Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Digital Exhibition Center

If it's your first time to see a desert, you'll still be very excited and shocked when you go there. It's also fun inside. You can ride a mountain bike through the desert at your own expense and you can also sandboard. But it's really hot, very sunny, and the wind and sand are very strong. You need to cover your mouth and nose with a scarf. Friends who don't usually like sports usually can't walk after climbing a higher sand slope, hahaha~

The 20-minute film gives a brief history of Dunhuang and Mogao Grottoes. The Dunhuang Research Institute has also taken great pains to make the film as understandable as possible to visitors.

With the improvement of the digital museum and the application of AR and holographic imaging technology, it is said that only two caves will be open to tourists in the future, and other sightseeing projects will be realized in the digital museum and the 1:1 restored caves.

The total investment of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Digital Display Center (formerly known as Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Visitor Center) is more than 300 million yuan, with a total area of 100,000 square meters (including outdoor squares and parking lots), of which the main building area of the digital display center is 11,825 square meters. At the same time as the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Digital Display Center project, there are also sub-projects such as wind and sand protection, cliff reinforcement, plank road reconstruction and security engineering of Mogao Grottoes. Up to now, other projects have been completed, playing an important role in the protection of the cultural relics and heritage environment of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes. Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Digital Display Center was officially opened to the public on August 1, 2014. The completion and opening ceremony was held at the Mogao Grottoes Digital Display Center on September 10.

The package I booked on the official website is 238, which includes a digital movie and a dome movie, a round-trip transportation to Mogao Grottoes, and a tour of 8 open caves in a group of 25 to 30 people with a full-time tour guide. Free visits to the Dunhuang Grottoes Cultural Relics Protection Research Exhibition Center, Dunhuang Sutra Cave Exhibition Hall, Dunhuang Academy History Exhibition Hall, Dunhuang Academy Art Museum, etc.

This is the entrance to Mogao Grottoes. You can take the scenic bus here to get to Mogao Grottoes. If you buy an A ticket, you can watch something like a documentary here first.

I was deeply shocked by my trip to the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang. I will come to Dunhuang again!

Technology brings new vitality to the ancient Mogao Grottoes!

The Mogao Grottoes Digital Display Center is located at the edge of the scenic area. External vehicles must park there and then take the internal shuttle bus to enter. The center shows tourists the movie "Millennium Mogao" and the introduction film "Dream Buddha Palace", which helps tourists have a general understanding of Mogao Grottoes. Tickets are sold here and the grottoes are not sold separately. It is a must-go step to visit Mogao Grottoes.

After entering the digital exhibition center, I first watched a 20-minute introduction to the history of Mogao Grottoes, and then moved to the dome venue to watch the introduction to the Mogao Grottoes murals. The viewing experience was superb! Although I felt a little dizzy at times, and several times I felt that I was moving, it was actually just the picture that was moving. It felt like I was sitting and walking around. It was amazing~

You must watch two films here before you can take the bus to Mogao Grottoes. Each film is about 30 minutes long and is worth watching.

It's very close to the train station and the taxi fare would probably be only around 10 bucks, but we got ripped off.

Go early, at 9:30 and 11:30 in the morning. I bought tickets for two digital movies, one big movie about the history of the Mogao Grottoes, and one dome movie about the three-dimensional appreciation of the art of the Mogao Grottoes. The cultural and creative products of the digital center are good, you can take a good look and buy some.

Before entering the Mogao Grottoes, tourists will be allowed to watch two digital movies, which explain and display the history of the rise and fall of the Mogao Grottoes and its seven digital caves.

We happened to catch the 8 o'clock show, so we went in early to watch the movie.

After watching the two digital displays, I felt a strong sense of awe in my heart. This may be related to my family being Buddhists, so I have a little understanding of everything about Buddhism. Compared with other people who have no faith, the feeling is much stronger.

At 9:15, we were called by the staff to wait in line. At 9:45, we watched the movie "Millennium Mogao Grottoes", which introduced the stories of the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang over the past 1,600 years. After watching "Millennium Mogao Grottoes", all the tourists moved to the dome cinema to watch the dome movie "Dream Buddha Palace". The 18-meter diameter, 500-square-meter super-large spherical screen, the 180-degree ultra-perspective realistic pictures taken by the fisheye lens, and the omnidirectional stereo sound effects made the audience feel as if they were in a colorful and dreamy cave. In fact, it was more shocking than being in the cave, because the exquisite statues seemed to be within reach, the gorgeous murals were close at hand, and the details were clearly visible! When visiting the cave, the light was dim, and tourists could only stand a few meters away and concentrate and hold their breath.

