General 

A Short History of the Silk Road -- Caravans and Trade Routes -- Religion and Art -- The Fall of the Silk Road -- Facts for the Traveller -- Getting There -- Visas and Customs -- Itineraries: Organized Tours and Independent Travel -- Getting Around -- Transportation -- By Air -- By Rail -- By Road -- Health and Altitude -- Climate and Clothing -- Money and Costs -- Accommodation -- Food and Drink -- Habits, Customs and Culture -- Time and Communications -- Holidays -- Red Tape -- The Chinese Language -- Explanation of Pinyin -- Vocabulary -- Shaanxi Province -- Xi'an -- City Sights -- City Walls and Gates -- Bell Tower -- Drum Tower -- Great Mosque -- Shaanxi Provincial Museum -- National Museum of Shaanxi History -- Little Goose Pagoda and Da Jianfu Temple -- Big Goose Pagoda and Da Ci'en Temple -- Sights Around Xi'an -- East of Xi'an -- Banpo Museum -- Huaqing Hot Springs -- Qin Terracotta Army Museum -- Tomb of Qin Shihuangdi -- West of Xi'an -- Tomb of Emperor Han Wudi -- Tomb of Huo Qubing -- Imperial Tombs of the Tang Dynasty -- South of Xi'an -- Temple of Flourishing Teaching -- Straw Hut Temple -- Xi'an to Baoji -- Gansu Province -- Tianshui -- Lanzhou -- Sights -- Gansu Provincial Museum -- Parks -- Binglingsi Thousand Buddha Caves -- Lanzhou Practical Information -- Southern Gansu -- Dongxiang Autonomous County -- Linxia -- Sights -- Bei Dajie -- Hong Yuan -- Wan Shou (Longlife) Taoist Temple -- Lianhua Mountain -- Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture -- Xiahe -- Sights -- Labrang Monastery.

Hezuo -- Sights -- Hexi Corridor -- Wuwei -- Sights -- Kumarajiva Pagoda -- Haizang Temple -- Leitai Han Tomb -- Wuwei Museum -- Dayun Temple and Bell Tower -- Yongchang -- Shandan -- Zhangye -- Sights -- Giant Buddha Temple -- Horse's Hoof Monastery -- Jiuquan -- Sights -- Jiuquan Museum -- Jiuquan Yuan -- Wenshushan Caves -- Jiayuguan -- Jiayuguan Pass -- Jiayuguan to Dunhuang -- Anxi -- Dunhuang -- Sights -- Mogao Caves -- Mingsha Sand Dunes and Crescent Lake -- Dunhuang County Museum -- White Horse Dagoba -- Yumenguan and Yangguan Passes -- Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region -- Anxi to Hami -- Hami -- Sights -- Tombs of the Hami Kings -- Gai Si's Tomb -- Hami Cultural Office Museum -- Lafuqueke -- Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture -- Yining -- Yining Practical Information -- Qapqal Xibo Autonomous County -- Huocheng County -- Sayram Lake. 

336 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 21 cm. 

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