Where to go on a self-driving trip around Gansu during the Spring Festival? Recommendations for the 10 most popular attractions in Gansu

Gansu is also called Long because most of the province’s territory is to the west of Liupan Mountain, and the Longyou Road was set up here in the Tang Dynasty. Friends who want to travel to Gansu, don’t miss the following Top ten scenic spots.

1. Ancient trees in the green hills - Guanyegou in Longnan

Guanyegou is located in Dangchang County, Gansu Province, with a total length of 32 kilometers and a total area of ??about 17,637 hectares. , the forest coverage rate is 75.1%. There are colorful lakes in the ditch, dense primeval forests of pines and cypresses, steep canyons towering into the clouds, and small and large waterfalls pouring down from the top of the mountain or halfway up the cliff. The deepest part is the mountain. Meadows and snow-capped mountains that never melt all year round

2. The Badain Jaran Desert

The Badain Jaran Desert is located in the west of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and is one of the four largest deserts in China. 1. The total area is 47,000 square kilometers. Among them, the Bayannur and Quixote Sand Mountains are the highest sand dunes in the world. The annual precipitation in the Badain Jaran Desert is less than 40 mm, but there are more than 100 lakes in the desert. Towering sand mountains, mysterious singing sand, quiet lakes and wetlands constitute the unique and charming landscape of the Badain Jaran Desert, attracting tens of thousands of domestic and foreign tourists every year.

3. A clean place - Mengke Glacier

Mengke Glacier, also known as Laohugou No. 12 Glacier, is located in the Qilian Mountains of Subei County, Gansu Province and covers an area of ??21.9 square kilometers. It is the largest valley glacier in the Qilian Mountains. There are a total of 44 glaciers in the Laohugou area, covering an area of ??about 54.3 square kilometers. It is known as "Transparent Mengke", which means tall and broad snow mountain in Mongolian. The end of the glacier is 4,260 meters above sea level. The highest peak is 5,483 meters above sea level. It has a large snow accumulation area with a gentle slope. The slope of the ice surface is 3 to 6 degrees. The maximum slope of the snow area is 26 degrees and there is no avalanche. Hazard.

4. Jiayuguan Pass, Gansu Province

Jiayuguan Pass, 98°17′ east longitude and 39°47′ north latitude, is located 5 kilometers west of Jiayuguan City, Gansu Province. The middle part of the narrowest valley is the first pass at the western end of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty. It is also the transportation fortress of the ancient "Silk Road" and the starting point of the western end of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty.

5. Qilian Mountains< /p>

The Qilian Mountains are located in the northeastern part of Qinghai Province and the western border of Gansu Province. They are one of the main mountain ranges in China. They are composed of a number of parallel mountains and wide valleys running from northwest to southeast. Also known as Nanshan. It is 800 kilometers long from east to west, 200 to 400 kilometers wide from north to south, and has an altitude of 4,000 to 6,000 meters. It has 3,306 glaciers and an area of ??about 2,062 square kilometers.

6. Gaoxia Pinghu—— Lotus Ancient Ferry

The mighty Yellow River is cut off by the Liujiaxia Hydropower Station Dam and tamed in high gorges and deep valleys, forming an endless lake, starting from the Liujiaxia Dam in the east and ending at Bingling Temple in the southwest. , connecting Yongjing, Dongxiang, Linxia and Jishi counties, with a shoreline of 55 kilometers, a maximum width of 6 kilometers, and a lake capacity of 5.7 billion cubic meters. The basin area is 166 square kilometers and the water surface reaches 200,000 acres. It is known as "the largest artificial lake in the northwest region".

7. Hengling Bridge Mountain - Qingyang Ziwu Ridge

The Ziwu Ridge spans Shaanxi and Gansu provinces and is in the hinterland of the Loess Plateau. 8. A good place in Dingxi - Langdu Wetland Grassland

Langdu Wetland Grassland is located around Nianjiazhuang and Langdu Village, Lujing Town, 70 kilometers east of Min County, Gansu Province, China, covering an area of ??more than 900,000 Mu, Provincial Highway 306 passes through it.

9. Nidu Bishui - Yongchang Xidahe

Xidahe is one of the mother rivers in Jinchang area. The water supply in Jinchang area basically relies on Xidahe Reservoir and Huangcheng Reservoir. The source of the water is the melted snow water from the glaciers of the Qilian Mountains, which is collected into two major reservoirs and then diverted to the urban water supply network. There are rich pastures around the Xidahe Reservoir, where the movie "Wrangler" was once filmed.

10. Han Family Horse Stables - Gansu Shandan Army Horse Farm

Shandan Army Horse Farm is located in Damaying Pasture in Qilian Mountains, 55 kilometers south of Shandan County, Zhangye. It is currently the world's largest horse racing stable. It is the oldest racecourse in the world, the largest in Asia, and the second largest racecourse in the world. The Shandan Army Horse Racing Field is flat, with luxuriant water and grass. The grass is green in summer and golden in winter. It is an ideal place for horses to breed and grow. As early as more than 3,000 years ago, horses were raised here. Since the Western Han Dynasty, based on the local Mongolian horses, various fine horses from the Western Regions have been introduced here. The Shandan horses bred by crossbreeding are famous all over the world.