TIPS: For the first digital movie, you can choose a later seat so that you can enter the theater for the second dome movie first after it ends. For the second 5D dome movie, it is better to choose a seat in the back center, otherwise you will feel dizzy.

Let's go to the movie first. There are two 40-minute movies. One is about the origin of Mogao Grottoes. The other is about the things inside Mogao Grottoes. Actually, it's just to give you a general understanding so that you can visit it later.

Watch two movies in batches, each about 20 minutes long, first come first served. The first one introduces the history of Mogao Grottoes. The scene is relatively large but the content is average. The simplification of some history is even distorted. Therefore, I personally recommend that you sit in the back row or near the aisle when watching the first movie, so that you can rush to the next dome theater at full speed after the show ends and occupy the best view in Queens! The second movie reproduces 7 essential caves with digital technology, which is very delicate and beautiful. If the digitalization work of Mogao Grottoes can achieve such an effect after all, the loss of not being able to see the original caves will not seem so strong!

There is an official peripheral store in the digital center, with exquisite designs, a wide range of varieties and reasonable prices. My friend and I were like mice falling into a rice jar, grinning from ear to ear, and choosing so many items that our eyes were blurry... We spent nearly an hour in the store before reluctantly leaving.

The Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Digital Display Center is located at the entrance of the Mogao Grottoes.

There are 2 movies to watch here.

Don't forget to arrive early.

Some friends got off the train at the train station and went directly to Mogao Grottoes on the same day. Because the digital display center is close to the train station, you can choose to walk to the digital display center. It takes about half an hour along the road. I saw a group of people walking away after getting off the train. These people basically went to Mogao Grottoes. Just follow them. If you take a taxi, you can also take a black car or Didi. You can get to the digital display center in about 5 to 6 minutes. The ticket for the Mogao Grottoes Digital Display Center is 50 yuan/person, and the ticket for the Mogao Grottoes is 200 yuan/person (100 yuan/person in the off-season). It turns out that there are separate tickets for the digital center, but who comes all the way to Dunhuang just to see the digital center?

In fact, to visit Mogao Grottoes, you should first visit the Mogao Grottoes Digital Experience Center, which is the beginning of understanding of Mogao Grottoes for people who don't know much about Mogao Grottoes. Only here can you enter Mogao Grottoes and have a superficial understanding of the past and present of Mogao Grottoes.

You cannot watch digital movies without a reservation, which must be made about 30 days in advance.

People come here mainly to exchange tickets and queue up. As far as I can see, I haven't seen many people really watching movies. In fact, watching movies is to evacuate the crowds entering Mogao Grottoes. There are 6,000 reserved tickets, 200 people per show, and one show every 15 minutes. Of course, the architecture is still very distinctive, but there is always a feeling of being too big and useless. Why can't the exhibition center be put together with this place? Taking a round trip can restore some physical strength, so that you can rest a little after visiting Mogao Grottoes and then visit the exhibition center, but now it is very tiring. In fact, this place should be renamed as the evacuation center. Of course, movies are still very good for beginners. Two movies: I think the Millennium Mogao is very average, and the difference is obvious when compared with the Dunhuang documentary. Dream Palace is actually the most worth watching, but I saw that many people just closed their eyes and rested at this time. .

Dream Buddha Palace 3D-izes the seven physical caves of Mogao Grottoes:

285 (The Western Wei Dynasty never opened the Xiu Gu Qing statue, but it is very famous)

428 (The story of Prince Pukusattva of the Northern Zhou Dynasty: Western style of the Northern Zhou Dynasty)

420 (Sui Pu Cave has a higher comprehensive level, 419 427 is similar to this)

220 (Early Tang Dynasty Special Cave Painting Level Super High Original Painting Style)

45 (The best statues are from the Tang Dynasty Caves)

130 (The second largest Buddha in Pu Cave, which will be open to the public in the future, was repainted by the Western Xia Dynasty)

61 (The largest cave with normal structure in the Five Dynasties Wutaishan map)

To sum up: If you see 61 420 428 in Mogao Grottoes, it means you have seen the essence of the general caves and can be compared with the special caves.

