Ten famous scenic spots in Gansu Province

The top ten scenic spots in Gansu are Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, Maijishan Grottoes, Colorful Danxia Scenic Area in Zhangye, Kongtong Mountain, Mingsha Mountain, Jiayuguan Mountain, Jiuquan Scenic Area in the Western Han Dynasty, Lanzhou Yellow River Railway Bridge, Dongfeng Aerospace City and Tulugou National Forest Park.

1, Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes

Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes is the general name of Mogao Grottoes and West Thousand Buddha Cave in Dunhuang City, Gansu Province. It is one of the four largest grottoes in China and 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 dug on the cliff at the eastern foot of Mingsha Mountain. China Grottoes originated from India. The traditional grottoes in India are mainly stone carvings, while the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang are mainly clay murals because rocks are not suitable for carving.

2. Maijishan Grottoes

Maijishan Grottoes, one of the five sub-scenic spots of Maijishan National 5A tourist scenic spot, is located on the north side of the western end of Qinling Mountain, 28 kilometers away from the urban area. Excavated in the period after the Sixteen Kingdoms and Qin Dynasty, it has been continuously excavated and rebuilt in the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty and other dynasties 10, making it the second largest art treasure house in China after Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, with 194 caves and more than 7,800 clay sculptures and murals.

3. Colorful Danxia Scenic Spot in Zhangye

Zhangye Danxia Geopark is located at the northern foot of Qilian Mountain, 30 kilometers south of Linze County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province. It is one of the areas with the largest and best landform development and the richest landform modeling in China. It is a typical representative of colorful Danxia and lattice Gongdanxia in China, and has high scientific research and tourism appreciation value. In June, 2005 +065438+ 10, China Geographic Magazine and 34 national media jointly held the "The Most Beautiful Place in China" contest, and was elected as one of the "Seven Most Beautiful Danxia in China".

4. Kongtong Mountain

Kongtong Mountain is the first batch of 5A scenic spots in China, and it is also a national key scenic spot, national geological park and national nature reserve. Located at the west of Pingliang City 1 1 km, it is adjacent to Xi in the east, Lanzhou in the west, Baoji in the south and Yinchuan in the north. It is the crossroads of the ancient Silk Road, with fantastic natural landscape and exquisite human landscape. Since ancient times, it has been called "the first mountain in the west" and "the wonder of the west town".

5. Mingsha Mountain

Mingsha Mountain was called Shensha Mountain and Shajiao Mountain in ancient times. It is about 40 kilometers long from east to west, 20 kilometers wide from north to south and tens of meters high. It starts from the cliff top of Mogao Grottoes in the east and meets Danghe Reservoir in the west. The mountain peak is steep, like a blade. The whole mountain is made up of oily fine-grained yellow sand. When climbing a mountain, I only feel that the sand under my feet will chirp. Although I am one foot deep and one foot shallow, I will still take a half step back. Climbing the mountain is extremely difficult, but I still feel endless fun.

6. Jiayuguan

Jiayuguan cultural relics scenic spot includes Jiayuguan Guancheng, the Great Wall hanging on the wall and the first pier in the world. Jiayuguan Cultural Relics Scenic Spot is a tourist scenic spot with the historical remains and sites of Jiayuguan military defense system as the main landscape resources and relying on frontier fortress culture, Great Wall culture and Silk Road culture. The scenic spot has formed a unique and desolate, vigorous and dignified border Gobi unique style, showing the historical role of the Hexi Corridor military barrier and the Silk Road town.

7. Jiuquan Scenic Area in the Western Han Dynasty

Jiuquan Scenic Area in the Western Han Dynasty is located at the east 1.9 km of Suzhou District, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, with an area of 270,000 square meters, including 50,000 square meters of natural lakes. It is a classical garden originated from the historical facts of the Western Han Dynasty, showing the heroic spirit of great men and integrating the exquisite beauty of Jiangnan. Jiuquan Park is located at Gulou East 1.9 km, covering an area of 270,000 square meters. It is the only well-preserved China garden in Hexi Corridor with a history of more than 2,000 years.

8. Lanzhou Yellow River Railway Bridge

Lanzhou Yellow River Railway Bridge, commonly known as "Zhongshan Railway Bridge" and "Zhongshan Bridge", is located on the north side of the middle section of Binhe Road and under Baita Mountain. The Yellow River Railway Bridge is not only an ancient bridge with a long history in Lanzhou, but also the first real bridge on the 5,464-kilometer Yellow River, so it is called "the first bridge of the Yellow River in the world". Yellow River Railway Bridge is located in Nanbinhe Road, Lanzhou, which is connected with the most prosperous business district in Lanzhou. It is a good time to play all year round.

9. Dongfeng Aerospace City

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, the first space port in China, shares a river with the Golden Pagoda, a hot land and a blue sky. This is the world-famous Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, the first space port in China. It is a high-tech space test launch base representing the advanced level of China's space technology. There is not only a sacred and solemn atmosphere, a quiet and tidy community, spacious and flat streets, tall and straight Populus euphratica, a mighty and vigorous pace, and a magnificent and loud singing voice.

10, Turpan Gou National Forest Park

Turpan Gou National Forest Park is located in the eastern margin of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is the transitional zone between the East Qilian Mountains and the Loess Plateau. The landscape in the park is peculiar, the forest landscape is beautiful, and the scenery is natural and unique. It enjoys the reputation of "the danger of Huashan, the wonder of Jiuzhai, the beauty of Emei and the seclusion of Qingcheng". Located on the banks of Datong River, the park is rich in cultural landscape, which can be described as "there are scenery to enjoy in the park and scenery to borrow outside the park". It is an ideal place for sightseeing, scientific investigation and recuperation.

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