Driving from Lanzhou to Dunhuang, what are the must-visit attractions along the way?

Lanzhou-Wuwei-Jinchang-Zhangye-Jiuquan-Jiayuguan-Guazhou-Dunhuang-Qinghai/Xinjiang forms a regional tourism ring connecting with Qinghai Province, focusing on the G30 Lianhuo Expressway, with a total length of 1,055 kilometers.

The Hexi Corridor from Lanzhou to the west is a world-class self-driving tour route comparable to Highway 1 on the West Coast of the United States. Historically, Zhang Qian, Xuanzang, Marco Polo and others have passed through here. Beginning in 121 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established four counties in Hexi: Jiuquan, Wuwei, Zhangye, and Dunhuang.

Starting from Lanzhou and heading west, you can park and rest at the "Lanzhou Yueguo Group's Happy Farm Self-Driving Tour Camp (Yongdeng)". When heading to Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County, you can stop at the "Lanzhou Yongdeng Datong River Ecological Park Self-Driving Tour Camp" Park and rest.

Follow the main line to Wuwei. The Leitai Han Tomb in this ancient city of "Liangzhou" is also the place where the Chinese tourism symbol "Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow" was unearthed; the Tiantishan Grottoes are the originator of Chinese grottoes; and the Baita Temple is a witness Tibet is included in the territory of China.

Continue to travel west to Jinchang. This place was once covered with gravel, but now hundreds of acres of purple flowers have transformed it into a garden city. The ancient city of Liqian in Yongchang is famous for its placement of scattered Roman soldiers during the Western Han Dynasty. known.

On the way from Jinchang to Zhangye, there are "Yongchang County Beihaizi Wetland Self-Driving Campground", "Zhangye National Desert Sports Park Self-Driving Campground", and "Zhangye Gaotai Heihe Wetland Park RV Campground" where you can park and rest.

Continuing westward to Zhangye, you can still see many remaining ruins of the Han Dynasty Great Wall along the way. "If you don't look at the snow on the top of the Qilian Mountains, you mistake Zhangye for the south of the Yangtze River" is the most appropriate description of the oasis in Zhangye. There is also Asia's largest military horse farm - Shandan Army Horse Farm, the Great Buddha Temple in Xixia, and the Wanshou Wooden Pagoda in the Sui Dynasty. .

When you come to Zhangye, you should also see the landforms. On the way to Jiuquan, the colorful Danxia in Linze has the most brilliant colors, and the Binggou Danxia has the most peculiar shape. At the "Zhangye Danxia Backing Camp Self-Driving Tour Camp" Stop the car to take a rest and watch the most beautiful colorful danxia in the sunset.

As the Qilian Snow Mountains continue westward, the next oasis is Jiuquan. The Suoyang City ruins are like an old book, integrating ancient city sites and ancient tombs.

To the west of Jiuquan City is Jiayuguan City. The majesty of Jiayuguan Pass, "the most majestic pass in the world," is still there.

Crossing the vast Gobi desert, transfer to G3011 in Guazhou and march towards Dunhuang. Dunhuang was once the crossroads of world exchanges along the Silk Road; the Mogao Grottoes were Dunhuang's business card to the world; the desert wonder Crescent Spring has been nestled in the embrace of Mingsha Mountain for thousands of years; Yumen Pass and Yangguan were once the gateways to the Western Regions in ancient my country. There are miniatures of famous buildings from various countries in Yadan Devil City.

You can travel south from Dunhuang to Qinghai and Tibet, passing through Aksai Kazakh Autonomous County and Subei Mongolian Autonomous County in Gansu to experience unique folk customs.

Food along the way:

Wuwei three sets of cars

Jinchang mutton pad rolls

Zhangye fried fish roe

Jiayuguan Barbecue

Dunhuang donkey meat yellow noodles