Winter and spring travel to Gansu, not hurried, full of "heart like a galloping horse, dream of stepping on the nine clouds" of the heroism and tenderness, listen to the camel bell remote ringing, watch the sunset of the long river, travel thousands of miles of mangyuan.
The Yellow River runs through the north and south, the Hexi Corridor stretches from east to west, and gansu's geological landforms are rich and diverse, and the beauty is breathtaking.
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Today, Wei Youjun will take you along the historical footsteps of Zhang Qian's chiseling of the western region, through the golden section of the Silk Road, climbing the ruins of the Han Dynasty Beacon, searching for treasures in the Gobi Millennium Wind Lingshi, tasting the delicious special food, enjoying the natural beauty of the desert Gobi, glacier snow peaks, forest grasslands and so on, and enjoying the heroism and magnificence of Gansu.
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Exploring the Silk Road (re-walking the Hexi Corridor): Lanzhou - Wuwei - Jinchang - Zhangye - Jiuquan - Jiayuguan - Dunhuang
Wu Wei
Wuwei, there is also a more widely known name - Liangzhou.
This ancient town, with a long history and a long history, was an important town on the ancient Silk Road.
"Ma Ta Fei Yan" is the symbol of Wuwei and the graphic symbol of China's tourism industry, and has been used to this day.
Confucian temple
Wuwei Wenmiao Temple, located in Liangzhou District, Wuwei City, was built in the second to fourth years of the Ming Dynasty, and has been expanded on a huge scale, known as the "Crown of Longyou Xuegong". The most striking feature of the Wuwei Confucian Temple is the numerous plaques that cover various historical periods from the Kangxi Dynasty to the Republic of China.
Thunder
Leitai is a boutique tourist attraction on the Silk Road, which includes a Han culture street, a Han-style gate, and a large musical fountain.
The world's first horse "Ma Ta Fei Yan" embodies the essence of Han culture of giant reliefs, archways, totem poles, can be called "the world's best". The 99 bronze carriages and horses are 6 times larger than the overall spectacle, which is a Han culture museum that shows the artistic style of Tianma.
Jin Chang
Jinchang is located in the middle of the Hexi Corridor, an important node city of the ancient Silk Road and one of the major cities of the Hexi Corridor.
People who have come to Jinchang know that the buildings and wide, clean and neat roads have added a bit of tranquility to this small city in the west.
Zijinyuan Scenic Area
Every summer, Jinchang Zijinyuan Scenic Area is blue sky and white clouds, surrounded by clear water, flowers like the sea, purple verbena blooming picturesquely, so that the nickel capital Jinchang is full of flowers-like tenderness and elegance, full of charming and romantic atmosphere, and thus make this Gobi industrial city into a beautiful western flower city.
Jinshui Lake
Jinshuihu National Wetland Park is located in the middle of Jinchuan District, Jinchang City, adjacent to the Jinchuan River Ancient River Channel, and the wetland types are Kutang Wetland and Water Transmission River Wetland in the constructed wetland, which is an important part of the Wetland Protection Network System in Hexi.
Zhangye
Zhangye, named after "Zhang Guo Arm Tuo, to pass through the Western Regions", is located in the middle of the Hexi Corridor. The ancient name is "Ganzhou", that is, the origin of the name "Gan" in Gansu Province, known as the "land of sangma" and "the land of fish and rice".
Zhangye has a long history, splendid culture, beautiful natural scenery and unique cultural landscape, since ancient times, there is a "plug on the Jiangnan" and "Golden Zhangye" reputation, there are poetry clouds: do not look forward to the snow on the top of Qilian Mountain, mistakenly regard Zhangye as Jiangnan.
Horseshoe Temple
Horseshoe Temple is located in Sunan Yugur Autonomous County, is a collection of grotto art, Qilian Mountain scenery and Yugur customs in one of the tourist area. The grotto is composed of seven caves, namely Shengguo Temple, Puguang Temple, Thousand Buddha Cave, Golden Pagoda Temple, Upper, Middle and Lower Guanyin Caves, with a total of more than 70 cave niches, which were built in Beiliang. Horseshoe Temple is named after the legendary Horseshoe Prints that fall on the drinking water here. The legendary horseshoe imprint is now in the Horseshoe Hall of Puguang Temple, which has become the treasure of the town temple.
Zhangye Colorful Danxia
Zhangye Colorful Danxia is expressed in words, with only two words: shock. Its majesty, spectacular scenes, peculiar shapes, colorful colors, and the magic of nature are amazing. She not only has the strangeness and danger of the general Danxia, but also the more beautiful is the color.
Within a radius of more than 10 square kilometers, there are red, yellow, orange, green, white, green, gray, gray black, gray and white and other bright colors everywhere, decorating countless ditches and hills with colorful colors. Zhangye Danxia's landform forms a colorful fairy tale world with her interlaced lines, colorful tones, and brilliant and dazzling magnificent paintings.
