If it is ready to go to Gansu and Ningxia travel, then there are some attractions must not miss, in addition to this ha have Gansu and Ningxia related scenic spots, as well as traffic conditions, so that everyone can have a psychological preparation before going, the following is the recommended attractions.
New threads from Gansu and NingxiaDigital Dunhuang on line
Digital Dunhuang is officially on line, and can be online 360 ° tour 30 Dunhuang caves and high-definition mural paintings, and gradually improved in the increase.
Lanzhou high-speed rail station into operation
In 2019, Lanzhou West Station (high-speed rail station) into operation, Dunhuang and Lanzhou-Xinjiang high-speed rail "last kilometer" is opened, the whole process takes only nine hours.
Wenshushan grottoes open
The Wenshushan grottoes, which have long been closed for research here, have finally opened their doors to the public. There are four caves currently open, heartbreakingly damaged and exquisite.
Jiayuguan Pass Tourist Line Buses Officially Operate
Jiayuguan Pass City, the first pier of the Great Wall, the Great Wall of the Hanging Wall, the three scattered attractions finally have tourist line buses, which greatly facilitates non-self-driving travelers and is in good condition at a price that's friendly to the public.
Multiple attractions in the nature reserve closed
Out of ecosystem protection, the Maya Snow Mountain is prohibited for tourists to climb; the East Thousand Buddha Cave and the Chiyi Glacier, Transparent Monk Glacier, Minqin Sandy Botanical Gardens, Gannan Gahai scenic area no longer receive ordinary tourists, the surrounding Nianbao Yuzhe has confirmed the full closure.
Changma Grottoes plans to open
Because of severe damage by the earthquake, Changma Grottoes closed more than 30 years, is now in the process of comprehensive restoration and construction, and plans to open to the public in 2020.
Lanzhou subway opened
Lanzhou's first subway officially operated, passing through the north square of Lanzhou West Railway Station, Xiaoxihu Station, Xiguan Station, Lanzhou University Station and other local stations, but was spat out by locals line design is not conducive to easing the pressure of ground transportation.
Yinchuan ushered in the first high-speed rail
The high-speed rail line from Yinchuan to Zhongwei will finally open in 2020, shortening the former three-hour ride to 1.5 hours. Also under construction are the Yinci, Yilan and Baoyin high-speed railroads, as well as the Wuzhong-Zhongwei intercity railroad.
New museum in Wuwei
Precious stone statues that have never been on display in the grottoes of Tianti Mountain will be relocated to the new Wuwei Museum, which is expected to make its official debut in the second half of 2020.
Ningxia built the first high-end lodging resort
The avant-garde design than first-tier cities, instantly traveled to the edge of the Tengger Desert in Zhongwei - the Yellow River - lodging set to build out.
Shandan County Museum new museum in the pipeline
Thousands of cultural relics collected by Ai Li throughout his life will finally have enough space to display them, and then there will be a new "Shandan Horse Museum", which is expected to open in 2020.
Top 15 travel experiences in Gansu and Ningxia1. Dunhuang Grottoes
As the gateway to the eastward spread of Buddhism, the grottoes of Dunhuang are the forefront of the art of the West and the Central Plains, and these grottoes with a thousand years of history are a record of the change of dynasties and the change of people's aesthetics and beliefs, and also a record of Chinese art history, which has been left out of paper. These grottoes have a history of thousands of years, recording the changes of dynasties and people's aesthetics and beliefs, as well as recording the history of Chinese art that paper has never kept.
The complete art of Dunhuang is not limited to the Mogao Grottoes, Yulin Grottoes art peak to make up for the Mogao Grottoes after the Xia Xia period of decline; West Thousand Buddha Caves historical status is equally important, although the number of survivors is less than, but the standard is not the same. There is a saying that everyone can take what they need at Dunhuang: painting enthusiasts can find the heritage of Chinese ink, architecture enthusiasts can restore the Tang Dynasty pavilions and halls, fashion bloggers can find inspiration in clothing, makeup, paragraph writer found the ancients brainstorming secular life?
2. Labrang Monastery
The Labrang Monastery, one of the world's leading Tibetan monasteries and one of the six major monasteries of the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism, is located on the side of the Daxia River in the mountains. Known as the world's longest meridian, surrounded by the monastery's red walls and golden roof, pious pilgrims in the early sunlight holding a string of beads, reciting aphorisms, turning every scripture tube, the sound of rumbling touches the bottom of the heart.
Labrang Monastery is crowded with tourists during the peak season, but in winter, there is more of a sense of sanctity in the Buddhist temple. Labrang Monastery has many festivals and pujas, among which the Maulanm Puja in the first month of the lunar calendar is the most solemn, where all the monks gather, and the grand and solemn puja scenes will surely leave you with a memorable travel experience.
3. Jiayuguan Pass and the Western Great Wall
Jiayuguan Pass guards the westernmost point of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall. This young "Great Pass of the World" is well preserved and is listed as a World Heritage Site. When you climb up to the pass, the "bright wall, dark wall" defense system will be clearly displayed in front of your eyes, and if you are strong enough, you can experience a section of the Great Wall hiking across the Hexi Corridor.
