Xi'an to Dunhuang and Urumqi's train is now open, after everyone traveled to play is certainly more convenient, but we still first understand these cities a **** is what attractions, the following is a detailed description of the attractions.
Station and departure timeTwo days ago, Xi'an to Urumqi, Xi'an to Dunhuang, the official opening of the train!
Here is a brief background knowledge, every quarter the train operation map will be adjusted in some way.
On October 11 at 00:00, the National Railway implemented the fourth quarter of the train operating map, the new map arranged to run a further increase in the number of trains than the third quarter.
Which Xi'an to Urumqi, Xi'an to Dunhuang two train sets is the first time!
Since then, the running time from Xi'an to Urumqi has been compressed from about 31 hours to 13 hours, while Xi'an to Dunhuang has been compressed from 23 hours to 11 hours!!!!
The real realization of the two places between the night and day, the ride time is greatly reduced ~
Xi'an to Urumqi train, starting from Xi'an, via Baoji, Tianshui, Lanzhou, Xining, Jiayuguan, Hami and other places, and finally arrived in Urumqi. (Second-class ticket price of 735.5 yuan)
Spanning four provinces, all the way across the fresh and natural, colorful landscape of the Great Northwest.
And the train from Xi'an to Dunhuang passes through Baoji, Tianshui, Lanzhou, Xining, Zhangye, Jiayuguan, Yumen and other places, and ends in Dunhuang. (Second-class ticket price 523.5 yuan)
There is no shortage of niche and wonderful destinations on the way, and there is scenery whenever you get off the train.
Introduction of attractionsXi'an
Xi'an, anciently known as Chang'an, has been the capital of emperors and kings since ancient times, and the precipitation and heritage of the Chinese nation for thousands of years still continues quietly here.
Some people say that in Xi'an, if you dig down to any place, you may find a pile of Qin bricks and Han tiles. Although this is a bit exaggerated, Xi'an, as an ancient capital, is indeed rich in historical relics and cultural relics.
The city, which has seen the rise and fall of 13 dynasties, is like a giant museum.
Whether it's the Terracotta Warriors, one of the eight wonders of the world, the ancient city walls that have survived the vicissitudes of time, or the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which once housed the scriptures of the celestial Buddha?
The bricks and tiles left behind by the ancients all reveal the historical heritage.
Since ancient times, Xi'an has had a lot of famous chefs serving the dignitaries, and through the inheritance, the unique northwest flavor has been formed.
The most representative food here is a variety of snacks, meat buns, cold skin, mutton buns, noodles? Each of them makes diners savor the taste of the past.
From morning to night, a steady stream of century-old and up-and-coming snack bars are filled with tourists and locals alike.
Tianshui
Tianshui, anciently known as Qinzhou, is located in the eastern part of Gansu province, east of the Longshan Mountains, which is why the area of Qingyang, Pingliang and Tianshui is also called Longdong.
Compared with Hexi and Gannan, Longdong is not considered to be a crowded place in Gansu Province, but because of the road from Xi'an to Lanzhou, the Silk Road town.
Tianshui has a lot of different qualities from the rest of Gansu, it is not so northwestern, four seasons, pleasant climate, rich in produce, known as the "Northwest small Jiangnan".
The terraced fields and mountains along the way look green, and the weather is much warmer in the fall than elsewhere in Gansu.
Tianshui is still a charming old city, with the "Maiji Smoke and Rain" as its most famous feature.
When you visit the famous Maiji Mountain Grottoes, if it's raining lightly, a light mist hangs over the mountain and the peaks loom large, giving you a sense of beauty.
In addition, the Dadiwan site preserves a large number of treasures of the early Neolithic and Yangshao culture; the only statue of Fuxi in Tianshui Fuxi Temple, carved beams and painted buildings, cypresses into the forest.
Lanzhou
As the capital of Gansu Province and the center of the northwest region, Lanzhou's transportation status is very important: Dunhuang in the north, Gannan in the south, Xining in the west, and Yinchuan in the east, which can be said that it is a must-passing place for traveling to the west.
