Crescent Spring - Yueyaquan

Yueyaquan, Mingsha Crescent Spring scenic area is located at the western end of Hexi Corridor of Gansu Province, Dunhuang City, 5 kilometers southwest (coordinates: latitude 40 degrees 05 '11.98 ", east longitude 94 degrees 40' 9.99"), 7 km south of Mingsha mountain in. Since the Han Dynasty as one of the "eight Dunhuang", named "Yue Quan Xiao che".

Yueyaquan is about 100 meters long from north to south, east-west width of 25 meters, East West light spring water, the depth of about 5 meters, curved crescent, hence the name, "the first spring of desert" . 

The name 'Crescent Spring' comes from a legend, when the Monk Tang on his way to Dunhuang, because it is the boundless desert, no water, no food, the white dragon horse is dead, Tang's is about to fall his journey, Mercy Buddha saw this , in order to wish him success, she drip a drop from a bottle, the moment in the vast desert appeared a crescent like spring, there is a herbal medicine near spring can cure all diseases, Monk Tang and the horse got saved and continued on with their trip to west, the Crescent Spring has survived until today.

Crescent Spring is surrounded by high mountains, there is a crescent shaped lake in the middle. There is a strange phenomenon, because the wind blow from the ground of the mountain to the mountain hills, so Crescent Spring will never be buried by the sand.

Reference: http://baike.baidu.com/subview/20508/5134485.htm

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