Before visiting Mogao Grottoes, I came here to watch two short movies to learn about the history and culture of Mogao Grottoes. The building is very grand and the staff are very standardized and polite. I had a good impression.

I like the appearance of the digital exhibition hall of Mogao Grottoes. The architectural lines are undulating, and the gravel yellow color of the walls perfectly blends into the surrounding scenery and echoes the sand dunes in the distance. The digital exhibition hall of Mogao Grottoes is not in the same place as the caves.

There are many cultural relics exhibitions in the digital display center, as well as some replicas of famous caves. It is recommended to go and see them, which can effectively complement the actual caves and learn more.

Part of the Mogao Grottoes scenic area, the cars are parked at the digital center. After picking up the tickets, tourists will watch two digital movies first, and then be taken to the cave area by a unified scenic area car. Mogao Grottoes is considered to be a relatively conscientious scenic spot in China, with quite good facilities and management, and a good experience.

Before officially visiting Mogao Grottoes, you must come to the digital display center for a lesson of about 40 minutes to learn about the origin of the Silk Road and the history and culture of Mogao Grottoes, showing the influence of Buddhist culture on China and the status of Mogao Grottoes in the world heritage. It is a treasure in Chinese history and culture. The video content is very shocking. A lot of knowledge is rarely mentioned in books. As the saying goes, reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles, you have to go here to learn in detail about the rise and fall of this period of history and the story of its "life" continuation. As a modern Chinese, we should understand the history and culture of our country better. Actively participating in the protection of cultural relics is a mission and responsibility that a Chinese should have. All filming is prohibited during the entire visit.

Mogao Grottoes is not an ordinary tourist attraction. The stories it contains are far more vicissitudes than it looks. Mogao Grottoes, commonly known as the Thousand Buddha Caves, are located in Dunhuang at the western end of the Hexi Corridor. In the second year of the Jianyuan period of the Former Qin Dynasty, the monk Le Zun passed by this mountain and suddenly saw a golden light shining, as if thousands of Buddhas appeared, so he dug the first cave on the rock wall. After that, Zen Master Faliang and others continued to build caves and practice Zen here, which was called "Mogao Grottoes", meaning "the height of the desert". In later generations, because "Mo" and "Mo" are interchangeable, it was renamed "Mogao Grottoes". Standing inside the Mogao Grottoes, you can appreciate the beauty of thousands of years of art from the mottled murals.

Mogao Grottoes is truly a treasure house of art. I participated in a night tour of Mogao Grottoes and would like to share it with fellow travelers!

After entering, you can watch the digital and dome movies about the history of Mogao Grottoes. The quality of the film is very high and the effect is very shocking. After watching, take the shuttle bus to Mogao Grottoes, which takes about 20 minutes.

The movies here are pretty good! Especially the dome movie! But you are not allowed to take photos inside. Well, imagine it, it's the kind of theater where there are pictures in front of you and above your head. It makes me dizzy.

It is still a long way from the physical caves of Mogao Grottoes. After watching, you can take a shuttle bus to the caves. The digital exhibition area plays two movies, "Millennium Mogao" and "Dream Buddha Palace", which introduce the main caves of Mogao Grottoes. They are dome movies, which are very high-tech and three-dimensional. When watching, you can feel the grandeur and extraordinaryness of Mogao Grottoes.

This is the best digital display center I have ever seen. After all, it is in the northwest. It is difficult to get a ticket for Mogao Grottoes during the peak season. You have to buy tickets on the official website or WeChat official website one month in advance. After you get the tickets on site, you will be taken to the digital display center to watch a movie, that is, to understand the visiting process and history first. The staff will broadcast in both Chinese and English, which is more professional and pleasant than the flight attendants. After watching the movie, you will take a comfortable and clean bus to visit the scenic spots of Mogao Grottoes. After arriving at the scenic spot, there will be a professional tour guide to lead the team to explain. The tour guide is also humorous and witty. Even people who have not studied history can understand it. However, it is still recommended to do some history homework before coming. This scenic spot is almost the quietest and best planned scenic spot I have ever seen. The toilets are very clean. There will be no commercial phenomena selling specialties, food and water in the scenic spot. Overall, it is really very humane.

