Gansu Travel Guide Classic Must-Go+Best Route

Gansu is located in the northwest region, and it has been an outstanding place since ancient times. It is an important channel between the Central Plains Dynasty and the western countries. The historical and cultural deposits here are profound, leaving a lot of architectural and cultural elements. Here, I would like to share with you the classic best route of Gansu's travel strategy.

The first day of the trip. Qinghai Lake was delayed 17 hours, so we missed the first day's trip and had to take a taxi to catch the tour group.

Fortunately, I was not interested in the first day's trip to Ta 'er Temple. We chartered a car from a travel company at the airport and arrived at Qinghai Lake before the tour group.

Expressway here is very interesting. It is located in a basin between two mountains and looks very layered.

Qinghai Lake is very big, one hundred times bigger than Lugu Lake. Because of the terrain, it looks like a green hill hanging obliquely on the highway.

The lake is blue, and together with the Gobi Mountains in the distance, it forms a spectacular scenery.

On the edge of expressway.

Riding kurama to Qinghai Lake, listening to the sound of the lake lapping the shore.

Looking up, there is no boat on the lake, and the water and sky are the same.

At this time, I gradually forgot the stupid things I negotiated with the travel company and realized that I was traveling.

Pure Qinghai Lake in the sunset

Only the simplicity and purity of the lake in the whole sight makes my thoughts ripple.

Sounds like an X, but I don't know if you have such an experience.

When we have to face many things, we are like a wild dog led by life.

Only by going back to the original hole can we get rid of that dog leash.

Freedom is like a drug, even for a moment, it is addictive enough.

The next day, Chaka Salt Lake. Erlangjian Scenic Spot in Qinghai Lake got up at five o'clock in the morning and set off for Chaka Salt Lake.

The distance between the scenic spots on this route is very long, and the time spent on the road is also relatively long, so this group is more abusive. I often get up at five in the morning and go back to the hotel at ten in the evening.

Because it is the peak season, it takes more than an hour to queue up in the salt lake scenic spot and take a small train to the center of the lake.

The locals said that if you are free, it is best to come and play in the afternoon when there are few people, and you can stay in a hotel near the tea card at night.

I have seen the documentary of uyuni Salt Lake before, and I feel much more spectacular than Chaka Salt Lake.

But small also has the advantage of small, and the level is a little richer.

The scenery of salt lake is mainly composed of small lakes and white salt banks. The surface of the water is calm without waves, and the reflection is very clear.

Kaka salt lake

In the afternoon, I came to Erlang Sword Scenic Area in Qinghai Lake. The construction of this scenic spot is relatively standardized.

There are also various yachts, folk museums and so on. I swam by the lake and listened to the advertisements of various yachts on the loudspeaker, as if I were in a park in the city.

The buildings and boats on the lake are very scenic, which may be beyond my appreciation.

On the contrary, bicycles can be rented in the park, which can barely arouse my interest.

Erlangjian scenic spot of Qinghai Lake

On the third day, on the third day of Zhangye's colorful Danxia landform, I rushed to Zhangye Colorful Danxia Scenic Area, which is also a big park. In order to make it easier for tourists to watch, several observation platforms have been built in the scenic area, and there is a little distance between them, so you have to take the shuttle bus back and forth.

The layering of Danxia landform is very rich, just like someone really painted it. The most classic observation deck is No.4, which has the brightest colors and the widest viewing angle.

So our tour route is 2, 1, 5, 4 observation deck. It should be said that each one is wonderful, but observation deck 4 is also the most crowded place.

Colorful Danxia

Traveling in peak season is really annoying. Every time I want to stop and have a closer look at the scenery, someone always says, excuse me? I want to take pictures.

At this time, 10,000 grass mud horses galloped through the funeral march. Take pictures, take pictures, and you will know how to take pictures. Where I stand, you shoot, shoot your brother-in-law.

On the fourth day, Jiayuguan Tower. Jiayuguan Tower, a large-scale performance in Dunhuang, is a well-preserved ancient fortress. You'd better listen to the tour guide when you visit. Of course, different tour guides have different explanation styles. If you feel that your tour guide is not good, you can go to other groups to listen.

The structure of the tower and the military use of each building are carefully designed. But I still prefer Qilian Snow Mountain in the distance. After all, the snow-capped mountains don't need to think, just look.

jiayuguan city

In the evening, I went to Dunhuang and watched the large-scale performance "Look at Dunhuang again" directed by Zhang. Two words-nice! The ticket price is 299 yuan, but it is definitely worth it in terms of creativity, venue construction, props lighting and the number of actors used.

