An historical Buddhist oasis in the middle of the Gobi Desert.
Crescent Moon Lake, also known as Yueyaquan, is a spring in the middle of the Gobi Desert so named because of its crescent shape. It is positioned approximately four miles south of Dunhuang city in Western China, amidst a bleak landscape of desert dunes. At one time this region was the main gateway between the historic boundaries of China and the Western world. Now it stands as a beautiful and unique reminder of the way things once were.
