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Tour from Nanjing to Dunhuang.

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Dunhuang, Jiayuguan, Zhangye, Lanzhou, tourist routes

l Itinerary:

D1 Mingsha Mountain, Crescent Moon Spring, Mogao Grottoes Meal: Lunch Overnight: Dunhuang

1. After being picked up at Dunhuang Airport, check into the hotel to rest and adjust. In the afternoon, we will depart from the hotel to visit the magical desert wonders Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Moon Spring (120 yuan). "Spring, spring never dries up" has become the only surviving wonder of sand springs for thousands of years. Visitors here can climb mountains barefoot, sandboard, and ride camels up the sand dunes. The Crescent Spring is 5 kilometers away from Dunhuang City and takes 10 minutes. It takes 2 hours to visit the Crescent Spring and 40 minutes to the Historical Expo Park (40 yuan). At 8pm, watch the Dunhuang Goddess (180 yuan), visit Shazhou Night Market, and then check into the hotel to rest.

D2 Dunhuang - Yumen Pass - Yadan Landform 400KM Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Evening Overnight: Dunhuang

1. After breakfast, drive to Dunhuang Ancient City and then to Yumen Pass, which is known as the "Thousand-Year-Old Ancient City". "Yumen Pass", an important military pass and Silk Road transportation artery during the Han Dynasty, and an important pass on the Hexi Great Wall defense line. Yumen Pass (40 yuan) and the Han Great Wall were listed as national cultural relics protection units in 1998. ----Dunhuang is 110 kilometers away from Yumen Pass, it takes 2.30----3 hours, and the visit is 40 minutes (the road conditions are average). An ancient poet once said, "Why should the Qiang flute blame the willows? The spring breeze does not reach Yumen Pass." After that, we visited the preserved The most complete ancient Han Dynasty Great Wall, visit the Yadan Landform, which the locals call the Devil City, the first national geological park in the country. The Yadan Landform, known as the Natural Sculpture Museum (ticket 50 yuan, shuttle bus 20 yuan) ----- Yumen Pass It takes an hour and a half to drive from Yadan Landform, which is 90 kilometers away. It takes one hour to visit. You can find the epitome of many famous buildings in the world here, such as the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, the Potala Palace in Tibet, the Pyramid of Egypt, and the Lion Tower. Statues with human faces, yurts on the grassland, desert lions, peacocks in full bloom, Silk Road camel caravans...!

Warm reminder: You will stay outdoors for a long time on this day, so please prepare a sun hat, sunglasses, sunscreen and drinking water. At noon, we will have lunch at Yangguan Farmhouse, visit Yangguan, and then transfer to the hotel to rest, ending the day of a pleasant trip.

Warm reminder: Because Dunhuang is located in the desert and Gobi and has a dry climate, most tourists who come to Dunhuang for the first time will feel their mouth and tongue are dry. Drinking more water and eating more fruits is the best way to adapt.

D3 Dunhuang - Mogao Grottoes - Yulin Grottoes - Jiayuguan Meal: breakfast, lunch and dinner: Jiayuguan

After check-out and breakfast, visit Dunhuang Mogao, which is known as the treasure house of Buddhist art in the world. Grottoes (160 yuan) ---- Dunhuang City is 30 kilometers away from Mogao Grottoes and takes 40 minutes. It is a cultural and artistic treasure house integrating architecture, painted sculptures and murals. It has precious historical, artistic and scientific values ??and is a symbol of China. A national historical treasure and an outstanding cultural heritage of mankind. It was included in the World Cultural Heritage List by UNESCO in 1987. --- It takes 2 hours and 30 minutes to visit the Mogao Grottoes. (The road condition is very good, 25 kilometers).-----Yulin Grottoes, also known as Wanfo Gorge, is located kilometers away from Dunhuang. The caves were excavated on the upright east and west cliffs on both sides of the Yulin River Canyon. They were named Nianqiao Zhiqi because of the river. There are currently 2 caves with complete murals, including the East Cliff Grotto and the West Cliff Grotto. More than an square meter of colorful sculptures and murals are preserved. The six-meter-high statue of Sakyamuni Buddha in the sixth cave is painted in gold. It is as bright as new, resplendent, and looks extremely solemn and majestic. The Arhats in the third cave have different expressions and lifelike images. In particular, the mute Arhat sculptured on the west end of the south wall, with his upper body leaning forward and his mouth open, his eyes wide open and unable to speak, is vivid and can be regarded as a representative of the Yulin Grottoes painted sculptures. After normal road conditions, he went to Jiayuguan for free activities after dinner

D4 Dunhuang- Jiayuguan-Zhangye-Danxia Landform Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Overnight: Zhangye

After breakfast, drive to visit the most majestic pass in the world - Jiayuguan Great Wall (120 yuan), --- visit the Jiayuguan Gate Tower for 1 hour, ---It is located in the middle of the Hexi Corridor. It is the key pass at the western end of the Great Wall in the Ming Dynasty. As the saying goes, the Great Wall starts from Shanhaiguan in the east and ends at Jiayuguan in the west. Climbing up the tower, you can overlook the desolate Gobi Desert and the majestic Qilian Mountains. pulse.

After lunch, we went to Zhangye Danxia to watch the sunset. Zhangye Danxia landform is located in the mountainous and hilly area of ??100 square meters. There are unique and colorful Danxia landforms. Danxia refers to the red sandy conglomerate that has been peeled off by long-term weathering and water erosion. , forming isolated peaks and steep strange rocks. The Danxia landform here developed from the Pre-Jurassic to the Tertiary Period about 10,000 years ago (ticket price per person)

Jiayu Pass Zhangye Meal at the Great Buddha Temple: Breakfast, Lunch and Overnight: Lanzhou

After breakfast, visit Zhangye (Great Buddha Temple) (Yuan, the visit takes about an hour). The temple was built in the first year of Yong'an (Yong'an) in the Western Xia Dynasty. According to historical records, the Imperial Master of the Western Xia Dynasty Wei Mei excavated a reclining Buddha covered with green tiles here and built the Great Buddha Temple. There are three existing buildings: the Great Buddha Hall, the Sutra Pavilion, and the Earthen Pagoda. The Great Buddha Hall is meters high, wide and large in scale. Each side of the hall door is inlaid with a brick carving of six square meters. On the left are "Dengjile" and "Western Holy Land", on the right are "Eight Sammo Pond" and "Diyuan". Acting".

In addition, Zhangye also has Horseshoe Temple and Shandan Racecourse. These attractions can be included in this day's itinerary. Then rush to Lanzhou for free activities after dinner.