After the train arrived in Dunhuang at 6:20, we went to the Digital Display Center. The staff had not yet come to work, so we waited until about 7:00. The luggage storage staff came to work early to help us store our luggage. However, it is recommended that you consider going to the point in the city to pick up the tickets first and have breakfast. You will still have time to return to the Digital Display Center at 8:00.

The surround screen is really great, it feels like you are there

It's not hard to buy tickets in the off-season. I went there early. I watched two promotional movies before taking a bus to the Mogao Grottoes. One guide led a group of people, and we could see 12 caves in the off-season. Each one was very shocking. The treasures of Chinese art are not covered.

Taking photos is not allowed inside the caves, but there are still many people taking secret photos. Alas... Mogao Grottoes is a must-go, even if there are many people!

Before visiting the Mogao Grottoes, you must watch two films. The first one is an introduction to the history of Dunhuang, and the second one is a 3D theater showing some Buddhist murals in the grottoes. I personally recommend that you watch them carefully! This is more intuitive than listening to the explanations in the grottoes!

Actually, you can go to the digital center to queue up and buy tickets on the spot. At first, the bus driver just dropped us off on the side of the road. We didn't buy tickets. The Internet said that we could only make reservations one day in advance. In addition, a taxi driver passing by said that there were no tickets here, and we could only try our luck at the city's reservation center (fortunately I didn't believe it). I was a little panicked at the moment, thinking that my trip was in vain. Later, I thought it was not reasonable, so I went to the digital center and bought the tickets. Happy! P.S.: Only cash or credit card are allowed.

There was a TV showing content about Dunhuang, which was very informative. After watching the two movies, I got a little understanding of Mogao Grottoes. The wraparound movie made me feel as if I was in an elevator and could touch the murals with my hands. After watching the movie, I felt dizzy and had a motion sickness.

I'm really looking forward to it. When I was making the guide, I could feel that it was an opera worth looking forward to. At 19:30 in the evening, I finally started watching the opera "Seeing Dunhuang Again" directed by Wang Chaoge~ It really shocked me. I once thought that I had traveled back to that era. Whether you are an art student or not, you will like it. It is different from the singing and dancing mode you usually appreciate. Highly recommended, don't miss it if you go to Dunhuang!

To visit the Mogao Grottoes, you need to watch the theme movie "Millennium Mogao" and the dome movie "Dream Buddha Palace" at the digital exhibition center. After the movie, you can take a special line shuttle bus to the Mogao Grottoes area 15 kilometers away.

As I watched a group of buildings suddenly standing on the flat ground, I got closer and closer. The dark yellow color seemed to blend into the ground. This is the Mogao Grottoes Digital Exhibition Center. The interior decoration is very different from the exterior, and it has a sci-fi feel. After watching three movies about Mogao Grottoes, the mysterious Mogao Grottoes gradually unveiled its veil.

If you visit Mogao Grottoes, you must first visit the Mogao Grottoes Digital Display Center. This is also a special arrangement made by the scenic spot to let everyone better understand the history and culture of Mogao Grottoes. Here we watched two short films in total, and the effect was very shocking. Friends who come to Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes for the first time and have not done their homework in advance must cherish this opportunity, and here you can also take photos with the actors in ancient costumes.

There are two introductory movies in the digital center, a connection between the digital center and the scenic area, and a tour of the Mogao Grottoes. We chose the earliest one, so there were almost no people in the Mogao Grottoes scenic area. One movie was on a regular screen and the other was on a dome screen. It mainly introduced the history of Mogao Grottoes and some of the more famous grottoes and artistic features in Mogao Grottoes. Maybe because the theater was too short, I felt a little dizzy when watching the screen, and it was one of the earliest batches, so many tourists fell asleep while watching.

When I booked the tickets before, I was afraid that the train would be delayed, so I booked the 9:15 show. In fact, I could have directly booked the first show at 8:30. I asked the staff, but they said there was no such thing as rebooking. I could only communicate with the staff to see if there were seats left in the previous show and whether I could go in early. But if I did that, I wouldn't be able to choose a good seat to watch the movie.

