Top Ten Tourist Attractions in Jiuquan City

The top ten tourist attractions in Jiuquan are Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, Mingsha Mountain, Jiuquan Scenic Area in the Western Han Dynasty, Dongfeng Aerospace City, Wang Jinxi Former Residence Memorial Hall, Yumenguan, Suoyangcheng Site, Jinta Desert Populus euphratica Scenic Area, Ya Dan National Geopark in Dunhuang, Gansu Province, and Chijinxia in Jiuquan.

1, Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes

Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes is the general name of Mogao Grottoes and West Thousand Buddha Cave in Dunhuang City, Gansu Province. It is one of the four largest grottoes in China and the largest and best-preserved Buddhist art treasure house in the world. The Mogao Grottoes are located 25 kilometers southeast of Dunhuang City, and are dug on the cliff at the eastern foot of Mingsha Mountain. In the second year of Fujian Jianyuan before Qin Dynasty, a Samoan believer visited this place. When he saw the golden light on Mingsha Mountain and the Thousand Buddha Cave, he sprouted the heart of digging. After continuous construction, it became a Buddhist holy place, named Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, commonly known as Thousand Buddha Cave.

2. Mingsha Mountain

Mingsha Mountain was called Shensha Mountain and Shajiao Mountain in ancient times. It is about 40 kilometers long from east to west, 20 kilometers wide from north to south and tens of meters high. It starts from the cliff top of Mogao Grottoes in the east and meets Danghe Reservoir in the west. The mountain peak is steep, like a blade. The whole mountain is made up of oily fine-grained yellow sand. When climbing a mountain, I only feel that the sand under my feet will chirp. Although I am one foot deep and one foot shallow, I will still take a half step back. Climbing the mountain is extremely difficult, but I still feel endless fun.

3. Jiuquan Scenic Area in the Western Han Dynasty

Jiuquan Scenic Area in the Western Han Dynasty is located at the east 1.9 km of Suzhou District, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, with an area of 270,000 square meters, including 50,000 square meters of natural lakes. It is a classical garden originated from the historical facts of the Western Han Dynasty, showing the heroic spirit of great men and integrating the exquisite beauty of Jiangnan. Jiuquan Park is located at Gulou East 1.9 km, covering an area of 270,000 square meters. It is the only well-preserved China garden in Hexi Corridor with a history of more than 2,000 years.

4. Dongfeng Aerospace City

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, the first space port in China, shares a river with the Golden Pagoda, lives in a hot land and shares a blue sky. In the central square of this new city, deep in the Badain Jaran desert in the north of Jinta, the five characters of "Dongfeng Aerospace City" shine brightly. This is the world-famous Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, the first space port in China. It is a high-tech space test launch base representing the advanced level of China's space technology.

5. Wang Jinxi Former Residence Memorial Hall

Wang Jinxi Former Residence Memorial Hall Wang Jinxi Former Residence Memorial Hall is located in Heping Village, Jinchi Town, and was built in 1992. The museum was named as the National Youth Education Base, Gansu Patriotism Education Base and National Defense Education Base by Jiuquan International Education Committee. Scenic spot 1996 was identified as a patriotic education base in Gansu province, and it was identified as a red tourist scenic spot in 2004.

6.yumenguan

Yumenguan site is located in the Gobi on the south bank of Shule River at the western end of Qilian Mountain, about 90 kilometers northwest of Dunhuang City. It is the most important relic of the pass established at the western end of Hexi Corridor in the 2nd and 3rd centuries by the Han Dynasty, and it has a symbolic position in the geographical area. As the most complete and largest preserved pass relic on the Silk Road, it witnessed the traffic management system, beacon tower system and Great Wall defense system in the large-scale traffic safety system of the Han Dynasty, which ensured the long-distance traffic and communication on the Silk Road.

7. Suoyangcheng Site

Suoyang City, formerly known as Kuyu City, is a national key cultural relics protection unit announced by the State Council. Located on the Gobi desert about 70 kilometers southeast of Guazhou County, Gansu Province, it is a very old city on the Silk Road. Because the city is full of delicious and sweet Cynomorium songaricum, it is named Cynomorium songaricum. Cynomorium songaricum was first built in the Han Dynasty nearly 2000 years ago. With the development of the times, the city became more and more dilapidated, and the existing castles were rebuilt in the early Tang Dynasty.

8, Jinta Desert Populus euphratica Forest Scenic Area

Populus euphratica scenic spot in Jinta Desert is located on the north side of the middle section of the ancient Silk Road, 8 kilometers northwest of Jinta County, Gansu Province. It consists of five functional areas: Populus euphratica-Jinbo Lake core tourist area, Elaeagnus angustifolia forest sightseeing and leisure area, Hanhai Liu Hong forest protection area, desert physiotherapy area and reed wetland maze area, covering an area of more than 80,000 mu. There are ten thousand mu of artificial Populus euphratica forest, the largest "fossil plant" in northwest China, which is of great ornamental value.

9. Ya Dan National Geopark in Dunhuang, Gansu.

Ya Dan National Geopark in Dunhuang, Gansu Province is located about180km northwest of Dunhuang, a famous historical and cultural city in China, and about100km northwest of Yumenguan. The park covers an area of 398 square kilometers. It is a landscape of Ya Dan dominated by wind erosion. Just like a medieval ancient city, many famous buildings in the world can find its miniature here, which makes the world stare. At night, the sharp strong wind howled in horror, just like thousands of wild animals growling, which was creepy, hence the name "Ghost Town".

10, Chijinxia, Jiuquan

Chijinxia Water Conservancy Scenic Area in Jiuquan City, Gansu Province was founded on 200 1. According to the spirit of the Ministry of Water Resources on the construction and management of water conservancy scenic spots, combined with the implementation of the 200 1 Chijinxia Reservoir National Debt Reinforcement Project, the Huahai Irrigation District Management Office of Shule River Basin Water Resources Administration of Gansu Province established Chijinxia Water Conservancy Scenic Spot based on the water conservancy project landscape, natural scenic spots and historical and cultural relics of Chijinxia Reservoir.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Chijinxia