What tourist attractions and cities does the Silk Road pass through?

Tianshui, the main city on the Silk Road (history)

Tianshui, a famous historical and cultural city in China, is located in the southeast of Gansu Province, at the junction of Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan provinces. It is connected with Central China, East China and coastal areas in the east, Qinghai, Tibet and Xinjiang in the west, European countries on the Eurasian Continental Bridge in the south, and Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan and Guizhou in the southwest of the motherland in the south. You can enter Ningxia by crossing Liupanshan to the north. Tianshui has a warm climate, no heat in summer, no cold in winter, four distinct seasons and beautiful scenery, and is known as "the small south of Gansu". Fan Changjiang, a veteran journalist, wrote in Northwest Corner of China: "Gansu people talk about Tianshui, which means that Jiangsu and Zhejiang people are as proud as Suzhou and Hangzhou, and think it is a place with beautiful scenery, rich products and outstanding people." According to historical records, Tianshui is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization. Both human ancestors Fu and Nu Wa were born in Tianshui, so Tianshui is called "the hometown of Xi". The excavation of the ancient human site in Dadiwan, Qin 'an proves that our ancestors thrived on this land as early as 7800 years ago. Tianshui has a history of more than 2600 years since the Spring and Autumn Period. From the pre-Qin Dynasty to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Tianshui was the capital of states, counties, governments and other administrative regions in various periods. The long history has given birth to rich and unique ancient Tianshui culture, such as Fuxi culture, Dadiwan culture, pre-Qin culture, Maijishan culture and Three Kingdoms culture. The splendid ancient Tianshui culture is one of the important parts of the history of Chinese civilization.

Lanzhou

Lanzhou has a history of two thousand years, and was called "Jincheng" in ancient times. Notes on English Instructions of Hanshu. Geography says: "When you build a city at the beginning, you get gold, so it is called Jincheng." There is also an allusion called "Jin Chi Cheng Tang", which means firmly naming. Jincheng County was established in the Han Dynasty, and it was renamed Lanzhou in the Sui Dynasty because there was Gaolan Mountain in the south of the city. Later, after several changes, it became Lanzhou Prefecture in Qing Dynasty. After the Revolution of 1911, Lanzhou became the capital of Gansu Province.

Lanzhou has a long history and culture. As early as 5,000 years ago in the Neolithic Age, our ancestors thrived here, engaged in hunting and agricultural production, and successively created splendid Majiayao culture, Mid-levels culture, Racecourse culture and Qijia culture. During the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the Qiang, Rong and other ethnic groups, who took Emperor Yan of Shennong as their gods, lived here. Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, Lanzhou, as the transportation hub and commercial port of the ancient Silk Road, has played an important role in communicating economic and cultural exchanges between China and the West and enhancing the friendship and cooperation between our people and the people of Asian, African and European countries. The mountains around Lanzhou are winding and endless. From southwest to southeast, it is an extension of Qilian Mountain, with beautiful peaks and lush trees. Most parts of Northeast China are the Loess Plateau, with rolling mountains and ravines. Lanzhou has both a bustling city with "dense cars and department stores on the road" and a valley and green water with "flowers and willows on both sides of the strait all depend on water"; There are both the spectacular plateau of "the city is filled with stones, and the river enters the sky" and the beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River of "thousands of birds in the sand house in spring". There are also ancient temples, pavilions, the Great Wall and other historical sites built in past dynasties, as well as burial, painted pottery and Han bamboo slips in past dynasties. Lanzhou is located in the northwest of China with its unique majestic, vast, charming and magnificent charm. Lanzhou is a famous "city of melons and fruits". The light here is long and the temperature difference between day and night is large. It is extremely beneficial to the growth of melons and fruits. The produced melons and fruits have high sugar content, large juice and rich varieties.

Jiuquan

Jiuquan region is located at the western end of Hexi Corridor in Gansu Province, bordering Zhangye in the east, Xinjiang in the west, Qinghai in the south and Inner Mongolia and Mongolia in the north. It is about 680 kilometers long from east to west and 550 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of 1.9 1.2 million square kilometers, accounting for 42% of the area of Gansu Province. Jiuquan is named after "there are springs under the city" and "its water is like wine". Jiuquan is rich in land resources and has great development potential, which occupies a certain position and role in Gansu Province. Mountains and hills, desert Gobi and oasis grassland constitute the unique natural landscape in Jiuquan area, and the ingenious nature has created many mountains and rivers, which are spectacular. Jiuquan area is one of the earliest areas of land development and utilization in western China. In the pre-Qin period, it was called Xirong Land, Xiqiang Land, Xiongnu Right Land and West, West and Hexi Three Dangerous Places. Before Qin and Han Dynasties, Qiang and Rong lived in ancient times, and Qiang and Rong were indigenous here. Qiang people refer to the moon branch, and Wusun is the transliteration of "Rong". Jiuquan's magnificent natural landscape not only makes its mountains and rivers magnificent, its territory vast and its natural resources rich, but also leaves a rich accumulation because of its special geographical location and glorious history. Jiuquan people have created a magnificent picture of the new era in the vast mountains.

Wuwei

Wuwei, formerly known as Liangzhou, is located at the eastern end of Hexi Corridor in Gansu Province. Known as "the tourist symbol capital of China", "the hometown of wine in China", "the historical witness that Tibet belongs to the motherland" and "the only producing area of white yak in the world". Wuwei has a long history. This is an important town on the ancient Silk Road. There were human activities here as early as 5000 years ago. In BC 12 1 year, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Huo Qubing, a general in title of generals in ancient times, to Hexi and defeated Xiongnu, hence the name. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty opened four counties in Hexi, all previous dynasties have set up counties and houses here. Sixteen countries in the East, the former cool country, the later cool country, the southern cool country, the northern cool country and the Daliang regime at the end of Sui Dynasty successively established their capitals here, becoming a metropolis to the west of Chang 'an, the throat of communication between China and the West, the important town of the Silk Road and the melting pot of ethnic integration. A long history has nurtured splendid culture of Liangliang, Xixia, Buddhism and ethnic and folk regions, with numerous places of interest and rich cultural relics. It is a cultural relic city in Gansu Province.