Zhangye Travel Guide

Anciently named Ganzhou, Zhangye was an essential international trade market on the Silk Road , is situated in the western part of Gansu province , midway of Hexi Corridor, located in the area where the Qinghai-Tibet and Inner Mongolia Plateaus adjoin; borders the Mt.Qilian in the south, Heli Mountain and Longshou Mountain in the north, long and narrow clime which shapes as a running horse; the highest altitude in southeast reaches 5,564 meters (18,254 feet) and the lowest altitude in the northwest is 1,284 meters (4,212 feet); the elevation of Zhangye City is 1,474 meters (4,835 feet). What to Visit in Zhangye? ..[Detalis]