Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture is located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, southwest of central Gansu Province, facing Dingxi City in the east, adjacent to Jishi Mountain in the west and Qinghai Province in the south, bordering Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on Taizi Mountain in the south, and bordering Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province on Huangshui River in the north, which is located in the transitional zone between the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Loess Plateau. The following is a good place for go on road trip around Linxia compiled by Xiaobian, hoping to help everyone!

1. Bingling Temple Grottoes

Bingling Temple Grottoes are located on the cliff on the west side of Dasigou, Jishi Mountain in the upper reaches of Liujiaxia Reservoir. They were dug on the cliff on the north bank of the Yellow River in the early Western Jin Dynasty, and were formally established in the first year of Jianhong in the Western Qin Dynasty, with four floors above and below. It was originally called Tang Shu Cave, which means "Ghost Cave" in Qiang language. It was called longxing temple in Tang Dynasty, Lingyan Temple in Song Dynasty and Bingling Temple in Ming Dynasty after Yongle. Bingling is a simplification of Tibetan "Xianba Bingling", which means "Thousand Buddhas" and "One Hundred Thousand Maitreya Buddhas".

On the steep and dangerous red sandstone cliff with a length of 2km from north to south, there are numerous grotto shrines, and the plank road is soaring and magnificent. It is one of the three largest grottoes in Gansu and one of the five largest grottoes in China.

2. Jishiguan

Jishiguan is located on the bank of the Yellow River, at the foot of Jishiguan Mountain, with the famous Jishiguan Gorge in the upper reaches of the Yellow River in the west. The two mountains face each other here, and the mountain is steep. Jishiguan has been a military fortress since ancient times, and it is also the place where the Silk Road passes, the front of Jishiguan, the ancient crossing of the Yellow River and the frontier garrison. Merchants and pedestrians are in an endless stream.

after the Ming dynasty, it became a trade stronghold between the mainland and Tibet. Jishiguan's fame mainly lies in the legend of Jishiguan's magical power and its strange stone guiding the river.

3. Lotus Hill

Lotus Hill is a scale-shaped fault, with peaks standing like lotus petals, flat and round at the top, like a lotus blossom, and looks like a blooming lotus flower. The whole mountain is covered with blue air and green sea everywhere, like a huge lotus leaf under the lotus peak. Hence the name "Lotus Hill".

When you climb to the summit, you can see the boundary of three states and six counties, two rivers, the ancient plank road of Jiudian and Haidian Gorge, and the beautiful scenery of Taohe River Pearl.

Linxia gourmet snack oil tea oil tea is relatively simple to make, and the materials used are very common. The raw materials are mainly high-quality fine spring tea or high-quality Fuzhuan tea and wheat flour, and beef and sheep oil and appropriate amount of pepper powder and ginger powder are used as seasoning. When boiling tea, it is advisable to thicken it, then filter the tea seeds and add the tea to the pot for boiling oil-flour tea. When the tea is boiling, add seasoning, the amount of seasoning should be spicy, add appropriate amount of green salt, and then sprinkle with oil flour until the oil-faced tea is soup-like. Pan-shaped dumplings are exquisite fried foods. On festivals and festive days, Muslims in Jishishan County must make prickly heat to entertain guests and give gifts to relatives and neighbors. Zhuanzi can be divided into "pan Zhuan" and "crisp Zhuan".