Gannan line
The best time: June-August or the beginning of 10.
Best section: Gahai-Maqu section
Gannan line scenic spot
Lanzhou 1
Lanzhou Waterwheel Park, Zhongshan Railway Bridge, Baitashan Park and other scenic spots and landmark buildings are all on the binjiang road along the Yellow River. Unlike the poor traffic and crowded people in the south of the city, you can calm down and enjoy the "Lanzhou Bund".
Take G75 Blue Ocean Expressway and S2 Lanlang Expressway, and you can see the mosque along the way. Politically, you can visit the Museum of Ancient Animal Fossils and Songmingyan.
2. Linxia
If you like history and culture, recommend Dong Mansion and Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture Museum. Then stroll in the depths of the 13 th Lane of Eight Directions, feel the unique architectural artistic style of Eight Directions and Hezhou, and look for dusty traces of time.
Take national highway G2 13 and provincial highway S3 12 to Xiahe. In summer, you can see Gesang flowers blooming on the roadside. You can see golden barley and green beans in autumn.
3. Xiahe
This is the first stop from Lanzhou to Gannan. Labrang by the river is like an ideal city in summer. Tibetan buildings are densely distributed on most of the land in the west of Xiahe County. Known as the "World Tibet University", it has a complete teaching system of Tibetan Buddhism.
In summer, there are two temples, Jiao Hong Temple and Gu Ni Temple, which can be reached by walking from Wangfu Square to the northwest for half an hour. If you have enough time, you can also go to Ganjia Town, 30 kilometers north of Xiahe River, where there are white stone cliffs and Bajiao City with strong design sense.
4. Sang Ke Grassland
Sankoh Grassland is very popular in road trip, especially in July and August, where there are wild flowers everywhere, which are wide and quiet, dotted with cattle, sheep and horses. It is already a mature tourist attraction.
The newly-built plank road and several viewing platforms can give you a panoramic view of mountains, grasslands and wetlands. If you visit here carefully, it may take half a day. If you are in a hurry, you can stop at the observation deck on the roadside to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the grassland when you drive by.
5. Lu Qu
Luqu means Taohe River in Tibetan. Taohe River and Bailong River nourish a large area of alpine grassland. In this Tibetan pastoral county, you can often see a large number of cattle and sheep occupying the driveway of the expressway and walking slowly in the middle of the road. Most tourists from go on road trip won't stay here, but they can visit Tea Stone Forest and Gahai.
6.gahai
But it is the largest freshwater lake in Gannan and an important wetland in the eastern part of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Known as the "Little Pearl of the Plateau". In late spring and early summer, flocks of white swans, gray geese and spotted geese fly from southern China and Southeast Asia. It is also one of the important breeding places for black-necked cranes (visible from April to early May).
At present, the north side of Gahai has been developed into a scenic spot. You can walk from the grass to the lake along the stone road and wooden plank road. There are two observation decks at the end of the plank road. Climb up and you can see the deep blue lake, snow peaks and green grass in the distance.
7.maqu
Many people come here because of the fame of the first song of the Yellow River. If you want to see the beautiful scenery of the Yellow River, you can go to Kamu Road, Gongsaier, Awancang Township, and then go to the observation deck. You can see the basin-like grassland area centered on Gongqu, Saierqu, Daojiqu and the intersection of the Yellow River.
In memory of the legendary Tibetan hero King Gelsall, the annual Gesar Horse Racing Conference was held in Maqu, which became another local business card. Starting from August 13, this is a week-long activity, which attracts the best racing drivers from all over the country.
8. langmusi
Not a temple in langmusi. In fact, it refers to Langmusi town, which is located at the junction of Sichuan Province and Gansu Province. The white river divides the town in two. Jiangnan belongs to Sichuan Province and Jiangbei belongs to Gansu Province.
What makes this place famous are two monasteries. In Sichuan, it is Moguel Di Temple in Cangnan. It is one of the largest and most influential gelug sect monasteries in Aba, Sichuan. The back hill of the temple is the entrance to Namo Grand Canyon, where you can start some short hiking. The temple in Gansu is called the langmusi of the Tripitaka.
When I came to Zhong Er Township, I entered the Iron Furnace Nature Reserve. The climate in the scenic spot is relatively warm and the forest vegetation is lush. It is the only habitat of iron deer (also known as Sichuan deer) in the world.
10. Zagana
Tibetan villages surrounded by the towering Rocky Mountains are arranged in an orderly manner along the highland barley terraces, surrounded by dense and lush forests. The stream at the foot of the mountain flows out of the rugged canyon, accompanied by rising fog, just like a mysterious fairyland left by the world.
1. Mount Dharma
Although few tourists come to this mountain, it is a treasure house for local people. During Tibetan festivals, a large number of believers go to the mountains to worship. On weekdays, this small mountain village is like an outdoor paradise.
12. Overlap
Drive east along provincial road S3 13. The vegetation on both sides of Bailong River is very rich and the autumn colors are charming. After driving through Kaba township, you can enter the mud ditch and drive to the observation deck at the top of the mountain at any time. On the observation deck, you can see the towering first peak in southern Jiangxi-Cuomei Peak.
13. Mount Laga
Due to the obvious vertical distribution of plants in subtropical zone, temperate zone and cold zone, the scenery in Laga has its own characteristics all year round: in sunny weather, overlooking the Bailong River Gorge, which is more than 1000 meters deep, is very shocking.
14. Lazikou
Due to the great difference in altitude and abundant water resources, Lazikou National Forest Park has a desirable canyon forest landscape.
In addition to the above-mentioned areas, you can also visit Guan 'egou in Dagugou National Forest Park, see the Tibetan town of Zhuoni (called Zhoutao in ancient times) and watch the cooperation with antelope (transliteration in Tibetan) in the place where the Zhoutaohua Festival is held in June of the lunar calendar.