It is the second largest city in Gansu, located at the junction of Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan provinces, known as "Longshang Xiaojiangnan".
Thousands of years of cultural precipitation, time has carved her into a world-class work of art, in this city, you will find that she is so beautiful everywhere!
She is Gansu Tianshui, an important birthplace of ancient Chinese culture!
World Heritage Site - Mai Ji Shan
The reason why this city is a work of art is probably because of the city's world-famous Maijishan Grottoes.
In the grottoes of Maiji Mountain in the depths of the Qinling Mountains, the cave Buddha statues hidden for 1600 years have gone through the glory of history and smiled quietly in the smoke and rain of wheat for thousands of years.
Everyone who comes to Maijishan will be shocked by the cave on the cliff, which is like the three thousand worlds illuminated by the Buddha's light, a thousand years and a cycle, from prosperity to decline, and then to the silence of the present.
"The wheat accumulation mountain, the north across the Qingwei, the south gradually two dang, five hundred miles of hills, the wheat accumulation in its half, the rise of a stone, a million high, looking at the group, such as the shape of the folk wheat, so it has this name."
——Wang Renyu, "Yutang Gossip"
Maijishan Grottoes is located in The south side of Maijishan Township, 50 kilometers southeast of Tianshui City, Gansu Province, is a typical Danxia landform, named for its shape like a farmer's wheat stack, the cliff rises from the ground, 80 meters high, the mountain is steep, the surrounding trees are forested, and the environment is quiet.
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So far, it has been more than 1600 years, with a total of more than 7200 statues and more than 1300 square meters of murals. Together with the Longmen Grottoes, Yungang Grottoes and Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, it is known as the Four Great Grottoes of China.
This is the Oriental Sculpture Gallery
Thousands of exquisite statues have been preserved here since the Northern Wei Dynasty, the clay sculptures are vivid and beautiful, and the stone carving skills are exquisite, whether it is the "Xiu Bone Qing Statue" in the Northern Wei Dynasty or the "plump and round" since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, all of which have different looks and are vivid. It was praised by the sculptor Liu Kaiqu as the "Oriental Sculpture Exhibition Hall".
Maijishan Grottoes, there are 221 caves, 10632 clay sculptures, more than 1300 square meters of murals, known for its exquisite clay sculpture art, known as the Oriental Sculpture Art Exhibition Hall.
Later Qin's plagiarism and majesty, Northern Wei's beautiful bone qing statue, Northern Zhou's pearl circle and jade run, Sui and Tang's plump exaggeration, the two Song Dynasties' realistic truth-seeking... Every kind of beauty has a sense of traveling through time and space.
The piety they express is not the piety of the ascetic, but the sincerity and pleasure of a mortal. Buddhist statues seem to be familiar in life, making people feel the amiability and cuteness of the Buddhist world.
A story painted on a wall
The existing murals in Maijishan are about 1300 square meters, distributed in 194 caves, simple and elegant. In addition to decorative motifs such as flying heavens and lotus flowers, there are also large-scale Buddhist bunsen stories painted on the top or four walls of the cave, such as filial piety to raise blind parents, and prince Sasana sacrificing himself to feed tigers.
Cliff Pavilion, hall-like imitation wood building
The Maijishan Grottoes are carved above the cliffs, the caves are "as dense as a beehive", the boardwalk is "flying in the air", the layers are stacked, and its thrilling steepness is rare in the world, forming a magnificent three-dimensional architectural complex.
Many of the caves in Maijishan have been built into unique "cliff pavilions". The Seven Buddhas Pavilion at a height of 15 meters above the head of the East Cliff Clay Sculpture is a typical Han-style cliff pavilion building in China, built on a cliff more than 50 meters above the ground, and excavated in the middle of the 6th century AD.
In addition to Maijishan, Gansu also has these places that cannot be missed!
Fuxi Temple Immortal Cliff
About 13 kilometers from the Maiji Grottoes, it is said that in the past, there were often high-ranking people who lived here to practice, so it is also called "Immortal Cliff".
Xian ren cliff here a total of three cliffs, five peaks, six temples, cui peak towering over the cliff top, temple view built between the peak or flying cliff, quite elegant.
