What kind of city is Lanzhou?

Who says Lanzhou people are short-sighted? Not bad. Air pollution is very annoying, but Lanzhou has its own characteristics. Lanzhou has a very civilized Lamian Noodles, and Lanzhou is also a famous city of melons and fruits.

Lanzhou, known as Jincheng in ancient times, was named after the old saying "impregnable". You were born in Lanzhou in the first year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty (AD 58 1). From the establishment of Jincheng County in the Western Han Dynasty to AD 1994, Lanzhou has experienced nearly 2200 years.

Lanzhou has been an important town in the northwest since ancient times. It is located in the center of China land geometric map, with mountains as obstacles and rivers as dangers. It is a battleground for military strategists in past dynasties, and it is also a traffic channel for friendly exchanges with people in Asia, Africa and Europe. The famous "Silk Road" at home and abroad, Huo Qubing, the general of the Han Dynasty, went to the Western Regions, and Tang Xuanzang went west to India, all passing through here.

Lanzhou has been the political, economic and cultural center of Gansu since it was designated as the capital of Gansu Province in the sixth year of Qing Emperor Kangxi (A.D. 1667) and the city was established in 194 1. Now it has become a new industrial city with heavy industries such as petroleum, chemical industry, machinery, electric power and non-ferrous metals as the backbone and a northwest transportation hub with railway trunk lines such as Longhai, Lan Xin, Lanqing and Baolan.

Lanzhou borders Wuwei and Qinghai provinces in the northwest, Linxia and Dingxi in the southwest and southeast respectively. It has jurisdiction over 3 counties and 5 districts including Yuzhong County, Gaolan County, Yongdeng County, Chengguan District, Qilihe District, Xigu District, Anning District and Honggu District. Total area 13869 km2, of which urban area 163 1.6 km2. There are 2.6 million people living in Han, Hui, Manchu, Tibetan, Dongxiang, Mongolia, Tu and other ethnic groups, most of whom are Han. Altitude1510m, annual average rainfall of 320mm, and annual average temperature of 9. 1℃.

In Lanzhou, there is a story about Gong Yan beheading a dragon. According to legend, Lanzhou can live and work in peace and contentment because there is a white dragon in the Yellow River that benefits the people. One summer, a black dragon ambushed the white dragon, which caused the Yellow River to skyrocket. Seeing that the whole city was about to be destroyed, the whole city cried. Just then, I saw a general wearing a red robe, riding a red horse and holding a sword, urging the horse to jump into the water and waving a sword to help the white dragon fight against the black dragon. From morning till night, from the moon to the sky, and then to the rising sun, he fought for three days and nights and finally cut the black dragon into two pieces. But the general was exhausted and exhausted, and never got out of the river again. Legend has it that this general was Gong Yan who was guarding Lanzhou at that time. The people of Lanzhou escaped a flood, but all this was bought by Gong Yan, a red general, with his own life. In memory of Gong Yan, Lanzhou people built a Gong Yan Temple on the bank of the Yellow River. Although this temple has long since disappeared, the story of Gong Yan's exorcism has been handed down from generation to generation and has become a household legend in Lanzhou.

In 2004, the city's GDP reached 50.43 billion yuan, an increase of 1 1.4% over the previous year, the best level since 1995. The proportion of the three industries was adjusted to 4: 54: 42, and the social fixed production investment was 2310.90 billion yuan, an increase of 10. 1%. In order to implement the strategy of developing the western region and realize a well-off society six years ahead of schedule, Lanzhou will set off a climax of "all-people entrepreneurship, city entrepreneurship and all-round entrepreneurship" in accordance with the guiding ideology of "striving to build an entrepreneurial city" established by the municipal party Committee and the municipal government. Vigorously adjust the economic structure, speed up industrial upgrading, speed up urban infrastructure construction, further optimize the investment environment, and build Lanzhou into an important economic center in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, an important support point and radiation source for the West Longhai and Lan Xin economic belts.