Dunhuang, Gansu

China

Dunhuang, Gansu shares 158 connections with 2695 other places across 23 topics, concentrated in history, religion, art, and Silk Road trade. The Mogao Caves became a place of worship and pilgrimage along the Silk Road, where Christian, Jewish, and Manichaean artifacts were found alongside Buddhist use. Buddhist communities arrived from the west as early as the 1st century, tying Dunhuang closely to India and neighboring Xinjiang. Its connections also reach into Tang and Ming dynasty history and Chinese astronomical traditions including the Dunhuang Star Chart.