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Next to the Xianren Lake, Luohan Ditch, Elephant Trunk Mountain, Sister Peak, Pure Land Temple, Shilian Valley, Shuishiya Waterfall and other green mountains and clear water as a background, forming a mountain, water show, cliff jun, dense forest scenery.
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Quxi Wonderland
25 kilometers southeast of Maiji Mountain, here is the mountain, the water is amazing, the mountain is quiet, and the fog is sparkling.
River rocks, lawns, beaches, lakes, trees and trees shine together, as in the painting...
There are also Qingqing streams like nine curves and eighteen bends, bends and bends, steps and scenery, for the true portrayal of "Quxi", the stream sometimes ups and downs, sometimes flat as a mirror.
Little Yellow Mountain - Shimen
Here everywhere is layered with greenery, ancient trees cover the sun, and there is the thickness of Mount Tai, the majesty of Mount Hua, the wonder of Huangshan Mountain, the beauty of Emei, the coexistence of strange, dangerous and beautiful, and it is known as the "Little Yellow Mountain" in the northwest.
For a long time, only the "first floor, two birds, three oddities, four fir, five beasts, six treasures, seven flowers, eight scenery" are worthy of praise for Shimen Mountain.
Gaitei Onsen
In the past, the hot springs here were only exclusive to the emperor and had health and medical effects.
I heard that as long as you take a dip, your skin can be blown and broken!
Eat in Tianshui
Tianshui stuffed skin
The stuffing crust is made from flour by combining the flour into a hard ball with cold water and then kneading it in clean water to separate the protein and starch from the flour. After the starch is precipitated, pour out the water, add alkali, mix it into a batter, scoop it into a flat bottom plate and steam it into slices, cool and cut into thick and thin strips. Tianshui brewed skin has the characteristics of colorful and delicious, cool and sharp, and fragrant to relieve the heat, and is a famous local snack in Tianshui City.
Tianshui Croak
Tianshui Croak is a unique local flavor snack with a wide variety of varieties, which can be divided into buckwheat croak, lentil croak, pea croak and flour noodle croak. The preparation is unique: it is first torn into small pieces, and then served with spicy oil, sesame oil, mustard, soy sauce, salt, vinegar, garlic paste and other spices. It is a spicy snack unique to Tianshui.
Sky water slurry water surface
Pulp water is a kind of noodle made by making soup with green onions and coriander. The people of qinzhou and rural areas are very fond of eating pulp water surface. The surface of the pulp has the effect of clearing heat and relieving heat and treating diseases, and can be used as a drink alone. In the hot summer, drinking a bowl of syrup water will make people feel cool and fast, and they can relieve fatigue and restore physical strength.
Tianshui chowder
Tianshui Chowder Mix the egg whites and yolks and spread them into pancakes. Take the fresh pork belly minced, add salt, flour noodles, peppercorns and mix well, add it in the middle of two layers of quiches and flatten, steam it in a basket, cut into strips, and make splint meat. Mainly splint meat, with ringing strips, balls, poured with chicken soup, sprinkled with green onions, coriander, fungus, etc., put into the soup basin, enough soup, meat and vegetarian collocation, while drinking and eating, not greasy, delicious taste.
Tianshui lard box
The lard box is a famous snack in Gansu Tianshui, which is called qing dynasty court dim sum by locals. It was remade on the basis of the court dim sum "lard dumplings". It has the characteristics of crisp and soft, strong flavor, bright color, oil but not greasy, crisp but not broken.
Qin'an beige
Beige is also known as sweet bun. Rice is milled with millet into noodles, moderately fermented, steamed in a cage, its pieces are like a honeycomb, the color is like yellow wax, the taste is sweet and delicious, the soft and crisp is just right, full of nutrients, and the elders and young people like it.
Tianshui Raiders
Xi'an - Baoji (176.3km, via Ring Expressway, Lianhuo Expressway, about 2 hours to arrive) - Tianshui (174.6km, via Lianhuo Expressway, Tianbei Expressway, Tianwei Highway, about 3 hours to arrive)