Gansu provinceIt is a province located in northwest China. It is named after two historical regions, Ganzhou (in today’sZhangye) And Suzhou (nowJiuquan). Gansu isSilk roadPart: Gansu marks the end of the (ancient) Chinese section of the Silk Road. Gansu is roughly in the shape of a northwest-southeast strip-the northwest border of Gansu suddenly extends into the Mongolian grasslands and the vast deserts of Xinjiang, and the southeast isShaanxi ProvinceThe Guanzhong area is connected. It’s worth mentioning that in southwestern GansuGannan Tibetan Autonomous PrefectureIt is a traditional Tibetan area and part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
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Gansu DivisionHexi(Jiayuguan City、Jiuquan、Jinchang、Wuwei、Zhangye) |
Longzhong(Lanzhou、silver、Linxia Prefecture、Dingxi) |
Southeast Gansu(Qingyang、Pingliang、Tianshui、Longnan) |
Gannan Plateau Tibetan Cultural District |
city
- 1 Lanzhou -2000 years of history, the capital of Gansu Province
- 2 Dunhuang -Buddhist grotto, a huge treasure house
- 3 Jiayuguan -Located at the western end of the Great Wall
- 4 Jiuquan
- 5 Linxia -A colorful market town, famous for its mosques and Islamic schools, a holy place in China
- 6 Pingliang
- 7 Tianshui -Buddhist grottoes, 194 cave shrines, nicknamed "Oriental Sculpture Gallery"
- 8 Wuwei -
- 9 Zhangye -
- 10 Jinchang
- 11 Qingyang
- 12 Dingxi
- 13 Longxi
- 14 Longnan
- 15 Gannan
- 16 Xiahe
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arrival
The main airport in Gansu is in Lanzhou.