Ten must-see scenic spots in Gansu.

Ten must-see sights in Gansu: Colorful Danxia Scenic Spot, Dunhuang Ya Dan National Geopark, Yellow River Stone Forest Scenic Spot, Jinta Desert Populus euphratica Scenic Spot, Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring Scenic Spot, Mogao Grottoes, McKee, Kongtong Mountain, Zhagana Scenic Spot and Guan 'egou National Forest Park.

1, Colorful Danxia Scenic Area

Colorful Danxia landform group is the most beautiful tourist attraction in Gansu, with an average elevation of1.850m, a length of about 45km from east to west and a width of about10km from north to south. It is amazing for its large area, concentration, staggered bedding, steep rock wall, majestic momentum, strange shape and colorful colors, including red, yellow, white, green and blue, and its colors fluctuate along the mountain.

2. Dunhuang Ya Dan National Geopark

Ya Dan National Geopark in Dunhuang, commonly known as Ya Dan ghost town in Dunhuang, has attracted countless brave explorers to unveil the mysterious veil of "ghost town" and explore the mysteries of nature with its unique desert scenery, diverse geological wonders and ancient folklore.

Ya Dan has a peculiar landform, which consists of various wind erosion ridges, wind erosion walls, wind erosion towers, wind erosion columns and wind erosion residual hills. Some of them are like an ancient city, with walls, streets, buildings, squares, churches, sculptures, and some are like animals, with thousands of manners.

3. Yellow River Stone Forest Scenic Area

The Yellow River Stone Forest Scenic Tourist Area was shortlisted in the list of "Magic Northwest 100 Scenery", which is one of the most beautiful places in Gansu. It skillfully combines resources such as the Yellow River, Stone Forest, Desert, Gobi, Oasis, Farm, etc., with mountains and rivers alternating, dynamic and static, magnificent and beautiful scenery.

4. Jinta Desert Populus euphratica Scenic Area

The scenic spot of Populus euphratica in Jinta Desert consists of five functional areas: Jinbo Lake, Elaeagnus angustifolia Sightseeing Area, Hanhai Liu Hong Forest Reserve, Desert Entertainment Experience Area and Desert Reed Maze Area. It is the most beautiful place in autumn in Gansu province, integrating ecological afforestation, wind and sand fixation, catering and entertainment, leisure and vacation, photography creation and sightseeing.

5. Crescent Spring Scenic Spot in Mingsha Mountain

The crescent spring scenic spot in Mingsha Mountain, located in the sand spring, is a wonderful place, which has been known as the "desert wonder" since ancient times. Mingsha Mountain is named after the sound of sand movement, and its main peak is1715m above sea level. The peaks are steep, the ridges are like blades, and they shrink back to the original; People riding sand flow have the sound of drums and horns, as light as silk and bamboo and as heavy as thunder. This is called "the clear sound of sand ridge". Crescent spring surrounds Mingsha Mountain, which looks like a crescent moon, hence its name.

6.mogao grottoes

The Mogao Grottoes, commonly known as the Thousand Buddha Caves, have 735 caves, 45,000 square meters of murals and 24 15 clay sculptures. It is the largest and richest Buddhist art site in the world. The largest cave is more than 200 square meters, and the smallest is less than 1 square meter. Grottoes mainly include Zen Grottoes, Central Pagoda Grottoes, Buddhist niches, Buddhist altar grottoes, Nirvana Grottoes, seven buddha Grottoes and Elephant Grottoes.

The main contents of color plastic sculpture combined with plastic painting are Buddha, Bodhisattva, disciple, King of Heaven, Lux statue and so on. Color plastic forms include round plastic, floating plastic, shadow plastic and good mud. Except for the two giant buddhas in Caves 96 and 130 and the two reclining buddhas in Caves 148 and 158, the round sculptures and reliefs are all carved with wooden bones.

7. Maijishan

Maijishan was shortlisted in the list of "Magic Northwest 100 Scenery" and is one of the top ten most beautiful scenic spots in Gansu. The scenic spot consists of five sub-scenic spots, namely Maiji Mountain, Xianrenya, Shimen, Quxi and Jieting Hot Spring, and consists of more than 180 scenic spots. With rich and diverse biological types and species, it is known as the "crown of forest springs in Longshang".

8. Kongtong Mountain

The main peak of Kongtong Mountain is 2 1.23 meters above sea level, and the forest coverage rate is over 95%. The peaks are majestic and the cliffs stand tall, just like an uncanny workmanship. The forest is vast, and the smoke cage is locked in the fog, like an ethereal fairyland; Gaoxia Pinghu has water and sky, and the charm of Lijiang River. It is rich in the majesty of the mountains in the north and the beauty in the south. On the eighth floor, there are 72 caves in the stone mansion of 42 buildings in Jiugong 12 Courtyard, which is dignified and elegant. They are magnificent and rich in details, integrating natural landscape with simple and exquisite humanistic landscape, and have high ornamental, cultural and scientific research value.

9. Zhagana Scenic Area

The terrain of Zagana is not only like a huge palace, but also like a complete ancient city built by natural rock walls. Zhenbei is a majestic, magnificent and bright light-covered mountain peak, which was called "Shijingshan" in ancient times and is famous for its gray-white rocks reflecting light easily. The handsome rock wall standing on the east side is towering into the clouds and misty; Two stone peaks rise in the south, facing each other, like a stone gate; Further south to Dongwa and Naga, the cliffs stand tall, the clear water fluctuates, and the water mill flywheel keeps rolling.

10, Guan 'egou National Forest Park

Guanegou National Forest Park is composed of Guanzhugou, Goose _ Gou, Mulonggou and Miaogou, which integrates natural and human landscapes such as forest landscape, grassland landscape, landform landscape, water landscape and astronomical landscape. Lakes are like pearls, canyons are like lines, waterfalls are like weaving, animals and plants are diverse, the ecological environment is beautiful, the natural landscape is strange, the rocks and pottery are steep, and the ravines are criss-crossing.

Especially in Guan 'egou Scenic Area, there are overlapping mountains, vertical and horizontal valleys, green mountains and clear waters, strange peaks and rocks, waterfalls splashing, meadow snow-capped mountains, rapids of lakes and towering old trees.