Mutou Valley
| Mutou Valley | |||
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| Simplified Chinese | 木头沟 | ||
| Traditional Chinese | 木頭溝 | ||
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The Mutou Valley is located in the Flaming Mountains, near the ancient oasis city of Gaochang on the rim of the Taklamakan Desert in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. Under a cliff in the Mutou Valley is located the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves, a complex of Buddhist caves temples dating from the 5th to the 9th centuries.