Gansu is located in the borderland of the northwest. It was a place that connected many nomadic peoples in the western regions and grasslands in ancient times. It has been a commercial and military fortress since ancient times. It has a splendid history and culture. The natural landscape and climate here are also amazing. People feel envious. Let me share with you a list of Gansu tourist attractions.
Some people say that Tibet is the pure land of the soul, and Xinjiang is a paradise of beautiful scenery. Some people say that Qinghai is the realm of the sky. But in my opinion, there is a place that is more worthy of my dreams, and that is the thousand-year-old The history of Gansu, my country. Maybe you don’t know that Gansu has thousands of years of rich cultural heritage.
The history of "Gansu, a country with rolling snow-capped mountains, vast skies and the 'Silk Road'" is more than just an experience in Gansu, extending from the desolate peaks of Xiahe to the majestic and bizarre Zhangye Danxia National Geology The park, the scenery here always makes people feel that it is both fantasy and reality, and it is naturally a 'like-attracting tool' on social networks. In addition to being a feast for the eyes, Gansu’s snacks, especially Lanzhou beef noodles, are also a feast for the mouth. "
Gansu was so evaluated in the list of Asia's best travel destinations published by "Lonely Planet" last year.
Gansu was selected as the ultimate destination for the Asia trip, partly because This is a paradise where "chickens and dogs can hear each other" but "aloof from the rest of the world". What is even more shocking is the natural landscape here
This is not Qinghai, but the folk music of rape blossoms is comparable to that of Menyuan
This is not Xinjiang, but the Shandan Military Racecourse is comparable to Sailimu Lake
This is not Sichuan and Tibet, but the Subei Mengke Glacier is comparable to the Laigu Glacier
This is not Hulunbuir. You can also pick nebulae by hand on Sanke Grassland
Gansu that you don’t know has snow-capped peaks that reach into the sky, vast grasslands as far as the eye can see, and the vast desert sea of ??Gobi. , with magical green lakes and springs, natural scenery with Jiangnan charm, and famous flowers and fruits with northwest characteristics
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The lowest fare from Beijing to Lanzhou in April is 340 yuan, so you are even more excited. Buy a ticket and start a journey that you can go on. You know, the ancient city with a history of thousands of years is waiting for you
The 40 most beautiful places in Gansu, subverting the impression of Gansu
1. Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes
Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes are the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang City, Gansu Province The general name of the West Thousand Buddha Caves is one of the four famous grottoes in my country and the largest and best-preserved Buddhist art treasure house in the world.
A grotto is a world; a cave is a piece of history. The murals, sculptures, Tibetan scriptures, and legends are all a mystery; the sitting Buddha, the standing Bodhisattva, the thousand-armed Guanyin, the flying goddess, the bouncing pipa, and the hugging bamboo slipper are all fascinating.
2. Dunhuang Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring
Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring Scenic Area is located 5 kilometers south of Dunhuang City, Gansu Province. The Crescent Spring is surrounded by Mingsha Mountain. It has the reputation of "one of the five most beautiful deserts in China".
Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring Scenic Area, the main attractions are Crescent Moon Spring and Mingsha Mountain. Crescent Moon Spring is surrounded by Mingsha Mountain and is named after its shape resembling a crescent moon. "The sky is clear and blue, and the Crescent Moon Spring is extremely beautiful. Silver Mountain is surrounded by mountains, and there is a pool of clear water with green ripples!"
The clear yellow Mingsha Mountain and the clear Crescent Moon Spring water are interdependent, and the strangeness is The charming scenery has remained unchanged for thousands of years.
3. Dunhuang Yangguan
Yangguan is the chokepoint for China’s ancient overland external communications and a must-pass pass on the southern Silk Road. "I urge you to drink another glass of wine. There will be no old friends when you leave Yangguan in the west." This ancient city, chanted by literati of all ages, has maintained its last beacon for thousands of years.
4. Dunhuang Yadan Geopark
Dunhuang Yadan National Geopark has attracted countless brave people with its unique desert scenery, various geological wonders and ancient folklore. Explorers came to uncover the mystery of the "Devil City" and explore the mysteries of nature.
5. Yumen Pass in Dunhuang
"Why should the Qiang flute blame the willows? The spring breeze does not reach Yumen Pass." Although there are only broken walls and ruins of Yumen Pass, standing among them, you can still vaguely feel that the border pass The ironclad spirit of the war makes people lament the heaviness and desolation of history.
6. Jiayuguan Tower
Looking from the Dengguan Tower, the Great Wall looks like a dragon floating in the vast sea of ??sand, breaking or continuing, appearing and disappearing. On a clear day, you can have a panoramic view of mirages, scenery, and strange scenery. "The most powerful pass in the world", Jiayuguan, every pavilion and every brick here quietly tells the vicissitudes of history.
