Gansu Travel

Gansu located in the central position of Northwest China, and is situated in the intersection of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Inner Mongolia Plateau andQinling Mountain, crossing the Yangtze River and the Yellow River basins. Lanzhou , the capital of the province, it is an important tourism and transportation hub in Northwest China. Gansu has a long history and splendid culture, and it is also the most densely distributed area of Silk Road cultural relics. There are more than 100 Grottoes including Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes , Zhangye Matis Temple , Anxi Yulin Grottoes, Tiantishan Grottoes in Wuwei , Bingling temple in Yongjing , Maiji Mountain in Tianshui, and Qingyang North Grottoes Temple .The remains of the Great Wall of Qin, Han, and Ming Dynasties are well-preserved. Jiayuguan , the starting point of the Great Wall in the west of the Ming Dynasty, has magnificent buildings and dangerous terrain.Zhangye Big Buddha Temple has the giant indoor Buddha statue in China. There are many rare historical and cultural sites in Wuwei , among them, the world-famous Chinese tourist sign, Bronze Galloping Horse , was unearthed in the Han Tomb of Leitai in Wuwei Labrang Monastery in Xiahe of Gannan is one of the six main temples of Gelugpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Besides, Gansu also has historical sites such as "Oriental Sculpture Art Museum" Tianshui Maiji Mountain,"Kongtong mountain"which is the most famous Taoist mountain in the world. Therefore, Gansu is also known as the "golden area of the Silk Road."