The Yellow River runs endlessly, flowing through Lanzhou from west to east, sandwiching it between the north and south mountains, making it a long and narrow city extending east to west.
In terms of tourist attractions, the most prominent is the "Hundred Mile Yellow River Style Line" along the Yellow River: Zhongshan Bridge, Waterwheel Park, the statue of the Yellow River Mother, as well as the night view of the White Pagoda Mountain at night, are all sights you can't miss when you come to Lanzhou.
The Yellow River, which flows into the distance day and night, has made Lanzhou a city of "nature".
The rolling turbid waves and the sound of the waves not only nourish the water and soil of Lanzhou, but also create the bold and rough character of the people of Lanzhou, and the city is getting warmer and richer because of the Yellow River.
Lanzhou is the famous "town of fruits and melons", travel to Lanzhou in the fall is the most appropriate, fruit harvest, enough to make people eat.
In addition, the Eid al-Fitr festival on October 1 (May 23, 2020 and May 13, 2021) is quite distinctive, and many tourists will gather in Lanzhou, which is very lively.
Xining
Xining, known as Huangzhong in ancient times, is an ancient highland city with a history of more than 2,100 years.
Xining was once the base of the Western Han general Zhao Chongguo's cantonment, a thoroughfare of the Silk Road and the Qinghai Road, an important town communicating between the Central Plains and the western borderlands, and also a place where the Tangfan Ancient Road had to pass through in history.
Today, Xining City is the end point of the Lanzhou-Qingdao Railway, the starting point of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway and the Qinghai-Tibet Highway, and is still the main transportation hub to the hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Xining is surrounded by mountains, and has a pleasant climate with no severe cold in winter and no scorching heat in summer. In summer, it is cool and breezy, as cool as autumn, and is a natural summer resort.
For many travelers, Xining is used as a transportation hub to Ta'er Temple, Qinghai Lake or along the Qinghai-Tibet line into Tibet, and then run to Lhasa after gradually adapting to the west.
But there are still places worth stopping in Xining: the Tal Temple, the Dongguan Mosque, the Beizen Temple, the Nanzen Temple?
A religious temple dotted in and around the city, a fine taste to see the collision of ethnic integration, or go to Nanshan Park to see the night view of Xining, or go to the museum to see the pulse of the development of the city.
Zhangye
Zhangye is located in northwestern Gansu Province, 547km from Lanzhou, is one of the four counties in the Hexi Corridor in ancient times, formerly known as "Ganzhou".
Geographic location: west of Jiuquan, Jiayuguan, east of Wuwei, and Wuwei, known as "gold Zhangye, silver Wuwei", to the north to reach the Batangilin Desert into the Inner Mongolia, to the south over the Qilian Mountains can be to Qinghai.
Zhangye's famous because of the Danxia landforms, Danxia is famous because Zhang Yimou shot a movie here -- "three shots". Zhangye Danxia on the color of the country for the first class, after the rain to appreciate the particularly romantic.
In addition to the Danxia, another must-see attraction in Zhangye is the Horseshoe Temple at the foot of the Qilian Mountains, which has open forested meadows, beautiful natural scenery, and is home to 90 percent of the Yugu ethnic group, who can sing and dance.
As the saying goes, "If you don't want to see the snow on the Qilian Mountains, you'd be wrong to think of Zhangye as Jiangnan", and when you come to Zhangye, you'll find that the rugged Northwest has a softer side as well.
Jiayuguan Pass
Here is the main transportation route of the ancient Silk Road, Zhang Qian had brought a caravan of camels loaded with silk, slowly westward.
Here is the western starting point of the Great Wall of China in the Ming Dynasty. In ancient times, after Jiayuguan Pass, it was the vast Gobi, bidding farewell to the native land of the Central Plains and entering the barbaric land.
Today's Jiayuguan, the immigrant city developed by Jiu Gang, has gathered people from Northeast China, Sichuan, Henan, Gansu and other places, bringing infinite vitality to this new city.
Jiayuguan seldom becomes a major itinerary point on the Gansu-Qinghai circuit, mostly serving as a stopover between Dunhuang-Zhangye.
