Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves, Xinjiang Uygur, China

4.0 (146 reviews) Wednesday: 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM Spent Ranking #3 in Turpan Points of Interest & Landmarks • Caverns & Caves

Nice to see the mountains around

Time have passed and not much are left to be seen but I enjoyed walking there. I prefer this more than the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang. In Bezeklik, some rooms were opened for visitors to view, some were locked. It was a very nice visit for the views around. Easy to go from Turpan town by taxi.
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Address

Shengjin Country, Turpan 838000 China

Working hours

Monday : 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Tuesday : 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Wednesday : 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Thursday : 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Friday : 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Saturday : 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Sunday : 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM

Current local date and time now

Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 9:51

User Ratings

4.0 based on (146 reviews)

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Reviews

  • 4Timothy D 5:00 PM Oct 5, 2019
    Beautiful place and worth the stop
    The drive alone up to the site is beautiful as the road meanders up a desert valley. Although many of the paintings were vandalized and destroyed in the caves, enough is still left to make the site interesting and worth a visit. I don’t have any pictures from inside the caves as photographs were not allowed there.
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  • 4Michaela F 5:00 PM Dec 10, 2015
    Small insight into the origins of Buddhism.
    This may seem a little out of the way for those staying in Urumqi, but it's a great place to go if you're interested in gazing upon ancient artwork / murals. There are only a small number of caves open to the public, which are constantly guarded, so you don't need to spend a huge amount of time there and many of the murals have either been destroyed or defaced. However, some the images that they have managed to salvage are still so full of colour that when you walk through each one it is easy to imagine what they would have looked like in their full glory. Plus, you get to journey through the infamous Flaming Mountain to get there - well worth it.

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