangqi LuXiner sponsored a construction project in the Sheng Guang. Temple at Zhazhou (Dunhuang.) Hongbian, a Chinese monk with Tibetian official title, patronized the construction of cave 365 at the Mogoa site.
839 AD
Yin Jianzheng sponsored the construction of cave 231 at the Mogoa site.
848 AD
Zhang Yichao led the people of Dunhuang fought against the Tibetan authority and recovered Dunhuang and nearby regions from Tibetan rule. Dunhuang was again a Tang territory.
862 AD
Hongbian, the top-leader of the Buddhist communities in the Hexi region died and his position was occupied by Zhai Farong who started to built a large cave 85 for his own family, this Xhai family cave was completed in five years.
888 AD
Li Hong Pu, The Imperial envoy, brought the royal recognition of Zhang Huaisheng's Position to Dunhuang. Huaisheng built a large cave to celebrate his promation.
894 AD
Led by Li Ming Zhen's wife, the sons of the Li family killed Soa Zun and returned the local rulership to Zhang family, Zhang Chengteng became the ruler of Dunhuang. The Li family Renovated its "Family Cave" 148 ( Use star trek effect)
907 AD
End of Tang dynasty
925 AD
Zhai Fenda, the 9th Generation of the Xhai family and a civil office official of the local government renovated (star trek f/x) his family cave (220) envoys from the Khotan Kingdom visited Dunhuang performed buddhist rituals at the Mogao site.
936 AD
Cao Yijin's Ughur wife sposered the construction of a large cave (100) in which her own protrait was depicted.
950 AD
Cao Yuanzhong patronized the construction of a large cave (61) in which a giant statue of Manjusri was made the western wall of the cave depicts the lanscape of mountain Wutai and the miracles took place on that  mountain.
960 AD
The Song Dynasty was established, a Khotanese princess built a garden with terrace and flower-trees at Dunhuang.
966 AD
Cao YuanZhong and his wife sponsored the renovation of the covering building of the Northern Great Buddha.
1357 AD
Shi Xiaoyu, a painter from Ganzhou, inscribed on the wall of cave 444. He created the Chinese style tantric paintings in cave 3.
1524 AD
The Mink government closed the Jiayu pass. Dunhuang was left over, and most local residents were moved other countries inside the pass.
1900 AD
Wang Yuanlu, a Daoist monk residing at the Moagao site, discovered the "library cave". Dunhuang has become gradually a well-known site of Chinese.