The Great Wall of Han, built by Emperor Wu after he conquered the western regions of China, is still preserved on the western border of Dunhuang. In Shandan, the Han and Ming Great Walls stretch for nearly 200 kilometers in parallel, and at this open-air Great Wall museum, you can drive along the way or hike in and climb the Han beacon flints, overlooking the pair of Han and Ming Great Walls, which have been separated by 1,000 years, one to the north and one to the south, side by side.
4. Western Xia Tombs
In the lofty Helan Mountains, in the broad Yinchuan Plain, the Western Xia Tombs rise up after a thousand years of hammering, standing between heaven and earth, the kind of atmosphere will allow you to understand, the Li family of Dangshang tribe, why they would choose the Yinchuan Plain to do their own great empire based on Xingqingfu as their capital city. Fu to be their capital city.
The mausoleum of the Xixia Kings is also the best place to marvel at the changes in the world and the return of civilization. Such a scale of the grand complex was annihilated by history for thousands of years, can be called the most magnificent tombstone of the agricultural civilization was destroyed by the nomadic iron horse. If you have the heart, Xixia Royal Tomb Museum can bring you back to this thousand years ago in the Northwest Empire, to see a y influenced by the Chinese culture of the Oriental civilization is how to sprout, rise, strong and then ashes.
5. Gannan Grassland
Gannan has a grassland area of 40.84 million acres, where the grassland scenery is diverse, not just endless turquoise. Meiren prairie rolling hills, the shadow of the clouds and colorful scripture streamers into one; Maqu grassland wetlands and lakes reflect, snowy mountains and the Yellow River coexist; Guo Mang wetland grasslands and wetlands connected to the wetlands, there are also winding rivers from the grasslands through the intersection of the past.
White stone cliff as a 15-kilometer-long natural screen, the Ganjia grassland vertically divided into a difference of 1,000 meters of the two alpine grasslands; West Meiduo Hetang more than 50 kilometers of the Yellow River on the distribution of the size of the lakes more than 20, in July the entire grassland bloomed with a color of the golden lotus, brilliant as the clouds.
6. Maijishan Grottoes
When you stand in front of the "boy and girl" in Cave 123 and the "whispering" statue in Cave 121, how can you not be amused by the playfulness and cuteness of the bodhisattvas? How can you not be amused by the playfulness of these lovely bodhisattvas? This China's four major grottoes in the youngest, with the "Oriental Sculpture Exhibition Hall," said more than 7,000 statues to clay-based, from the simple and solemn after the Qin Dynasty, to the Northern Wei Dynasty, the show bone clear like, and then to the Northern Zhou robust, to the Sui and Tang Dynasty's fullness of grace, and finally to the Song Dynasty's realistic end, a complete presentation of the history of the evolution of Buddhist statues in China.
Whether it is from a distance to see the magnificent West Cliff Buddha and East Cliff Buddha, or close to see the "scattered flowers building" and "cattle in the Hall" in the shadow sculpture, clay sculpture, murals, etc., will make you sigh worthy of this trip. If the weather is beautiful, catch the "Maiji smoky rain", it is simply worth it!
7. Zhangye Danxia
Whether it is in recent years the reputation of the colorful hills, the magnificent ice gully Danxia, or steep and dangerous Pingshan Lake Canyon, Zhangye around the unique and gorgeous Danxia landforms, will let you for this masterpiece of nature shocked.
Regardless of rain, snow, sunrise and sunset, the ridge of the mountain ridge on the deep and light shades of diaphanous green, goose yellow, orange and other colors, in the sunshine under the backdrop appears colorful and rich tension. Benggou Danxia within the natural red walls of thousands of Ren, such as Roman palaces lined up, dark red sandstone landforms added a few majestic spirit. If that's not enough, climb the vertical staircase in Pingshan Lake Canyon to get up close and personal with the surface folds preserved from the Jurassic period.
8. Qilian Mountain Grassland
The Qilian Mountain range connects the first half of the Hexi Corridor geography, but also strung together once happened in this land of the wind and clouds years. The sprawling meadows of the north and south of the foothills, which undulate with the wind, were once the battlegrounds for the hussars, and the sight of ten thousand galloping horses is still visible today.
Toward the snow-capped peaks in the background, walk past the pristine forest-covered Yanzhi Mountains and Biandukou, which is dotted with rapeseed blossoms in the height of summer, and listen to the legends of emperors and generals that have been passed down to the present day.
West of the Qilian grassland, among the mountains, the Sanskrit sound of heaven in the temple, stands the world's tallest wood carving ZongKaBa statue. And above the cliffs of the eastern cliffs, the ideas of Buddhism, Confucianism and Tibet collide here, and the spectacular art treasure trove of Horseshoe Temple is thus born.
9. Gannan Outdoor Activities
Gannan is a paradise for outdoor activities, and in the west, where the outdoors is becoming more and more commercialized, it still retains a more liberal atmosphere. From Zagana to Dayugou or Chebagou, retracing the path of Locke's quest for Shambhala, whether on foot or off-road, is considered China's most classic route.