Look at Dunhuang again

On the fifth day, I made an appointment to visit Dunhuang Grottoes in Ya Dan. We were arranged to visit in the afternoon, so we visited Ya Dan in the morning.

Ya Dan Scenic Area also needs to take a shuttle bus. After arriving at the scenic spot, you are allowed to get off and visit 10 minutes, and then get on the bus and continue to the next scenic spot. The car is showing the reasons for the formation of Ya Dan landform, but I don't quite understand it. Seeing the serious discussion of several children next to me, I had to pretend to be serious first, then show a relieved smile and hide my merits and demerits and fame.

The landform of Ya Dan is very strange, first of all, a surprisingly flat layer of sand on the ground, and then a raised mound. The sun is shining, and the sand is beating against the body. Nothing grows here, so it's hard to tell the direction. The landform is similar to Lop Nur. No wonder Yu Chunshun fell in a place like this.

Roads in Ya Dan Scenic Area

In the afternoon, we visited the Dunhuang Grottoes. A * * * has opened more than 200 grottoes, and we can visit 8 of them. We should be guided by the professional translators inside.

To tell the truth, the feeling brought by caves is not as strong as I thought. Although many murals and sculptures look really beautiful, I don't think they can reach the visual sensitivity of modern people.

When you watch it, you need to taste it from the perspective of culture and history, so you should read some books or movies related to Dunhuang before you go.

If you are free, you can watch a movie in front of the park first, and then go sightseeing.

I care more about the fate of individuals in history than the whole history. For example, painters, cave diggers or donors at that time all had their own stories.

Unfortunately, there are only their paintings or portraits here, and there is no three-dimensional description of their daily life.

Why draw some stories about Buddha? Why can't a living and true story compare with those imaginary castles in the air? Oh, I can't. After all, this is a Buddha cave.

On the sixth day, before dawn, we arrived at Mingsha Mountain Scenic Area. Came to the camel team, where hundreds of camels knelt to sleep.

Camels are really super docile and steady to ride. We rode camels from the door to Mingsha Mountain and watched other camel teams walking on the sand from a distance, which was very emotional.

There are sand rafts and four-wheeled motorcycles in the scenic spot. Motorcycles are really cool, especially the kind that we can control ourselves.

There is a lot of wind and sand in the desert, and the whole body is covered with sand, and the pockets of clothes are full of sand.

When the wind and sand are together, I can imagine the despair and helplessness of the caravan when it encountered a sandstorm in the desert. There is nothing to do but pray for God's help.

Sand Mountain

Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Spring are together, and the camel team continues to carry us to Crescent Spring.

The tourists who came back in front said that Crescent Moon Spring was boring, just a small lake.

I don't think crescent spring has built a suitable scenic spot. If it is really just a close lake, it must be seen with the surrounding desert to have that amazing effect.

Crescent spring

Finally, the bus took us to Liuyuan South Station and took the train back to Lanzhou. Along the way, Gobi, oasis, lake, grassland and basin reappeared. Sitting by the window, I was very moved. This emptiness seems to wash away the inexplicable irritability in my heart.

When I was in Shangri-La last year, our chartered driver said that he preferred the scenery of big cities to mountains and rivers. Perhaps no scenery is absolutely good, and if there is, it is also a constantly changing scenery.

When you feel that life is a mess, don't rush to smash things.

Go, hit the road, and find new vitality in the change.

Postscript clothing, food, housing and transportation

Accommodation and travel are arranged by Tuniu, and most of them stay in star-rated hotels in the city. The traffic in the middle is mainly buses. If you eat it, the group meal is not delicious, but the hotel buffet breakfast is ok. You can eat pasta or beef and mutton dishes on the street for your own dinner. Pay attention to a coat that can prevent sandstorms when wearing clothes. In addition, the temperature difference between day and night in northwest China is very large, and the sun will drop several degrees when it goes down. Pay attention to keep warm at this time.

About missing the plane

After the plane was delayed, a group of people had already set off after we arrived at the airport, and no one from Tuniu met us at the airport.

It took us half a day to get through the customer service phone, and we also asked ourselves to take a taxi for about 400 kilometers to catch the tour group.

During the negotiation with Tuniu, I found that Tuniu only cooperated with the local Aigami tourism company. In all these supply links, everyone or company just does their own thing, and Tuniu's role in this is only to match.

From customer service to tour guide, no one is really responsible for us personally.

The company's logic in dealing with problems is simple. When the cost of helping you solve the problem exceeds the benefit, they will abandon you. The contact between people pays attention to family ties, while between people and companies, there is only the means of learning from each other.

Cause the biggest loss to the company in the way that you spend the least cost. Only in this way can you get attention.