Ten scenic spots in Zhangye

Ten famous scenic spots in Zhangye: Colorful Danxia Tourist Scenic Area, Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon, Horseshoe Temple Scenic Area, Zhangye Buddhist Temple, Binggou Danxia Scenic Area, Qilian Mountain, Shandan Military Racecourse, Zhangye Abnormal Valley Scenic Area and Little Potala Palace.

1, colorful Danxia tourist scenic spot in Zhangye

Zhangye Colorful Danxia Scenic Area is located in Linze and Sunan counties at the northern foot of Qilian Mountain. It is 40 kilometers east of Zhangye City and 20 kilometers north of Linze County, with a total area of 50 square kilometers and a tourist activity area of 4 square kilometers. Now it is a world geopark and a national 5A-level tourist attraction.

2. Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon

After hundreds of millions of years of vicissitudes, nature is magical. Here, the canyon is deep and the peak forest is strange. With unique creativity, nature carves colorful mountains into unparalleled and breathtaking landscapes.

3. Horseshoe Temple Scenic Area

Horseshoe Temple, also known as Puguang Temple, is located between the foothills of Qilian Mountain in Sunan Yugur Autonomous County, and is a huge group of cave temples. There are many grotto Buddha statues carved since the Northern Liang Dynasty on the stone wall, as well as towering grotto temple buildings, which are very fantastic and spectacular.

4. Zhangye Buddhist Temple

Located in the downtown area of Zhangye City, Zhangye Giant Buddha Temple was built in the Yong 'an period of Xixia, with a history of more than 900 years. The Great Buddha Temple is famous for its largest indoor clay sculpture reclining Buddha, as well as distinctive ancient buildings such as earthen pagoda and Shanxi guild hall, which can be visited and worshipped. There is also an exhibition in the temple to help visitors understand Buddhist art and the history of the Great Buddha Temple.

5. Binggou Danxia Scenic Area

Binggou Danxia Scenic Area is located in Sunan Yugur Autonomous County, Zhangye. It is a natural scenic spot dominated by Danxia landform in songkhla Red Palace. Compared with the nearby Danxia landform scenic spot in Zhangye, the color of Danxia is relatively simple and has not changed much, but the biggest feature is that the Danxia landform here is very unique, diverse in style and spectacular in scale.

6. Qilian Mountain

Qilian Mountain is located at the junction of western Gansu Province and northeastern Qinghai Province in China. Qilian Mountain means heaven in Xiongnu language, so Qilian Mountain means Tianshan Mountain in Xiongnu language. Due to the melting of snow on the top of the mountain, flowing water bred Gobi oases such as Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiayuguan and Jiuquan in the Hexi Corridor on the north side, and opened up the connection between the mainland and the western regions.

7. Shandan Military Racecourse

Shandan Military Horse Farm is located in the south of Shandan County, Zhangye. It is a vast grassland on the north side of Qilian Mountain. The racecourse has a wide terrain, with grasslands and rape fields stretching for dozens of kilometers. The scenery is spectacular. It has been a royal military racecourse since ancient times, and now it has become the largest racecourse in the world. Visitors can experience the feeling of galloping on the grassland here.

8. Zhangye Alien Valley Scenic Area

Alien Valley Star Theme Geopark is located in Dahe Township, Baiyin Mongolian Township and Lekang Township around Kang Bai Town, Sunan Yugur Autonomous County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province. It is an important part of Zhangye National Geopark, which is rich in glaciers, snow-capped mountains, forests, grasslands, Danxia, hills, Gobi, deserts and wetlands.

9. Zhangye National Wetland Park

Zhangye National Wetland Park, located about 3 kilometers north of Zhangye City, is one of the larger urban wetland parks in the northwest of China. There are many elegant landscapes in the park, such as clear lakes, large areas of reeds, lush trees and lawns, which are very rare in the northwest.

10, Little Potala Palace

The towering sandstone, like the remains of an ancient castle, stands abruptly on the earth and is called the Little Potala Palace. This shape was developed under the combined action of running water erosion and wind erosion.

Refer to the above contents: Baidu Encyclopedia-Colorful Danxia Scenic Area, Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhangye Buddha Temple.