Wine Spring
Jiuquan is the largest city in Gansu Province, with a vast area of glaciers and snow surrounded by silver makeup, plain oases with blue waves and streams, and mirages in the desert Gobi.
Jiuquan is named after "there is a spring under the city" and "its water is like wine", and it is one of the four counties of Hexi in the Han Dynasty and an important town on the Silk Road.
Western Han Dynasty Jiuquan Victory
The Western Han Jiuquan Resort is the only well-preserved Chinese-style garden in the Hexi Corridor, with a history of more than 2,000 years. Ancient trees and famous trees, towering in the sky, pavilions, carved beams and paintings, known as the "Pearl of the Han sea" reputation.
Quinta poplar forest
Poplar growth period is long, due to the influence of wind and sand and drought, many poplar trees have strange and strange shapes, which is a magical natural landscape and a unique cultural landscape, which can be called a green pearl in the desert, so the poplar tree has the name of "living for three thousand years without dying, dying for three thousand years without falling, falling for three thousand years".
In the winter, the Golden Pagoda Desert Poplar Forest Scenic Area uses snow machines to make snow and scenery on site to create an encounter with Ice Wonderland for you, and there is a 100-meter-long snow mountain slide.
Jiayuguan
Jiayuguan was the traffic point of the ancient "Silk Road" and the western starting point of the Ming Great Wall.
Here, the "Silk Ancient Road" of economic and cultural exchanges between China and the West, which was opened up more than 2,000 years ago, and the "ancient battlefield" of successive generations of soldiers are still faintly visible. It is the intersection of China's Silk Road culture and Great Wall culture, known as "Hexi Important Town" and "Border Lock Key".
Jiayuguan Cultural Relics Scenic Area
Jiayuguan is located in the middle of the narrowest valley 5 kilometers west of Jiayuguan City, the city wall on both sides of the city passes across the desert Gobi, north of the Black Mountain Hanging Wall, south of the world's first pier, is the westernmost pass of the Ming Great Wall, historically known as the throat of Hexi, because of the dangerous terrain, the majestic architecture, there is the world's first Xiongguan, lianyin lock key is known.
Jiayuguan is the first major pass at the western end of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, and is also the transportation fortress of the ancient "Silk Road", known as one of the three wonders of the Great Wall of China (Shanhaiguan in the east, Zhenbeitai in the middle, and Jiayuguan in the west).
East Lake Ecotourism Scenic Spot
The East Lake Ecotourism Scenic Spot, located in the south urban area of Jiayuguan City, is a large-scale ecological construction project in the history of urban construction in the city, and is also a leading project in the construction of the southern urban area.
The scenic spot is planned and designed in accordance with the concept of "people-oriented, water-based, green-based", and is a comprehensive eco-tourism scenic spot integrating leisure and entertainment, sightseeing, meteorological forecasting, science education, ecological improvement, hosting domestic and foreign sports events, water regulation and storage, etc., and is known as the "Pearl of the Gobi".
Dunhuang
Dunhuang is a node city of the Silk Road, famous for the "Dunhuang Grottoes" and "Dunhuang Murals", and is the location of the World Heritage Mogao Grottoes and the Yumen Pass and Yangguan on the border of the Han Great Wall.
Dunhuang, the end of the Hexi Corridor, is the starting point of the Western Regions.
Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring
The crescent spring curves like a crescent moon, hence the name, known as the "first spring in the desert", which has been one of the "Eight Views of Dunhuang" since the Han Dynasty.
The crescent spring has become a spectacle because "the spring reflects the moon and there is no dust", "the ancient sand does not fill the spring, the spring does not dry up". Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Spring are twin sisters in the Gobi Desert, "the mountains are sung by the spirit, and the water is beautiful by the gods". There is a sense of "singing sand mountain pleasantness, crescent spring washing heart".
Mogao Caves
Mogao Caves, commonly known as the Thousand Buddha Caves, are located in Dunhuang at the western end of the Hexi Corridor. It was founded in the Pre-Qin period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, and has been built by the Sixteen Kingdoms, the Northern Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties, the Western Xia, the Yuan Dynasty and other dynasties, forming a huge scale, and is the largest and richest Buddhist art site in the world.
Yadan Global Geopark
Dunhuang Yadan Global Geopark, commonly known as Dunhuang Yadan Devil City, with its unique desert scenery, different geological wonders and ancient folklore, has attracted countless brave explorers to unveil the mystery of "Devil City" and explore the mysteries of nature.
Cultural relics everywhere,
Exquisite grotto art,
Mysterious strange mountains and waters...
The vast ancient road of the Hexi Corridor is still full of light!
Source | Zhang Xuemei comprehensive finishing