Inventory of good places to visit by car in Jiuquan, Gansu in December. How many of these 10 scenic spots in Jiuquan are most suitable for self-driving travel do you know?

The Jiuquan in December is so beautiful that when you come, you will probably feel like you can settle down here. Jiuquan was one of the four counties in Hexi during the Han Dynasty. Since ancient times, it has been a transportation fortress from the Central Plains to the Western Regions and an important town on the Silk Road. Now, let’s share with you the most worthwhile places to visit in Jiuquan in December.

1. Mogao Grottoes

Mogao Grottoes, commonly known as Thousand Buddhas Cave, is located on the cliff at the eastern foot of Mingsha Mountain, 25 kilometers southeast of Dunhuang City. It is the largest and largest existing structure in the world. It is one of the longest, richest and best-preserved Buddhist cave temple sites. It is known as the "art gallery in the desert" and the "museum on the wall" and is world-famous for its exquisite murals and statues. In 1961, the Mogao Grottoes were announced by the State Council as one of the first batch of "National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units".

2. Crescent Moon Spring

Located in the southeast corner of Wulongtan Park, east of the ancient hot spring, it is named after its shape like the first moon. The Crescent Moon Spring Pool is 13 meters long, 8 meters wide and 1.5 meters deep. It is built with natural stone banks. There is a mushroom cloud stone in the water named to commemorate the successful explosion of my country's first atomic bomb. When the water is full, it can spray from the top of the 3-meter-high stone. When it comes out, water splashes in all directions and falls into the spring pool. The water flows along the meandering stream, crosses the stone bridge, passes through the bamboo forest, and flows into the moat. Because the water level of Crescent Moon Spring is relatively high, the spout of Crescent Moon Spring marks the spout of all the springs in Jinan.

3. Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, also known as "Dongfeng Space City", is one of the launch test bases for China's scientific satellites, technology test satellites and launch vehicles. It is China's earliest and largest comprehensive missile and satellite launch center, and it is also China's only manned space launch site. The Satellite Launch Center was built on an oasis in the Gobi Desert, with mountains to the west and rivers to the east. It was a geomantic treasure site personally selected by Marshal Nie Rongzhen. It is located on the northwest edge of the uninhabited Ejina Badain Jaran Desert, with a straight-line distance of more than 400 kilometers from the nearest Jiuquan City.

4. Yumen Pass

Yumen Pass is commonly known as Xiaofangpan City. It is said that the beautiful jade from Hotan was imported to the Central Plains and got its name. Located in the city of Dunhuang at the western end of the Hexi Corridor, it was one of the two passes on the western frontier in the Han Dynasty. It was the only pass through which the ancient Silk Road left Dunhuang and entered the North and Middle Roads of the Western Regions. It has been the gateway from the Central Plains to the Western Regions since ancient times. Fifteen kilometers away from Yumen Pass, there is the ancient city of Hecang, which was the granary for the guards of Yumen Pass in the Han Dynasty. Only ruins remain, but the momentum of that year can still be seen. To travel from Dunhuang to Yumen Pass, you can only take the short road cut by cars on the Gobi Desert. At that time, at Yumen Pass, there were camels ringing loudly, people shouting and horses neighing, caravans coming in droves, and envoys coming and going, it was a prosperous scene. The ruins of Han Yumen Pass today are a small square castle, standing on a sandstone hill in a narrow strip of the Gobi Desert running from east to west. When you climb up to the ancient pass and look up into the distance, you will see swamps all around, crisscrossing ravines, the winding Great Wall, and towering beacons. Populus euphratica is tall and straight, and the spring water is green.

5. Yadan National Geopark

Yadang National Geopark in Dunhuang, Gansu Province is located about 180 kilometers northwest of Dunhuang City, a famous historical and cultural city in my country, and about 100 kilometers northwest of Yumen Pass. The park covers an area of ??398 square kilometers. It is a Yadan landform landscape mainly formed by wind erosion. Yadan landform community has an orderly layout and unique shape. It is a rare natural sculpture museum. It can be called another wonder of Dunhuang. It is a natural masterpiece of uncanny craftsmanship and infinite wonders. Entering the Yadan Landform Group at different times will give you completely different experiences. Walking into the Yadan landform in the early morning, when the sun rises in the east, you can climb up and look into the distance, and you will see the morning glow, golden light, and a myriad of things. Walking into the Yadan landform at noon, the sun is shining high above your head, and there are many strange shadows around you. Among the various strange Yadan groups, it seems that they are everywhere. Green smoke lingers; entering the Yadan Group in the evening, the huge red sun slowly sets in the west, the breeze blows around you, and the glow above your head is brilliant, giving you a beautiful enjoyment.

