The best tourist route of the Great Northwest Ring Road

The best tourist route of the Great Northwest Ring Road is recommended: Petroleum Town → Mogao Grottoes → Crescent Spring in Mingsha Mountain → Shazhou Night Market in Dunhuang → Jiayuguan.

1, oil town

The oil town is located in Qaidam Basin, Qinghai Province, in the vast desert at the foot of Altun Mountain. This oil town used to be a no-man's land. 1954 started construction after the discovery of oil, and 1959 established Lenghu City. Later, due to the exhaustion of oil, 1964 was downgraded to town.

2. Mogao grottoes

Mogao grottoes, located in Dunhuang at the western end of Hexi Corridor. From the Sixteen Kingdoms period to the Yuan Dynasty, its excavation lasted about 1000 years, which is unique in China Grottoes. It is not only a splendid art treasure house of China's ancient civilization, but also an important witness to the dialogue and exchange between different civilizations on the ancient Silk Road.

3. Crescent Spring in Mingsha Mountain

Moon Spring Scenic Spot of Mingsha Mountain in Dunhuang is located 5 kilometers south of Dunhuang in Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, with an area of 76.82 square kilometers. The core scenic spot area is defined as 12.79 square kilometers. Known as "one of the best scenery outside the Great Wall".

Mingsha Mountain starts from Mogao Grottoes in the east and reaches Danghekou in the west. It stretches for 40 kilometers from east to west and about 20 kilometers from north to south. The elevation of the main peak is1715m. The mountain consists of fine sand in five colors: red, yellow, green, black and white. Crescent Spring is located in the middle of Mingsha Mountain, and it is named because its shape resembles a crescent moon.

4. Shazhou Night Market in Dunhuang

Shazhou night market in Dunhuang is a night market street in Dunhuang. Walking into the sandbar market will make many people feel that they are in the wrong place. During the day, it is a department store. There are many carved handicrafts, jewelry, sand paintings and specialties, some of which are cheaper than supermarkets.

5. Jiayuguan

Jiayuguan, known as "the first male pass in the world", is located in the middle of the narrowest valley 5 kilometers west of Jiayuguan City, Gansu Province. The walls on both sides of the city pass through the desert Gobi, connecting the Great Wall of Montenegro in the north and the first pier in the world in the south. It is the westernmost part of the Great Wall in the Ming Dynasty. It was once called the throat of Hexi in history. Because of its steep terrain and magnificent architecture, it is called lock key. Jiayuguan is the traffic fortress of the ancient Silk Road and one of the three wonders of the Great Wall of China (Shanhaiguan in the east, Beitai in the middle and Jiayuguan in the west).

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Jiayuguan