There are few attractions in Jiayuguan, with the main attraction expanding on the culture of the Jiayuguan Pass. The First Pier of the Great Wall is north of Jiayuguan City, while the Cantilevered Great Wall and the Pass City are west of the city.
The magnificent and majestic Qiyi Glacier, the gentle South Lake Wetland Park, the mysterious Wei and Jin Dynasty tomb murals and the sizable monolithic wine cellar in the Zixuan Wine Manor are all worth seeing.
Dunhuang
Mentioning Dunhuang, many people's minds will come up with the impression of the yellow sand in the sky, the Mogao Caves "flying sky" and the ancient Buddha, the strong Western style, and the cool Gobi.
While the light of Dunhuang has gradually disappeared into history, the splendor of this place is still visible.
"Dunhuang," which originally meant "grand," is a word that highlights its illustrious past. Located at the westernmost tip of the Hexi Corridor, Dunhuang was a famous town on the ancient Silk Road.
Historically, it was the only passage from the Central Plains to the Western Regions and even Europe, the confluence of the four ancient civilizations of China, India, Greece, and Islam, and the stage on which the peoples of the Western Regions gathered and dispersed, full of exotic flavors and ancient legends.
Sealed in history, the Mogao Grottoes, known as the "Art Museum of the Desert" and the "Spiritual Oasis of Art and Faith," are the biggest reason for most travelers to visit Dunhuang.
The Mogao Grottoes are the world's largest and richest Buddhist art site, and are known as a "once-in-a-lifetime" place because of their deep history, brilliant culture, high artistic achievements and devout faith.
Besides, the oasis of Lunar Spring surrounded by the Mingsha Mountain, the desolate desert of the western Gobi, the silent Buddha in the Western Thousand Buddha Cave, the strange Yadan "Devil City" ......
The Yumen Pass and Yangguan Pass in poetry and song, the fruits and wines of Dunhuang, and the golden yellow poplar forests in the fall?
All these depict the legendary posture of Dunhuang. This once-flamboyant desert is still brimming with color.
Hami
If you're traveling on the Xi'an-Urumqi train, you'll come to Hami after leaving Jiayuguan and passing through Liuyuan South Station.
Hami, located in the eastern part of Xinjiang, is the gateway to the mainland, an oasis in the desert with sweet cantaloupes and grapes.
Come to Hami and don't miss the Devil City in Wubao, the grassland scenery in Baishi, and the hissing of ten thousand people in Mingsha Mountain.
You can also visit the Tomb of Hui Wang, the Tomb of Gai Si, the Ancient Tomb Complex of Wubao, the Temple of Tianshan, the Petroglyphs of Qincheng, Miaolgou, the Memorial Park of the West Road Army's Advancement into Xinjiang, and the Martyrs' Cemetery.
The ancient monument of King Hami's Tomb in the south of the city and the peculiar Yadan landforms here add another mystery to Hami.
Urumqi
Urumqi, located in the northern foothills of the middle Tianshan Mountains and the southern edge of the Junggar Basin, is the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Urumqi is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with a gently open plain in the north, the peaks of Mount Bogda and Mount Dongshan in the east, and Mount Xishan and Mount Tengel nestled in the west and south, respectively.
Just as every book has a preface, Urumqi is the preface to the whole of Xinjiang - it's not the best part, but it's the "preface" to start with, no matter where you're headed.
The Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar is by far the largest in the country, with a dazzling array of goods and a square full of Xinjiang songs and dances.
Tianshan Tianchi is a half-moon shaped lake on the north side of Bogda Peak on Tianshan Mountain, as well as the Yaochi of the legendary Queen Mother and the location of the story "Seven Swords Descend on Tianshan" written by Liang Yusheng.
The crystalline jade-like lake reflects Bogda Peak, surrounded by mountains, and covered with erect and verdant spruce and tower pines.
You can walk along the lake to enjoy the beauty of Tianchi, can lake rafting in the mountains, or take the ropeway to reach the top of Mount Ma'yashan, the panoramic view of Tianchi.