6. West Thousand Buddha Caves

The West Thousand Buddha Caves are an integral part of the Dunpan Buddhist art system. There are 16 existing caves from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Song Dynasty. Among them, caves one to three are from the Tang Dynasty, caves four to eight are from the Wei Dynasty, and cave sixteen is from the late Tang Dynasty. These nine caves are well preserved, while the other caves are obscured by weathering and their era is difficult to identify. The shape of the cave and the artistic style of the murals are the same as those of the Mogao Grottoes at the same time, and the creation date is at least the same period as the Mogao Grottoes. Among the nine well-preserved grottoes, most of them have a central pedestal in the center, with niches carved around the pedestal and Buddha statues inside. The four walls are painted with images of Thousand Buddhas of the Wise Kalpa, images of the Buddha sitting down and teaching sermons, and images of Buddha's Nirvana. Under the Buddha statues on the central seat and on the four walls, there are pictures of King Kong and Hercules. The west section of the south wall of a grotto in the Northern Wei Dynasty is painted (the story of Laizijing), and the east section is painted (the story of the Laodu Chadou Holy Transformation). It is a story of the Buddha's life that is not found in the Mogao Grottoes in the Northern Wei Dynasty. It can fill the gap and has unique value.

7. Yangguan

When people mention Yangguan, people will immediately think of a poem: "The morning rain in Weicheng is light and the dust is light, and the guest house is green and the willows are new. I urge you to drink another glass of wine, This masterpiece by Wang Wei, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, can be described as an eternal quatrain. It has been sung with music and has been widely circulated. Yangguan is located on the "Antique Beach" of Nanhu Township, 70 kilometers southwest of Dunhuang City in the Hexi Corridor. , named Yangguan because it is located in the south of Yumen Pass. It was first built in the Yuanding period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It was "organized into four counties and occupied two passes" in Hexi, and Yangguan was one of the two passes. It is the gateway to the Western Regions and an important pass on the southern route of the Silk Road. It is a strategic location that ancient military strategists must compete for.

After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, with the decline of the Silk Road, Yangguan was gradually abandoned.

8. Jiuquan Scenic Spots in the Western Han Dynasty

Jiuquan Park, also known as Quanhu Park, is located 2 kilometers east of Jiuquan City. It was named after the Jiuquan in the garden and has been in existence for more than 2,000 years. History. Jiuquan Park is a garden-type cultural park with a history of more than 2,000 years, covering an area of ??more than 400 acres. In the park, there are stone tablets of "Jiuquan Scenic Spots of the Western Han Dynasty" and "Jiuquan Ancient County of the Han Dynasty" from the Qing Dynasty, as well as a plaque with "Dadi Dago" handwritten by Zuo Zongtang, making it a must-visit place for tourists in Jiuquan. Jiuquan Park is not only famous for its thousand-year-old ancient springs, historical sites of the Western Han Dynasty, and Li Bai's poem stele, but also has a number of scenic spots with modern charm - Waterside Ancient Boat, Moon Cave Golden Pearl, Deep in the Smoke and Clouds, Moon Lake Rockery, Flowers and Moons, and Green Bamboo garden, ginkgo garden, etc. make people feel like they are in a painting. 9. Sutra Cave

In 1900, when Wang Yuan, a Taoist priest who lived in Cave No. 17, was cleaning the Taoist temple during the reconstruction of the Sutra Cave, he accidentally discovered a small door on the wall of the north corridor. After opening it, a square door appeared. The cave contains more than 50,000 documents and paper paintings, silk paintings, embroidery and other cultural relics from the 4th century to the 11th century (that is, the Sixteen Kingdoms to the Northern Song Dynasty). This is the famous Sutra Cave. These documents have been passed through for decades. Years of research have opened up a new discipline - Dunhuang Studies

10. Yulin Grottoes

During the Jiajing period of the Qing Dynasty, Lama Wu Gendong discovered an ivory Buddha in Yulin Grottoes. The cave was passed down from generation to generation, and after the liberation, the last generation of the Yulin Cave was dedicated to the government. The ivory statue was slightly carved from ivory tusks. It is said that there are two statues in the world, carved from the same ivory, and the other one remains. Abroad. The entire statue has superb carving skills, delicate knife skills, and the shape reflects the Indian Jiantuoluo art style. From this, it can be inferred that the modified statue may have been brought back from India by monks in the Tang Dynasty.