While waiting to enter, I deposited two large bags at the digital center and bought breakfast at the restaurant inside for two people for 21 yuan. After watching two movies at the digital center, I followed the bus to Mogao Grottoes, which was about a 20-minute drive away.

The performance at the digital center is divided into two parts. The first part is like a movie, and the second part is a dome theater that presents a three-dimensional Dunhuang. The rise of the Silk Road brought Buddhism to China and promoted it. A monk saw the Buddha's light at the location of Mogao Grottoes, and from then on he carved caves to practice. Later, everyone followed suit.

In fact, the most worth watching is the dome movie at the end, which has a naked-eye 3D effect and shows some real scenes of our caves in three dimensions, as if they were right in front of you, and clearer than seeing them in person!

Before going to Mogao Grottoes, you need to buy tickets at the digital center, then go in and queue up to watch two films, "Millennium Mogao" and "Dream Buddha Palace", and then go out and queue up to take the bus to Mogao Grottoes. The performance venue of "Seeing Dunhuang Again" is located next to this.

The Mogao Grottoes Digital Exhibition Center is the place to watch movies and buy tickets before going to the physical caves.

Tickets are collected at the Mogao Grottoes Digital Display Center. After collecting tickets, first watch a short film about Mogao Grottoes at the digital display center. After the film is finished, go out from the last row exit to the dome theater at the back. If you go early, it is best to sit in the back row so that you can sit in the middle and back position in the dome theater. The dome theater introduces the key grottoes in Mogao Grottoes. It looks very shocking, and it feels like watching in an enlarged version of the grottoes. After watching the dome, go out and take the scenic area special bus to Mogao Grottoes. There are guides to explain the caves, but each team only opens 8 caves, 4 fixed caves, fixed caves include Cave 158 Nirvana Cave, Cave 96 Nine-story Building, Cave 17 Sutra Cave and Cave 16 outside the Sutra Cave, and 4 randomly opened caves. One of the random caves has a cave about the Nine-Colored Deer, which is also better. Other better caves include Cave 45 and Cave 196, but they are not open. Some caves were restored during the Qing Dynasty, but they were terrible after the restoration. It is said that they were restored in imitation of Cixi's long face, and the colors are bright and frivolous, making them look like opera singers.

PS.: To get to Mogao Grottoes, you can only take the scenic area special bus from the digital display center, you cannot drive yourself.

It's really good. The ancients were really great. It's great.

There is a replica cave, you can take a closer look, it is similar to the actual cave, the actual one is not clear, you can take a look here

It is equivalent to the visitor center of Mogao Grottoes. If you book tickets online, you can watch feature films and dome movies here, just like a medium-sized cinema.

The two films are the theme film "Millennium Mogao" and the dome film "Dream Buddha Palace".

Mr. Zha's focus and opinions when watching movies are still different from those of ordinary people.

In the film, a naked white camel stood out. When it was pointed out to him, he commented seriously that it must have been sunburned.

The faces of the Buddha statues on the murals have turned black due to age. I felt so sorry for them, and he added that they must have forgotten to apply sunscreen. How disrespectful!

I think it must be the strong ultraviolet rays in the desert that left him with a deep psychological trauma.

I didn’t expect that when I went back to the hotel and asked the owner, I learned that the hairless camel was actually exposed to the sun and lost its hair! Suddenly I felt that I shouldn’t have refuted him at that time.

The dome movie was so good that it felt like you were there. Later, I asked the guide and learned that the second largest Buddha in the Mogao Grottoes that appeared in the film had skin peeling due to a disease on its face. It was currently under repair and could not be opened to the public. It was estimated that the repair time would be about 10-20 years. I gasped after hearing this. I suddenly felt very fortunate that I was able to shoot this film when it was relatively intact.

I once heard that the Mogao Grottoes were going to promote digitization, and maybe I wouldn’t be able to see the real thing in the future. But at that moment, I sincerely hoped that digitization would develop faster, so that the damage to the cultural relics caused by visiting the physical caves could be reduced, and we could also see and understand more content.

After the movie, we drove to the caves.

This is the place to get tickets and watch movies at the Mogao Grottoes. It's very orderly.

