Top Ten Must-visit Attractions in Gansu Province: Ranking of Tourist Attractions in Gansu Province

It is also the best season to travel in the northwest of China in a year, and Gansu, as the top ten best tourist destinations in Asia, has many mysterious tourist attractions worth seeing and rich tourism resources. So what are the top ten scenic spots that Gansu must visit?

1, Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes

Mogao Grottoes, commonly known as Thousand Buddha Cave, is located in Dunhuang at the western end of Hexi Corridor. It was built in Zhao Xuan and Fu Jian before the Qin Dynasty, and then went through the Northern Dynasty, Sui Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Xixia, Yuan Dynasty and other dynasties, forming a huge scale, with 735 caves, 45,000 square meters of murals and 2,465,438 clay sculptures. It is the largest and richest Buddhist art place in the world. 196 1 year, the Mogao grottoes were announced by the people of China and the State Council as one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. 1987, Mogao grottoes was listed as a world cultural heritage.

2. Mingsha Mountain _ Crescent Spring

Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring Scenic Area is located 5 kilometers south of Dunhuang City, Gansu Province. Crescent spring surrounds Mingsha Mountain, which looks like a crescent moon, hence its name. Mingsha Mountain is named after the sound of sand. Mingsha Mountain is a quicksand accumulation, with red, yellow, green, white and black.

3. Jiayuguan

Jiayuguan, known as "the first pass in the world", is located in the middle of the narrowest valley 5 kilometers west of Jiayuguan City, Gansu Province. The walls on both sides of the city pass through the desert Gobi, connecting the Great Wall of Montenegro in the north and the pier 1 in the south. It is the westernmost entrance of the Great Wall in Ming Dynasty. Known as the throat of Hexi in history, it is famous for its dangerous terrain and magnificent buildings. Jiayuguan is the traffic fortress of the ancient "Silk Road" and one of the three wonders of the Great Wall of China (starting from Shanhaiguan in the east, with Beitai in the middle and Jiayuguan in the west).

4.yumenguan

China Han Dynasty Great Wall Pass and Blocked Beacon Site. Located in the north of Dunhuang City, Gansu Province. In order to resist the Huns, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty contacted the western countries, isolated Qiang and Hu, and opened up the east-west traffic. In Hexi, he "listed four counties, according to the second pass", and built barriers and towers in sections.

5. Zhangye Colorful Danxia

Colorful Danxia landform group is located in Linze County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, with an average elevation of1850m, a length of 45km from east to west and a width of10km from north to south. Danxia landform group is famous for its large area, concentration, staggered bedding, steep rock wall, magnificent momentum, strange shape and colorful. There are four colors: red, yellow, white, green and blue. Some colors are wavy along the mountain, and some are inserted obliquely from the top of the mountain at the root of the mountain, just like a piece of colored cloth. Under the sunlight, it looks like a layer of red tulle, dazzling and abnormal in color. In February 2008, it was named "Top 20 Brand Tourist Attractions in China".

6. Shandan Military Racecourse

Shandan Military Horse Farm was founded in BC 12 1 year, and was founded by Huo Qubing, a title of generals in ancient times in the Western Han Dynasty. Located in the middle of Hexi Corridor and at the northern foot of Lenglongling in Qilian Mountain, Damaying Grassland covers a total area of 3,295,400 mu. The oldest royal racecourse in the world is also the first military racecourse in the world.

7, Tianshui Maijishan

Mackey is located in Maiji District, Tianshui City, Gansu Province. It is named because the mountain looks like a wheat pile. Maijishan Grottoes were built in 384-4 17. There are caves 194, more than 7,000 statues and murals 1000 square meters, which is known as the Oriental Sculpture Art Exhibition Hall. Rich in biological types and species, it is known as "the top of forest springs in Longshang", a world cultural heritage and one of the four largest grottoes in China.

8. Kongtong Mountain

Kongtong Mountain, located in Pingliang City, Gansu Province, is the fortress at the west exit of the Silk Road. Known as "the first Taoist mountain in China" since ancient times. There are Liupanshan Mountain in the west, Qinchuan Mountain in the east, related mountains in the south, Xiaoguan Mountain in the north, Jinghe River and Rouge River in the north, which meet in front of Wangjiashan Mountain.

9. Zagana

Zha (zh) Ga (g) It is a natural stone town and an ancient city, located in Diebu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province. earth