The area around Langmusi boasts several hiking and backcountry routes, giving you an Alpine-like outdoor experience, and horseback riding is as hot as the Songpan Horsemen. The ride crosses Gannan from Tongren in Qinghai to Langmusi, with countless grasslands, temples and snow-capped mountains along the way, and a smooth rise and fall in elevation.
Gannan is also a habitat for natural wildlife, where snow leopards, sika deer, roe deer, Tibetan foxes, rock sheep, black-necked cranes, black storks, gray cranes, vultures, golden eagles and many other types of rare species can be observed.
10. Mingsha Mountain-Moonacre Spring
In Dunhuang, the desert and the city are so close - the graceful curve of the Mingsha Mountain can be seen from the city center, and a straight boulevard leads just 3 kilometers into the desert's embrace. On a clear, dry day, you can hear the legendary "sounding sand", and the crescent moon spring lying in the middle of the desert is even more legendary, from the Han Dynasty to the present thousand years, becoming a unique landscape in the hinterland of the Mingsha Mountain.
Today, the Mingsha Mountain scenic area is no longer an intimidating desert, but a playground where you can eat, drink and have fun. You can experience sandboarding, camel riding, desert motorcycles and other recreational programs, or you can participate in the campfire party, camping in the desert, waiting for the night sky full of stars.
11. The Yellow River Resort
"Go to the Northwest", the slogan of the Republican period to support the frontier, is today like a "cultural journey" full of historical details. However, the Yellow River Resort on the outskirts of Zhongwei has completely changed people's stereotypical impression of traveling to Ningxia and even the northwest.
After crossing the Yellow River from downtown Zhongwei and traveling through wetlands, forests and solid loess mountains, you find yourself in a village surrounded by the bends of the Yellow River and the beacon towers of the Ming Great Wall.
Small, gray, rustic village houses are scattered among fruit trees and grassy meadows, the slow, never-ending sound of the Yellow River is heard, and the rustic walls are lined with a beautiful swimming pool, a professional coffee bar, and a large bathtub where you can hear the Yellow River. Picnics or stargazing at the ruins of the Great Wall and deep in the desert are clearly experiences you can take for granted when you're here.
12. Autumn poplars
The Gobi Desert is a desert where everything but the poplar grows, and in the drier and drier western section of the Hexi Corridor, poplars are gradually appearing in the wild, mostly along the river to the grottoes or alongside the highway of one of the local farms. The fatigue of the westbound road to bring a surprise. For large poplars, head to the Jinta Poplar Forest north of Jiuquan, where there is also a small Jinbo Lake where you can photograph the reflections of the poplar forest.
Of course, more than a few travelers choose to use Jiuquan as a stopover and continue north to Inner Mongolia to Ejinar, the home of the poplar forests.
13. New Year's Puja
The first three to seventeen days of the first month of the Tibetan New Year, dozens of temples and monasteries such as Labrang Monastery, Langmu Monastery, Xicang Monastery, and Waixiang Monastery in Gannan will hold the "New Year's Prayer Puja," which includes recitation of sutras, releasing of life, viewing of the Buddha, dances, ghee flower shows, and turning of the Maitreya Buddha, among other festivities. Maitreya Buddha and other festivals are held in turn, which is a good time to take photographs and learn about religious folklore. In addition to the influx of believers from all over the world, it is also the time for photography enthusiasts to gather in Gannan, and the number of people who will come is beyond imagination. On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, Labrang Monastery puts out a nearly 100-meter scroll of the Buddha of Limitless Light, a most spectacular and grand scene. During the Great Puja, the Labrang Monastery will also hold a ghee flower competition among its colleges, which will be exhibited to the public around the 15th day of the first lunar month.
14. Ningxia Mutton
Good Ningxia mutton comes from the fringes of the Ningxia Plain, such as the saline land of Yanchi and the mountainous areas of Zhongwei. In the olden days, these high-quality beach goats, which were bred because of the local geology, water quality and other environmental reasons, were driven to the heart of Yinchuan's old city to be sold, but today they are more often kept locally as a delicacy. You might want to eat more lamb in Zhongwei, Wuzhong or Yanchi, whether it's the classic hand-scratched lamb neck, haggis with noodles and lungs, or stir-fried lamb, you're in for a treat. Even a bowl of mutton noodles for breakfast can make you appreciate the freshness of Ningxia mutton.
15. Lanzhou Beef Noodles
No matter whether you know Lanzhou, Lanzhou Ramen at home always eaten; no matter whether you are willing to squeeze the less fun Lanzhou into this trip, in order to this bowl of noodles should always come to pay a visit. Lanzhou people think that Lanzhou city just any beef noodle store, are better than the field.
But as a traveler who doesn't have a lot of time in his life to spend in Lanzhou, there is no room for trial and error, so don't be lazy, and don't limit yourself to the tourist hotspots and stations. Follow the local gourmets and go to Gomule and Anpol on the north bank of the Yellow River. If you only have a chance to try one bowl of noodles, order two thin, and remember to add a side of beef because the pungent beef aroma and melt-in-your-mouth texture is amazing.