7. Shandan Military Horse Farm
Shandan Military Horse Farm has a flat terrain and abundant water and grass, making it an ideal place for horses to breed and grow. Shandan Military Horse Farm is the oldest horse farm in the world and has been the breeding base for royal military horses for generations. Horses were raised here as early as more than 3,000 years ago.
8. Zhangye Danxia Geopark
Zhangye Danxia Landform is the only complex area of ??Danxia landform and colorful hilly landscape in China. Films such as "The Sun Also Rises" directed by Jiang Wen, "Three Guns" by Zhang Yimou, and the TV series "Detective Di Renjie (Part 3)" written and directed by Qian Yanqiu all used this scenic spot as a location for filming.
This is a touch of aqua rouge in the world. Being here, the colorful colors have a great visual impact, and the various folds and undulations complement each other, which is breathtaking!
9. Zhangye Wetland Park
Zhangye The National Wetland Park is one of the largest urban wetland parks in the northwest region. Here there are birds migrating in spring, lotus flowers in summer, golden reeds in autumn, and snow and ice in winter. The park also has elegant landscapes such as clear lakes, large areas of reed marshes, lush trees and lawn gardens that are very rare in the northwest region.
10. Transparent Mengke Glacier
Laohugou Glacier
No.12, also known as Transparent Mengke Glacier, is located in Subei, Gansu The western section of the Qilian Mountains in the Mongolian Autonomous County. Transparent Mengke comes from the transliteration of Mongolian, and its original meaning is tall and broad snow-capped mountains.
On both sides of the glacier are towering snow-capped mountains. Traveling upwards, you will see the majestic and majestic glaciers at your feet and the vast snowfields as far as the eye can see. Powerful, majestic and broad-minded are the characteristics of the Transparent Mengke Glacier in Laohugou in the Daxue Mountains.
11. Folk Music Biandukou
Biandukou is the southern route of the ancient Silk Road. In summer, the mountains and fields are covered with rapeseed flowers, and the fresh floral fragrance is everywhere. The most famous tourist attractions in the tourist area are the Biandu Canyon, Batu Caves, Stone Buddha Temple, Zhuge Monument and the pastoral scenery of Biyuntian and Huanghuadi. The golden rapeseed fields, scattered white yurts, and the blue sky and white clouds present a beautiful picture full of vitality, happiness and peace.
12. Qilian Mountains
This is a huge edge mountain system in the northeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, primitive, pure and simple. After the beginning of summer, although the mountains and forests in the mountains are green, the tops of the mountains are covered with snow, and the glaciers that never melt all year round are even more indescribably beautiful under the sunlight.
13. Sunan Horseshoe Temple
The grottoes are composed of seven places: Shengguo Temple, Puguang Temple, Thousand Buddha Cave, Jinta Temple, Upper, Middle and Lower Guanyin Cave.*** There are more than 70 caves and niches, which were first built in Beiliang. Horseshoe Temple is named after the legendary horse's hoof prints left when drinking water here. The legendary horseshoe imprints exist in the Horseshoe Hall of Puguang Temple and have become a treasure of the temple.
14. Sunan Kangle Grassland
The grassland has a total area of ??2.68 million acres and is the habitat of the Yugu ethnic minority. It has beautiful scenery, pleasant climate, and convenient transportation and communication. It is a fully functional grassland scenery tourist attraction that integrates vacation, entertainment, sightseeing, and appreciation of ethnic customs.
15. Lianhua Mountain
Lianhua Mountain was called Xikongtong in ancient times. It was established as a Buddhist and Taoist stone mountain as early as the early Ming Dynasty. The peaks here are handsome, like lotus petals, and the peaks are towering, just like lotus stamens. The entire mountains are shrouded in mist, and the eyes are full of green sea, just like a newly blossomed lotus blooming among the green waves. Here you can see not only the rugged and simple style of the west, the grand and broad mind, but also the sentiment of the apricot blossoms and spring rain in the south of the Yangtze River, and the beauty of the orioles flying in the grass.
16. Jinta Populus euphratica forest
A large area of ??Elaeagnus euphratica, poplar, tamarisk and other unique tree species in the northwest is distributed around here. The Populus euphratica forest is densely distributed and growing well. Under the blue sky, it shines brightly like the sun in the barren desert.
17. Badain Jaran Desert
The Badain Jaran Desert is one of the four largest deserts in China.
Towering sand mountains, mysterious singing sand, quiet lakes and wetlands constitute the unique and charming landscape of the Badain Jaran Desert, attracting tens of thousands of domestic and foreign tourists every year.
