5 recommended scenic spots for self-driving tours in Gansu. You must visit these places when traveling by car in Gansu!

Gansu is a mountainous province, so in Gansu culture, mountain scenery is a major tourist feature. Among the many tourist attractions in Gansu Province, the Mogao Grottoes and Kongtong Mountain are the most famous. These scenery are not only beautiful, but also have a unique flavor of Gansu culture. So, let the editor take you to experience the scenic spots in Gansu.

1. Mogao Grottoes

Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes is the general name of Mogao Grottoes and West Thousand Buddha Caves in Dunhuang City, Gansu Province. It is one of the four famous grottoes in my country. First, it is also the largest and best-preserved Buddhist art treasure house in the world. The Mogao Grottoes are located 25 kilometers southeast of Dunhuang City and are excavated on the cliff at the eastern foot of Mingsha Mountain. In the second year of Jianyuan of Fujian in the former Qin Dynasty (366 AD), the Venerable Samana Le came here and saw thousands of golden paths on Mingsha Mountain, which looked like thousands of Buddhas. He then had the idea of ????excavating. After that, construction continued, and it became a holy place for Buddhism. The name is Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, commonly known as Thousand Buddha Cave. Chinese grotto art originated from India. Traditional Indian grotto statues are mainly stone sculptures. However, the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes are not suitable for carving, so the entire statues are mainly clay sculptures and murals. The front of the cave is generally round sculpture, and then gradually fades into high sculpture, shadow sculpture, wall sculpture, and finally, with murals as the background, the two arts of sculpture and painting are integrated. There were more than a thousand caves in the Mogao Grottoes in the Tang Dynasty, which are now in existence. There are 492 grottoes, including 32 Wei Grottoes, 110 Sui Grottoes, 247 Tang Grottoes, 36 Five Dynasty Grottoes, 45 Song Grottoes, and 8 Yuan Grottoes.

2. Shouyang Mountain

Shouyang Mountain is located in Xiangtang Valley, Lianfeng Township, 34 kilometers southeast of Weiyuan County, with an altitude between 2186 and 2509 meters. It is the first among the mountains and was named after the sun shone first during the Shang Dynasty. At the beginning of the Guzhu Kingdom (now Lulong County, Hebei Province), the two sons of the king, Boyi and Shuqi, gave way to their successors and went to the Zhou Dynasty together. Later, when they heard that King Wu was attacking Zhou, they knocked on their horses to remonstrate. Because King Wu did not listen, he became angry and refused to eat Zhou millet. He traveled west to Shouyang Mountain and ate some weeds. He died of starvation in Shouyang Mountain and became a famous mountain in Longyou. When the Qin and Han Dynasties established the county here, it was named Shouyang County. From the west of Qi to Qiyang, I saw King Wu of Zhou attacking Yin and said: I heard that the ancient scholars avoided their responsibilities when the world was ruled, and did not survive in troubled times. It is dark today and Zhou's virtue has declined. They have joined Zhou to smear my body. Instead of being inferior, Yi Jiewu traveled north to Shouyang Mountain, where he died of hunger. The scholar Cao Jia of the Eastern Han Dynasty (i.e., Ban Zhao's note on "Youtong Fu") said: The Yi Qi starved to Shouyang Mountain in Longxi. Shouyang.

3. Maijishan Grottoes

One of China's large grottoes, an important religious and artistic monument on the "Silk Road", a national key cultural relics protection unit, and a Chinese masterpiece. One of the famous scenic spots, it is located on the south side of Maiji Township, Tianshui County, Gansu Province. It is an isolated peak in the front mountain area of ??Xiaolong Mountain on the northern branch of the West Qinling Mountains. The peak is conical in shape with a relative height of 142 meters, and the red gravel layer is slightly horizontal. The rock mass is named after the wheat stacks in the countryside. It is a wheat stack-style Danxia landform in Longyuan.

4. Jiayuguan Cultural Relics Scenic Area

Jiayuguan is located in Jiayu City, Gansu Province. The westernmost pass of the Great Wall was historically known as the "Throat of Hexi". A medium-sized industrial city has been built near Guancheng, with open and clean streets. To the northwest of the city is the famous Jiayuguan Great Wall, and to the southwest is the snow-covered Qilian Mountains. Surrounding the city is the vast Gobi Desert. The distance from Jiayuguan to Jiuquan is only over 20 kilometers. The Great Wall of Jiayuguan is a national key cultural relic protection unit. To the south of Jiayuguan is the Qilian Mountains, with snow peaks stretching for thousands of miles. , Mazong Mountain, facing the Qilian Mountain, is located in the west of Hexi.

5. Kongtong Mountain

Kongtong Mountain is located 30 kilometers west of Pingliang City, Gansu Province and is a national key scenic spot. Surrounded by the Jinghe River, the highest peak is 2,100 meters above sea level. The mountain has lush forests and beautiful scenery, including Riyue Gorge, Yuxian Peak, Qixin Peak, Qianzhang Rock, Hydrangea Peak, Penghua Rock, Guiyun Cave, Huanglong Spring, and Danti. Cliffs and other places of interest. According to legend, the Yellow Emperor once asked Guangchengzi here.