Introduction: Gansu Province, referred to as Gan or Long, one of China's provincial administrative units, is located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, the capital of Lanzhou City. Gansu is to take Ganzhou (now Zhangye) and Suzhou (now Jiuquan) the first word of the two places and become, due to the Western Xia had set up the Gansu military division, the Yuan Dynasty set up Gansu Province, referred to as Gan; and because most of the province in the Longshan (Liupan Mountains) to the west, and the Tang Dynasty had set up in the right Long Road, so it is also referred to as Long. The following share Gansu most worth going to the place.
The most worthwhile place to go in GansuDunhuang Mogao Grottoes
Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes is located in Dunhuang 25 kilometers southeast of Dunhuang, Mingsha Mountain, the eastern foothills of the cliffs, the caves were built in the pre-Qin dynasty Jianyuan two years, there are now 492 holes, more than 2,400 sculptures, 45,000 square meters of mural paintings, in December 1987, UNESCO listed as a World Heritage Site. UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in December 1987.
Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes is not only a good place for tourism, but also has a rich and mysterious cultural treasures to be excavated, a long trestle will be large and small grottoes connected to the twists and turns of the four walls of the grottoes are related to the Buddhist murals and colorful sculptures, solemn and dignified shadow of the Buddha, fluttering and moving the flying sky? Solemn and mysterious, breathtaking.
Mingsha Mountain Crescent Springs
Mingsha Mountain is located in the city of Dunhuang 6 kilometers south of the east and west is more than 40 kilometers long, north and south is more than 20 kilometers wide, sandy mountain by the red, yellow, green, black and white five kinds of colorful sand piled up and become the North Peak is steep, the potential for a knife edge, the Crescent Springs is located in the northern foothills of the Mingsha Mountain, east and west is 118 meters long and north and south is 25 meters wide, the depth of water is about 5 meters, like a crescent moon. Shaped like a crescent moon, year-round blue waves, drought does not dry up.
Mingsha Mountain embraces the crescent moon spring, can only use a ? The word "beautiful" describes it. The word to describe, the two originally difficult to *** raw landscape marvelously combined together, can be called the desert wonders, in which it seems to be in a fantasy world, at the same time feel the vastness of the desert and the beauty of the springs, so that foreign friends also come to feel the magical beauty of our China, our Gansu it!
Gannan Prairie
Gannan Prairie covers an area of more than 37.58 million acres, mainly distributed in the three counties of Maqu, Xiahe and Luqu. The vast and boundless Maqu prairie is the largest piece of ecological wetland in the first song of the Yellow River, and is also the habitat of the Hequ horse, black-necked cranes, white swans, and sika deer; Gannan prairie's first big lake, Gahai Lake, is like a sparkling jewel embedded in the endless Luqu prairie.
Charming Gannan grassland is a flat open plateau pasture, a human and natural harmony **** at the Shambhala Pure Land, colorful local characteristics, colorful ethnic customs, beautiful and unique natural scenery, hospitable Gannan Tibetan compatriots can sing and dance, here in recent years, backpacking is also a new hot spot for tourism.
Xiahe Labrang Monastery
Xiahe Labrang Monastery is located in Xiahe County, Gannan Prefecture, west of the city, by the first living Buddha Jamu Sample founded in 1710, with 6 sutra halls, 84 Buddha halls, Buddha's Palace of 30 yards, more than 10,000 monks, is the largest Tibetan Buddhist cultural centers of Gan, Qinghai and Sichuan regions.
Xiahe Labrang Monastery gathered the wisdom of Tibetan, Mongolian and Chinese peoples, the temple has exquisite architectural art, but also has a rich religious culture. The movie "No Thieves Under Heaven" in Xiahe Labrangleng Temple taken by the clip is not much, but it has left a deep impression on people.
Tianshui Maijishan
Tianshui Maijishan Grottoes is located 50 kilometers southeast of Tianshui, is one of the four major grottoes in China, is a blend of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and the three religions of the tourist attractions. There are 194 existing caves, more than 7200 clay and stone carvings, and more than 1300 square meters of murals, with four scenic spots, namely, Maiji Mountain, Xianren Cliffs, Shimen, and Quxi.