18. The Mighty Tiantishan Grottoes
The Tiantishan Grottoes are also known as the Great Buddha Temple. They are deeply embedded in the cliffs of the southern cliff of Dapo Mountain. They are magnificent in scale and exquisite. They were founded in AD Between 412 and 439 BC, it was known as the "originator of Chinese grottoes"!
19. Labrang Monastery in Gannan
The magical and beautiful mountains and rivers and rich Tibetan customs make La Buleng Temple seems even more mysterious. The architectural style of Labrang Monastery combines roughness and elegance with simplicity and elegance. There are a wide variety of Buddhist statues, ancient books, and murals in the temple.
20. Gannan Moraceae Grassland
The Moraceae Grassland has historically been a natural pasture for the Tibetan people. Every summer, the grassland is covered with green carpets and flowers of all colors are in full bloom. The sky is high and the air is cool. It is an ideal tourist place for grassland tourism, summer escape, experiencing Tibetan pastoral life, and returning to nature.
21. Zhuoni Dayugou
The green mountains are dripping with green, and the flowing water is a rhyme. The rippling Tao River and the lush green forest belt surround Zhuoni in an unforgettable natural environment. Because of this, Zhuoni is famous far and wide, and the scenery of Dayugou also shows a magnificent and unique alluring style.
22. Gannan Gahai Lake
Gahai Lake is the largest freshwater lake in Gannan and is known as a pearl on the plateau. Gahai Lake is rich in water and grass, and many rare birds that migrate from south to north settle and breed here. Black-necked cranes, gray cranes, swans and other rare birds are scattered all over the grassy beaches around the lake.
23. Maqu, Gannan
Maqu, located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, means "Yellow River" in Tibetan. It is also the first bend of the Yellow River and the only one in the country that is named after the Chinese The county is named after the Yellow River, the mother river of the nation.
24. Gannan Zhagana
Zhagana is a complete natural "stone city", commonly known as the "Palace of the King of Hell". The terrain is like a large-scale giant palace. , and looks like a complete ancient city built on natural rock walls. More than 80 years ago, Locke once walked here, which is also known as Shambhala - Shangri-La in Gansu Province.
25. Hezheng Songmingyan
The "pine rocks and greenery" in Songmingyan Scenic and Historic Area are famous far and wide. As early as the Ming Dynasty, there were the Jade Emperor Pavilion, the Bodhisattva Hall, and the Virgin Mary. The palace, Dugang Temple and other palaces are equipped with climbing stone steps and ladders to reach the peak. Songmingyan is full of tall pine trees, five or six stories high. It is located on the dividing line between the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Loess Plateau. You can see interesting landforms such as earth mountains on one side and stone mountains on the other.
26. Lintan Yeliguan
The mountains here are steep and the scenery is beautiful, such as Lianhua Mountain, the beautiful Yemu Gorge, Kangduo Gorge, the beautiful Tianchi Yehai, The lifelike ten-mile sleeping Buddha, the mountainous stone forest scenery, the magical Yin Yang Stone, etc., constitute a dangerous, steep, strange, beautiful and secluded natural landscape.
27. Yongjing Liujia Gorge
Liujia Gorge is the first gorge of the Yellow River. The water of the Yellow River makes a sharp 90-degree turn here, and then flows westward through the canyon. The turbid Yellow River water in the geography textbook illustration has become clear and blue after sedimentation in the Liujiaxia Reservoir. If you don't say it, can you imagine that this is the water of the Yellow River?
28. Jincheng Lanzhou
Lanzhou is an important town on the ancient Silk Road. Lanzhou is located in the hinterland of the west. Travelers to Dunhuang, Jiayuguan, Zhangye, and Gannan will all pass through Lanzhou. It is connected to famous places such as Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, Tianshui Maiji Mountain, Zhangye Danxia, ??Yongjing Bingling Temple, Xiahe Labrang Temple, etc. The center of attractions.
29. Yongdeng Kushui
Kushui Town is located in the southeast of Yongdeng County, Gansu Province, on the lower reaches of Zhuanglang River, adjacent to Hekou Township, Xigu District. Maybe you are looking forward to seeing large tracts of lavender, so how do you feel when you are among roses? The water is not bitter, but also very sweet. This is the hometown of roses in China. The sea of ??roses is spectacular and the fields are fragrant. The roses with large flowers and leaves are no worse than Bulgaria.
30. Qingcheng Ancient Town in Yuzhong
Qingcheng Ancient Town is the only provincial historical and cultural town in Lanzhou City and the hometown of national folk art. It is also the best preserved ancient residence in Gansu Province. A complete and very rare ancient town. The scenic area is mainly composed of ancient buildings and ancient dwellings, which have certain historical value for the study of northwest dwellings and northwest customs. TV series such as "Old Persimmon Tree" and "Yellow River Waves" have been filmed here.
