Regional situation of Gulangxia

Gulang County, located at the eastern end of Hexi Corridor, is the crossroads of the ancient Silk Road. It is located at the northern foot of Wushaoling and Mao Mao Mountain, with Jingtai in the east, Tianzhu in the south, Liangzhou in the northwest, Tengger Desert in the north and Inner Mongolia in the north. It is 88 kilometers long from east to west and 68 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of 5,287 square kilometers and a population of 380,400. Gulang County was established in the Western Han Dynasty, and it was established in the second year of Yuanshou (12 1 year ago). In the tenth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1377), thousands of households in Liangzhou kept the river Rong, and the old water name was changed to Gulang, and Gulang City was built. Gulang county belongs to a typical temperate continental arid climate, with less rainfall, large evaporation, long sunshine hours, large temperature difference between day and night, and abundant light and heat resources. The annual average temperature is 5.75 degrees, the annual average precipitation is 360.7mm, the annual average evaporation is 2292mm, which is 6.36 times of the precipitation, and the annual average frost-free period is 142 days. Gulang County is located at the eastern end of Hexi Corridor, with Qilian Mountain in the south and Tengger Desert in the north. From south to north, there are Eryin mountain area, shallow mountain arid area, Yellow River diversion irrigation area, well irrigation area and desert area in turn. With a vast territory and complex landforms, the natural geographical features are a microcosm of the whole province. As an important town of the Silk Road, it has always been famous for its important geographical position connecting the three auxiliary roads of the post road and the five cool doors of the canyon. There are many unique natural and cultural landscapes in the county. There are mainly the most famous Yellow River irrigation area in China and the eco-agricultural sightseeing area dominated by Malutan Forest Farm in the desert basin. Religious and cultural tourist area, represented by Changling Mountain in Xiaowudang Mountain in the northwest, with Dajing Temple of Wealth and Shangmen Sanyitang as the main attractions, and forest summer resort with natural scenery such as Changling Mountain, Shimen Gorge, Xianglin Temple and Siwa Ice Gorge in the south; The Silk Road ancient cultural relics area represented by the only intersection of the Great Wall of Hanming, the modern information network represented by Huangyangchuan Qiancun and Wancai. com's first urban and rural base, expressway and other tourism resources.

Gulangxia is about 30 kilometers long and no more than 0.5 kilometers wide. This is a winding mountain canyon, which is a part of Qilian Mountain. It is located in Gulang County, Wuwei District, Gansu Province at the eastern end of Hexi Corridor. Gulang Gorge is connected to Wushaoling in the south, Surabaya and Antelope in the north. It is shaped like a bee's waist, and cliffs on both sides form a dangerous pass, which controls Lanzhou, Wuwei, Lanzhou (state) New (Xinjiang) Railway, Gansu (Jiangsu) New (Xinjiang) Highway and Gulang River. The situation is very dangerous. Gulang Gorge is called Qin Guan and Yan Sai in history, and its strategic position is quite important. It is called the Golden Gate and Silver Lock in western China.

1953, a standard measuring tool, Dasinong Pinghu, was unearthed at Chenjiahetai, Heisongyi, Gulangxia. It is a bronze, cylindrical, with a volume of 19.6 liters, similar to that of Wang Mang in the new dynasty. Inscriptions include figures made by the first month of the 11th year of Jianwu (35). Xie Ping, the senior sinon, is now in the Chinese History Museum. There are many wonderful and touching legends about Gulang Gorge. Gulang Gorge enters the gorge and reaches Shilibao, where you can see a steep mountain peak in the distance. At the eastern end of the summit, a huge rock stands out, just like the peck of Shan Ying, hanging in the sky and wanting to fly. Some people suspect that it is the tears of the mountain, because there are often pebbles rolling under the peck. According to legend, in the Song Dynasty, the widow Yang Jiayou 12 went to the Western Expedition, of which 1 1 died heroically in Gulang Gorge, and only Yang Mantang broke through and reported to the court. Yu Taijun heard the news and came to mourn the dead. The cry shook the earth and touched the eagle's mouth cliff. The mountain gods shed tears, which turned into rubble and rolled down the cliff. Later, people called this cliff the teardrop cliff. Opposite the teardrop cliff, there is a loess ridge, which looks like a giant cabinet and is called Tiegui Mountain. According to local legend, Shan Ying wanted to fly to the east of the canyon, unlock the giant lock of Tiegui Mountain, and take out the treasure hidden inside, but he never achieved his goal. Now the milky white boulder lying on Tiegui Mountain is the legendary rock.

The northern end of Gulangxia is not far from the county seat. Old Xianglin Temple, rebuilt in 19 18, is a major scenic spot in Gulang Gorge, and now it no longer exists. In the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Meiru described the scenery of Gulang Gorge in The Mouth of Gulang Gorge: thirty miles south of the city, the grass hanging on the shady cliff of Qi Road was short, and none of it was in full bloom. Where there is cold smoke in the sunset, Mercedes-Benz is busy.