Mutou Valley is located in the
Flaming Mountains, near the ancient oasis city of
Gaochang
Gaochang (; Old Uyghur: ''Qocho''), also called Khocho, Karakhoja, Qara-hoja, Kara-Khoja or Karahoja (قاراغوجا in Uyghur), was a ruined, ancient oasis city on the northern rim of the inhospitable Taklamakan Desert in present-day Xin ...
on the rim of the
Taklamakan Desert
The Taklimakan or Taklamakan Desert (; zh, s=塔克拉玛干沙漠, p=Tǎkèlāmǎgān Shāmò, Xiao'erjing: , dng, Такәламаган Шамә; ug, تەكلىماكان قۇملۇقى, Täklimakan qumluqi; also spelled Taklimakan and T ...
in the
Xinjiang Autonomous Region,
China. Under a cliff in the Mutou Valley is located the
Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves
The Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves (, Uyghur: بزقلیق مىڭ ئۆيى ) is a complex of Buddhist cave grottos dating from the 5th to 14th century between the cities of Turpan and Shanshan ( Loulan) at the north-east of the Taklamakan Des ...
, a complex of Buddhist caves temples dating from the 5th to the 9th centuries.
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Footnotes
Sites along the Silk Road
Valleys of Xinjiang
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