31. Tianshui Maiji Mountain
Maiji Mountain Scenic Area consists of more than 180 scenic spots in five sub-scenic areas: Maiji Mountain, Xianren Cliff, Shimen, Quxi and Jieting Hot Spring. With rich and diverse biological types and species, it is known as the "Crown of Forests and Springs in Longshang". It has profound tourism value and is a dazzling artistic pearl and the most potential tourist attraction on the golden tourism line of the Ancient Silk Road.
32. Tianshui Xianren Cliff
Xianren Cliff has majestic mountains, beautiful water, handsome cliffs, dense forests, and beautiful natural scenery; its cultural landscape is second only to Maiji Mountain Scenic Area, with temples, temples, Grottoes and niches are mostly built on towering peaks or between convex and concave cliffs. Since the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there have been buildings and sculptures here in all dynasties. Unfortunately, most of them have been destroyed and few remain.
33. Wushan Water Curtain Cave
Wushan Water Curtain Cave is located in the Bell Tower Mountain Canyon about 25 kilometers northeast of Wushan County, Tianshui City, Gansu Province. In the valley, "there are so many peaks that there is no path. The stone path is unique, the valley stream is gurgling, and the scenery is quiet and pleasant. "Shuilian Cave is a natural rock cave about 50 meters high and more than 20 meters deep. There is a constant trickle in the cave all year round. On rainy days, the eaves of the cave flow down like a curtain of water. Hence the name.
34. Guanyegou, Longnan
Guanyegou National Forest Park integrates forest landscape, grassland landscape, landform landscape, water body landscape, celestial landscape and other natural and cultural landscapes. The lakes are like beads, the canyons are like lines, and the waterfalls are like weaving. The distribution of animals and plants is diverse, the ecological environment is beautiful, and the natural landscape is unique.
35. Wanxiang Cave in Wudu
Wanxiang Cave has "the first cave in China", "the first cave in northern China", "underground cultural corridor" and "underground art palace" "And other good reputations. It has high artistic value and has both the majesty of the North and the exquisite karst landforms of the South. The 11 scenic spots that have been developed in the scenic area have more than 120 large landscapes, which are divided into three caves: the Moon Palace, the Heavenly Palace and the Dragon Palace.
36. Yangba Subtropical Ecological Tourism Scenic Area
Most of the scenic area is original ecological forest, with nearly 40 species of national rare tree species such as yew, camphor, and whitebark pine; There are 36 species of national rare animals such as golden monkeys, golden cats, giant salamanders, and more than 200 natural landscapes. The forest and grass coverage rate is as high as 85%. There are sufficient negative oxygen ions and no industrial pollution. The air and water quality have reached the national first-class standards. Yangba Therefore, it has become a veritable "natural oxygen bar".
37. Xizhasong Scenic Area
Xizhasong Scenic Area is located at the foothills of Tianjing Mountain, 13 kilometers west of Chengxian County, in the Yuqiao Gorge. In the scenic area, there are green mountains facing each other, strange peaks and beautiful scenery. On the cliffs, the footprints of the ancient West Narrow Plank Road still exist, with the inscription of Master Li Keran's "Ode to the West Narrow". "Ode to the West" is one of the "Three Odes" of Han Li calligraphy in my country and is the best-preserved treasure among ancient cliff carvings.
38. Jifengshan National Forest Park
It is located 5 kilometers southwest of Chengxian County. It is connected to Xianren Cliff in the east, Luanshan Mountain in the west, and Nanhe River in the north. Jifeng Mountain is named for its beautiful peaks, beautiful water and strange caves. It is known as the first mountain in Longnan and the first scenic spot in Anhui Province. It is well-known in the three provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan.
39. Pingliang Kongtong Mountain
Kongtong Mountain is a branch of Liupan Mountain and is a natural kingdom of plants and animals. There are more than 1,000 species of plants and more than 300 species of animals, and it is covered with forests. The rate is over 90%.
During it, there are majestic peaks and steep cliffs, which look like miraculous craftsmanship; the vast forest sea and the smoke and mist locks it, like a misty fairyland; the high gorges and flat lakes, with water and sky of the same color, have the charm of the Lijiang River.
40. Qingyang
Qingyang is one of the important birthplaces of the Chinese nation. It has a profound farming culture and is known as the "Northern Cradle" of ancient Chinese agriculture. It was named "Hometown of Zhou Ancestor's Farming Culture".
This is Gansu. It is not squeamish or refined, but it is beautiful, simple and grand. The May Day holiday is coming soon. I suggest you include Gansu as one of your travel destinations. With its thousand-year history Traveling through the city and immersed in the fantastic scenery, Gansu is a place you can’t miss!