Maiji Mountain to the precipitous and strange posture, overhanging stacks, skillfully crafted caves, known as ? Oriental Sculpture Hall?
Pingliang Kongdong Mountain
Kongdong Mountain towers 12 kilometers west of Pingliang City in Gansu Province, belonging to the Liupan Mountain branch, the main peak elevation of 2123.5 meters, for the world's first mountain of Taoism, with ? West town wonders? and the first mountain in the west. West to the first mountain? and the first mountain of Taoism in the world. The first mountain of Taoism in the world? The reputation of the first mountain of Taoism.
Kongdong Mountain set of natural beauty, historical beauty, artificial beauty, the beauty of the legend in one, the natural ecological landscape and the humanities and history of the landscape into one.
Lanzhou Hundred Miles of Yellow River Style Line
Lanzhou is a narrow valley stretching from east to west, and the Yellow River passes through the city at the foot of the Jiuzhou Mountain in the north of the city, and the Hundred Miles of Yellow River Style Line has been built to include such attractions as the Journey to the West, the Waterwheel Garden, the Green Hope, the Mother Yellow River, the Near Water Plaza, the Colorful Fountain, the Wensu Pavilion, and the Clove Garden.
Lanzhou Hundred Mile Yellow River Style Line has become Lanzhou? city business card? During the peak tourist season, you can also see the ancient raft ferry.
Dunhuang Yadan National Geopark
Gansu Dunhuang Yadan National Geopark is located about 180 kilometers northwest of Dunhuang City, about 100 kilometers northwest of Yumen Pass, the park covers an area of 398 square kilometers, and is mainly characterized by Yadan geomorphic landscape formed by wind erosion.
Dunhuang Yardang National Geopark is concentrated in the distribution of a variety of peculiar shape of the wind erosion landforms, thousands of forms, exquisite, like a medieval ancient city. The movie "Heroes" have hit this piece of treasure, there is no reason not to recommend it?
Zhangye Buddha Temple
Located in the southwest corner of Zhangye City, built in the first year of the Western Xia Yong'an, the existing building has a large Buddha Hall, hidden scripture pavilion, the soil tower 3. Inside the Buddha Hall, there is a wooden clay statue of Buddha, 34.5 meters long, shoulder width of 7.5 meters, foot length of 4 meters, ear length of 2 meters, gold painted, realistic form.
Zhangye Dafosi Temple Temple of ancient buildings, ancient trees, there is the country's only Xixia minority religious hall, Asia's largest indoor clay reclining Buddha, the world's rare Ming Dynasty handwritten gold scriptures and so on.
The Three Gorges of the Yellow River in Yongjing
The Three Gorges of the Yellow River in Yongjing are the Bingling Gorge, Liujia Gorge, and Salt Pot Gorge formed by the Yellow River flowing through the territory of Yongjing, and the Liujia Gorge Reservoir is the first large-scale hydroelectric power station designed, constructed, and built by China itself, and the Bingling Temple, with more than 600 years of history, has 183 existing caves, nearly 800 statues, and other attractions.
Take a cruise on the Three Gorges of the Yellow River in Yongjing, along the way, the blue waves, the peaks of the mountains, there are Bingling Stone Forest, Bingling Temple Grottoes, dinosaur footprints group and other attractions.
Jiayuguan Great Wall
Located in Jiayuguan City, 8 kilometers north of Shiguan Gorge north of the northern slopes of the Black Mountain, built in the Ming Jiajing eighteen years (1539), the Great Wall now exists 750 meters, of which there are 231 meters of loess rammed wall climbing on the 150-meter-high, 45-degree inclination of the mountain ridges, like the air upside down, and thus the name? It is named the "Hanging Wall". Hanging Wall".
Jiayuguan Great Wall of hanging wall flat as walking on the level, steep as climbing the wall, full of excitement and appreciation of the feeling, known as the "Western Badaling". The Western Badaling.