Is Dunhuang a desert oasis?

Yes, in the late Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty gradually recovered the vast areas outside Jiayuguan. In the third year of Yongzheng (1725), Shazhouwei was established in Dunhuang, and 2,400 households from all over Gansu began to immigrate to Dunhuang for reclamation and settlement. At the same time, a large number of soldiers and civilians in Shazhou area moved to Turpan and Lop Nur. At the end of Yongzheng, there were more than 65,438+10,000 mu of cultivated land in Shazhou, and the Danghe River was irrigated by 10 canals. Agriculture was quickly restored and developed, forming the Gobi oasis in the west of Hexi Corridor. Dunhuang is an ancient historical and cultural city, the hometown of flying art and the temple of Buddhist art, and is known as "Gobi Oasis" and "Pearl of the West".