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Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Spring 3-Day Play Guide: Super Exciting Starry Sky Concert!

🌟 **Itinerary Highlights** **𝐃𝐚𝐲 1: First Experience in Dunhuang** ✅ **Shazhou Night Market**: Eat as soon as you land! 🍢 Grilled lamb hooves + Li Guang dried apricots to fill your stomach~ ✅ **Stay in the city**: Choose Dunhuang International Hotel (about 500 RMB/night), with a Feitian mural theme that’s super atmospheric🏺 **𝐃𝐚𝐲 2: Art + Desert Carnival** ⛰️ **Mogao Caves**: ⚠️ Book Class A tickets 7 days in advance (includes 8 common caves + movie)! Listen to millennia-old stories with a guide📿️ 🌙 **Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Spring**: 👉 Tickets 110 RMB, **face recognition for unlimited entry for 3 days**! Go in the evening to shoot the "Fat Crescent"🌙 (water level has risen in recent years, making the spring shape rounder) 👉 Must-try activities↓ 🐫 **Camel riding** 100 RMB/person (photo with camel handler costs extra 20 RMB, can refuse) 🛹 **Sandboarding** 15 RMB/time (board rental price, scream alert!) 🎤 **Overnight surprise**: Starry sky concert for thousands💥 Glow sticks + drone flying show, atmosphere is explosive!📸️ (summer only) **𝐃𝐚𝐲 3: West Line Time Travel** 🚗 Private car tour (400-600 RMB/day) → 🌵 **Yangguan Pass**: Climb the gate tower and sigh "No old friends westward" 🏯 **Yumen Pass**: See the desolate ruins of the Han Great Wall 👹 **Yadan Devil City**: Shoot epic wind-eroded sunset photos🌅 --- ### 🚗 **Transport + Accommodation Tips** ✈️ Major transport: ✅ Direct flight to Dunhuang Mogao Airport is fastest 🚕 In the city: Taxi starting fare to scenic spots (Middle Gate entrance is closest!) 🏨 Accommodation near Mingsha Mountain: ✅ Mingsha Mountain Town Inn (400-800 RMB), open the window to see the sand dunes⛺️, super convenient for sunrise/starry sky viewing! --- ### 🍜 **Food Highlights** 🔥 **Braised Hu Sheep Pancake**: Tender lamb + dough soaking up the juice, so delicious you’ll lick the plate! 🍹 **Apricot Peel Water**: Look for Liu Hongxing intangible cultural heritage version! Iced, sweet and sour, perfect for cooling down🧊 🍉 **Avoid traps**: At the scenic spot entrance fruit stalls, choose large boxes (10 RMB/3 boxes), small boxes won’t fill the gap between teeth --- ### ⚠️ **Pitfall Avoidance Guide** 1️⃣ **Shoe cover trick**: Rent outside the scenic spot for 5 RMB/time, inside 20 RMB! Buy stylish ones online in advance for better photos📸️ 2️⃣ **Camel photo fees**: If the camel handler offers to help take photos, ask first if there’s a charge! (20 RMB/person is common) 3️⃣ **Sun and sand protection**: ☀️ UV is very strong! Full gear with sunscreen + sunglasses + face mask 📱 Put your phone in a **waterproof and sandproof bag** (sand in the lens means costly repairs) 4️⃣ **Avoid peak times**: ⏰ Less crowded and cooler before 7 AM / after 6 PM, no background blocking for flying photos! 🌡️ Day-night temperature difference is 15℃! Layer thin down jacket + short sleeves, always reliable --- > 🌠 Lie on the sand dune top waiting for the Milky Way to rise✨, listen to thousands singing echoing across the desert🎤 > Hear camel bells, watch the "Fat Crescent" reflect two thousand years of moonlight🌙 > At this moment, Dunhuang is not a destination, it is the shape of freedom💫 #DesertStarrySkyConcert #FlyingPhotoGuide #NorthwestTravelTips
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