There are two must-see short films before going to Mogao Grottoes. Both are about Dunhuang. I think this job is very well done! The film is also very well shot! There is also a dome theater later. It's super cool. The screen surrounds your entire field of vision and head hahahaha.

The dome movie in the digital display center is good, and it feels like an immersive 4D movie. As a means of reasonably guiding tourists to relieve the scenic area, it is very clever.

There is a 360-degree panoramic spherical screen and two theaters.

Before visiting Mogao Grottoes, you must first pick up your ticket at the Digital Display Center. Watch two movies. One in 3D and one in a dome, introducing the history of Mogao Grottoes. Worth watching. No photography allowed inside.

After exchanging tickets at the digital center, I went in and watched two movies. One movie talked about the thousand-year history of Mogao Grottoes, and the other movie showed several caves. Under the dome, the statues and murals right in front of me were shocking.

After lunch, we took a taxi to the Mogao Grottoes Digital Display Center (there are also buses, 3 yuan), and picked up tickets at the ticket office (Mogao Grottoes has limited flow, tickets need to be booked online in advance, and student tickets are 50 yuan in the off-season). Everyone took photos outside for a while and then went in. The tour process is to watch a movie first (40 minutes), and then take the scenic shuttle bus to see the physical caves (about 2 hours). The digital movie "Millennium Mogao" mainly introduces the origins of Dunhuang and Mogao Grottoes, and the dome movie "Dream Buddha Palace" shows the murals and Buddha statues in the caves. This arrangement is also more reasonable. First, you have an understanding, and then you go to visit, and you will feel more deeply. Outside the physical caves, headsets will be distributed uniformly, and about 25 people will be equipped with one guide, and then the guide will open the door of the cave one by one and lead us to visit. There are few people in the off-season, and you can visit 12 caves, and you can generally only visit 8 in the peak season. Judging from the points mentioned by the guide, the protection of the caves is done very carefully. In order to avoid damaging the cultural relics, photography is not allowed in the caves, which is good, as it allows us to calm down, listen carefully to the history and culture of Buddhism, and feel the charm of the Buddha statues and murals. In fact, I don’t believe in these, but listening to the explanations and looking at the beautiful murals and exquisite Buddha statues, I can’t help but be touched.

The Mogao Grottoes Digital Center is a must-see when visiting the Mogao Grottoes. Its main function is to watch digital dome movies that introduce the history of Dunhuang and Mogao Grottoes. The viewing time is about 40 minutes.

A must-visit place for visiting Mogao Grottoes, where you can better understand the history of Dunhuang and clearly appreciate the murals in the caves. There is a leisure area in the center where you can sit down and surf the Internet, which is quite modern.

The dome movie is really shocking, as if you are there!

The "Digital Exhibition Center" shows two films, both of which are 20 minutes long. There are many screenings a day, and the service staff will arrange and guide them reasonably. "Millennium Mogao" presents the historical and cultural background of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes for more than 1,600 years, and "Dream Buddha Palace" is an ultra-high-definition digital dome movie, which is very shocking and shows several of the most valuable classic oil caves. It is worth seeing. It is not only a popularization of knowledge for viewing the real objects, but also makes up for the regret of the limited opening of the cave kilns.

The complete 360-degree mural display is very shocking. I was still not satisfied after watching it. The feeling of entering the cave to watch it immediately was very different.

The "Mogao Grottoes" scenic area is divided into two parts. Visitors must first go to the "Mogao Grottoes Digital Display Center" opposite the Dunhuang Railway Station to buy tickets, watch two 20-minute movies here, and have a general understanding of the "Mogao Grottoes". Then you can take the scenic bus directly to the "Mogao Grottoes" scenic area and visit the entity of the "Mogao Grottoes". After the tour, take the scenic bus back to the "Mogao Grottoes Digital Display Center".

You have to go. The trip to the scenic spot starts from here. I was shocked after seeing it. It is better than seeing the real scene, especially the dome movie, which is a must-see.

I exchanged my tickets at the ticket office and went in to watch the digital movie. There are ordinary screening rooms and spherical screening rooms. I watched the introduction of Mogao Grottoes step by step. I tried to enter as early as possible. The effect of sitting in a good seat was really good. I went late and sat in the front. I was so tired that I had to raise my head too high. The spherical screening room was quite shocking. The 3D restored the scenes of several Mogao Grottoes rooms, making people feel like they were there. The screening time was about 45 minutes. After watching, I went to the parking lot and took the shuttle bus to Mogao Grottoes. It arrived in about ten minutes.

