Ten must-see scenic spots in Gansu Province.

The top ten tourist attractions in Gansu Province are Mackey Scenic Area, Colorful Danxia Scenic Area, Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring Scenic Area, Kongtong Mountain Scenic Area, Bingling Temple Scenic Area, Jiayuguan Scenic Area, Guan 'egou Scenic Area, Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, Yellow River Stone Forest Scenic Area and Labrang Temple.

1. Mackey Scenic Area

Maijishan Scenic Area, located in Tianshui City, Gansu Province, consists of Maijishan Grottoes, Ren Xian Cliff, Shimen and other scenic spots, with an area of 2 15 square kilometers. It is a national natural and cultural heritage and a national 5A-level tourist attraction. There are beautiful natural scenery and abundant animal and plant resources here. Maijishan Grottoes, in particular, is the core of the scenic spot, named after the shape of the mountain like a farmer's wheat pile, and it is one of the four largest grottoes in China.

Second, colorful Danxia scenic spot

Colorful Danxia Scenic Area, located in Zhangye City, Gansu Province, with an area of 50 square kilometers, is famous at home and abroad for its magnificent, steep, strange and colorful features. It has become the most typical Danxia landform in northern China. You can see big scallops, colorful flying chardonnay, monks worshipping Buddha and other scenic spots on the observation deck, which has high ornamental value and research value and is a national 5A-level tourist scenic spot.

Three, Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring Scenic Area

Moon Spring Scenic Spot of Mingsha Mountain, located in Dunhuang City, Gansu Province, covers an area of 76 square kilometers and is known as "one of the scenic spots beyond the Great Wall". Mingsha Mountain is one of the five most beautiful deserts in China, which is composed 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. It attracts a large number of tourists and is a national 5A-level tourist attraction.

Fourth, Kongtong Mountain Scenic Area.

Kongtong Mountain Scenic Area, located in Pingliang City, Gansu Province, covers an area of 83 square kilometers. There are eight nine palaces and twelve courtyards in Kongtong Mountain, which is known as the holy land of Northwest Road and Buddhism, leaving a large number of cultural relics. The scenic area has well-preserved vegetation, stable ecosystem, abundant wildlife resources and beautiful natural landscape, which attracts many tourists to climb mountains and visit. It is a national 5A-level tourist attraction.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) Bingling Temple Scenic Area

Bingling Temple, located in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, is a national key cultural relics protection unit and a national 5A-level tourist attraction. Founded in the Western Qin Dynasty, it has a history of thousands of years and is a famous Buddhist shrine. There are nearly 190 grottoes, many stone carvings, clay sculptures, murals and so on. , distributed on the cliff surface 60 meters high, has far-reaching historical significance and high research value.

Sixth, Jiayuguan Scenic Area

Jiayuguan, known as "the first male pass in the world", is a battleground for military strategists and is located in Jiayuguan City, Gansu Province. Jiayuguan was built in the fifth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty, and it is composed of inner city, outer city, Luocheng, Wengcheng, moat and the Great Wall with two wings, forming a defense system of one hundred miles and one city. It is also a traffic fortress of the ancient Silk Road and one of the three wonders of the Great Wall. It is a national key cultural relics protection unit and a national 5A-level tourist attraction.

Seven. Guan' egou scenic spot

Guanegou National Forest Park is located in Longnan City, Gansu Province, and consists of Guanzhugou, Egou, Mulonggou and Miaogou, covering an area of 42,000 hectares. The park combines natural and human landscapes such as forests, grasslands, landforms and water bodies. Lakes are dotted, canyons and waterfalls are intertwined, vegetation is lush and diverse, ecological environment is beautiful, and natural landscape is peculiar. It is a national 5A-level tourist attraction.

Eight, Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes

The Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu Province, which lasted for thousands of years from sixteen countries, is unique among China Grottoes. It is a splendid art treasure house of China's ancient civilization and an important witness to the exchange of different civilizations on the ancient Silk Road. There are 735 caves in Mogao Grottoes, with 45,000 square meters of murals and more than 2,400 painted sculptures. It enjoys a high historical position in grotto art, is a world cultural heritage and is a national key cultural relic protection unit.

Nine, the Yellow River Stone Forest Scenic Area

The Yellow River Stone Forest is located in Baiyin City, Gansu Province, with a large scale and an area of 10 square kilometer. The scenic spot is surrounded by mountains, with quiet environment and beautiful scenery. The most distinctive is the ancient stone forest group, which has the charm of natural gardens. The Yellow River Stone Forest is a comprehensive geological relic nature reserve, a national geological park and a national 4A-level scenic spot integrating geomorphological features, geological structures, natural landscapes and human history.

X. Labrang Temple

Labuleng Temple, a national cultural relic protection unit, is located in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province. This temple is one of the six monasteries of Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Founded in 1709, it covers an area of more than 400,000 square meters and has more than 90 temples, including 6 academies, with more than 4,000 monks in its heyday. There are many ancient books, Buddha statues, murals and Thangka paintings in the temple, which have high ornamental value. It is a national 4A-level tourist attraction.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Mackey Scenic Area Baidu Encyclopedia-Colorful Danxia Scenic Area Baidu Encyclopedia-Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring Scenic Area.