Lanzhou

Crescent Lake

Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes

embraces the Hans, huis, Tibetans, Dongxiangs, Salars, and so on. The capital city is Lanzhou.
     As one of areas, which are rich of tourist resource in China, Gansu is an ideal place to seek out the roots of the ancient civilizations of the world. There are more than 1,000 ancient sights attributed to different periods, including ancient grottoes, old buildings and a rich variety of cultural relics

discovered along the legendary Silk Road. The 1,600-kilometer-long Silk Road of the Han and Tang dynasties unfailingly brings the visitors to such places as Dunhang Mogao Grottoes (known as a veritable world-class treasure house of art), Jiayu Pass on the Great Wall, Five-Spring Mountain in Lanzhou, Maijishan Grottoes in Tianshui, Grottoes of the Bingling Temple of Yongjing, Labrang Temple of Xiahe, Xinglong Mountain of Yuzhong, Giant Buddha Monasteryi of Zhangye. There are 3 national scenic resorts ---Echoing –Sand Mountain, Maijishan Mountain, Kongtong Mountain, 4 national famous historical and cultural cities –Dunhaung, Tianshui, Wuwei, Zhangeye and 12 key coultural sites under state protection in Gansu. Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes was a world cultural heritage site.

      Situated in the middle of the Gansu Province, Lanzhou, the Capital of Gansu Provice, has a history of more than 2,000 years. In ancient tiems, it used to be of strategic importance on the well-travelled ancient Silk Road. Huo Qubing, a famous general of the Han Dynasty stationed his troops here and Xuan Zang (602-664), an eminent Buddhist monk of the Tang

      Dynasty also passed through this place on his pilgrimage way to India. Nowadays, the city is the Hub of Longhai, Lanxin and Lanqing railways. The Yellow River runs through the entire city. Its main industries include oil-refinery, chemicals, machinery, non-ferrous, metallurgy, woolen textile and electric power. The major tourist attractions include the Five-Spring Mountain and White Pagoda parks, renowned for their picturesque landscape and unique architecture, were built around the hills on both banks of the Yellow River that squeezes its way through the city. The view from their tops sweeps over the whole city and down the Yellow River.