Before going to Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, you can first visit here. There are two halls, the 3D Hall and the Dome Hall. For a total of 40 minutes, relevant information about the Mogao Grottoes will be shown in advance in the form of audio and video. After the viewing, you can take the bus from the Digital Display Center to the Mogao Grottoes.

In order to divert and popularize knowledge, there are mainly two movies. The first one is ordinary, and the second one is a dome movie because it is fresh and interesting. You can't take pictures in both movies. After leaving the digital center, there will be a bus to take you to Mogao Grottoes for free. The overall construction here is good and grand, but there are still many people.

I have to say that Mogao Grottoes is the most disgusting attraction I have ever visited. The number of tickets is confusing, the purchase procedures are complicated, and the time and address of the ticket reservation center are confusing. I have been to more than 20 5A-level scenic spots, and I have never had such a ticketing system. On the grounds of protecting cultural relics, the number of tickets is actually not controlled at all, which increases the burden on tourists for no reason. To be honest, to come to such a remote place like Dunhuang, everyone has come from a long distance and has worked hard. The journey is long, and who can accurately determine the time and make reservations in advance? Emergency tickets are designed to deal with this situation, but they are complicated to buy. The city of Dunhuang was built based on the Mogao Grottoes to be as prosperous as it is now. I can't see any respect and friendliness from the locals to tourists, and I can't see any gratitude to the tourism industry. I really won't come again in the future, and I will never recommend others to come.

The entire hall is clearly laid out and fully equipped, especially the restroom, which is clean and tidy. The picture quality and sound effects of the cinema are excellent.

The current visiting procedure for Mogao Grottoes is to collect tickets at the digital center half an hour in advance, watch two movies, and then visit Mogao Grottoes.

It costs 15 yuan to take a taxi from downtown Dunhuang to the Digital Center, and it takes about 15 minutes.

The exterior of the Digital Center is desert yellow. Because there are two theaters showing dome movies, you can see two yellow spheres from afar, like two pearls in the sand dunes. In addition to the theaters, there are also restaurants and shopping malls.

You need an ID card to collect the ticket. There is an automatic ticket machine, and you can also buy tickets on the spot. It seems that these are only emergency tickets. It is recommended that you make an appointment online for safety.

According to the appointment time, I watched 2 movies, one was an introduction to Mogao Grottoes, about 20 minutes, and the other was a dome movie, introducing several caves that I would visit later, including Cave 254 of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Cave 61 of the Five Dynasties, Mount Wutai, Cave 130 of the Tang Dynasty, Cave 419 of the Sui Dynasty, one Buddha, two disciples, two Bodhisattvas, etc., Cave 103 of the Tang Dynasty, Vimalakirti Sutra Transformation, etc., also about 20 minutes. The cartoon Nine-Colored Deer, also known as the Deer King's previous life, which I watched when I was a child, was not introduced, maybe because my artistic level was not high enough.

It is recommended that you sit a little further back, on the sides, when watching the first movie, because the subsequent dome movies will start from here and move backwards. This way, you will be able to sit in the middle when watching the dome movie. Watching the dome movie on the sides will give you a distorted feeling.

I have to say that the current protection, research and supporting facilities of Mogao Grottoes have been quite poor, especially the dome movie is great! Enter the digital display center on time, enter with tickets, and watch two movies first. The first one, "Millennium Mogao", introduces you to the origin of Mogao Grottoes, similar to the kind of ordinary movie theaters, with good screen and sound effects. The second one, "Dream Buddha Palace", is just one word "praise" for the dome exhibition hall. Lying on a chair, watching the big Buddhas right in front of you, so grand and so realistic. It is said that special technical means are used to completely replicate the real scene in Mogao Grottoes. Taking pictures is prohibited. The souvenir shop of the Mogao Grottoes Digital Display Center is still worth visiting. Some of the goods in it are worth having. It is really good to give it to friends. It is recommended to go to the exhibition center early.

The whole visit was well organized, you can watch two movies, and there is also a nice souvenir shop inside.