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What's the matter with the closure of Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang? Emergency plan for Mogao Grottoes

According to the official microblog of the Mogao Grottoes visit booking website, affected by heavy rainfall, there is a lot of water and humidity in the Mogao Grottoes area, and the Daquan River in front of the grottoes floods, causing the road 9 kilometers from the Mogao Grottoes digital exhibition center to the Mogao Grottoes area to be washed away, and the only road to the grottoes area to be interrupted. At present, it is under urgent repair. After monitoring, the safety of cultural relics has not been affected. At present, tourism reception is suspended, and road repair is still in progress. So,

Mogao Grottoes was built in 366 ad, located at the western end of the Hexi corridor. The local climate of drought and little rain is an important reason why this cultural treasure house has been preserved for thousands of years. According to the notice, in order to ensure the safety of cultural relics and tourists in the cave area, the Mogao Grottoes Opening Management Committee of Dunhuang research institute decided to suspend the opening of Mogao Grottoes on July 7, 2019, and launched the emergency plan for the suspension of cave opening:

1. If you book today's (July 7) a / B / C class tickets, the non issued orders will be charged back;

2. For those who have already issued tickets, please handle the service of free refund at the window;

3. The specific opening hours will be notified according to the weather conditions and road repair conditions.

According to reports, those who book tickets for the 7th day of the Mogao Grottoes will be refunded without handling charges if they are not issued. Tourists who have already issued tickets need to handle the business of refund without handling charges at the window. The specific opening time of Mogao Grottoes will be announced separately according to weather conditions and road restoration.

In addition, the sister grottoes of the Mogao Grottoes, Yulin grottoes, were temporarily closed due to rainfall. On the same day, the Yulin Grottoes Cultural Relics Protection Research Institute announced that due to the impact of rainfall, the humidity in Yulin Grottoes was relatively high, and cliff rocks fell from time to time. In order to protect the safety of cultural relics and tourists, Yulin grottoes were closed on the 7th.

According to Xinhua, the weather bureau of Dunhuang city said that due to the cold trough in Xinjiang, precipitation occurred in Dunhuang from 10:00 on the 6th to 9:00 on the 7th, with precipitation of 40.4 mm in Mogao Grottoes, Xinhua reported.

Luo Huaqing, vice president of Dunhuang Research Institute, said that Daquan River is a river near the Mogao Grottoes, and the nearest place is less than 100 meters away from the caves. The mountain torrent discharged at 0:00 on the 7th, and the maximum discharge was at 1:00, reaching about 250 cubic meters per second. About 10 kilometers away from the Mogao Grottoes, the connection between the bridge and the road was broken. This road is the only road leading to the Mogao Grottoes in the urban area of Dunhuang. After monitoring, the safety of Mogao Grottoes cultural relics has not been affected.

Luo Huaqing said sandstorm and rainfall were the two main reasons for the temporary closure of the Mogao Grottoes, which were mainly to ensure the safety of cultural relics and tourists. In the past, it was mostly rainstorm, and the continuous rainfall for more than 10 hours was rare.