The Yellow River. The Hexi Corridor is located in the northwestern part of China's Gansu Province, north of the Qilian Mountains, south of the Heli and Longshou Mountains, and west of the Wusheng Mountains. Because it is west of the Yellow River so it is called the Hexi Corridor, also known as the Gansu Corridor. The Hexi Corridor has a total length of about 1,000 kilometers from east to west and an area of 89,000 square kilometers. The altitude is about 1,100 to 1,500 meters.

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The Hexi Corridor has a long history and a rich culture. Qianliang, Houliang, Nanliang, Beiliang, Xiliang, Dailiang in this capital; 1 BC has been the ancient trade and religious exchanges; pre-Qin period of the Majiayao culture, the Qijia culture; large and small multiplied Buddhism through the Hexi Corridor into Luoyang; Buddhist ancient four major translators of the scriptures, there are three with the Hexi Corridor has a deep affinity;

20th century China's four major wonders of archaeological wonders of the literature of two wonders in the Dunhuang relics, Jiuyan Hanjian is related to the Hexi Corridor; the Horse Treading Swallow, which has been designated as China's tourism symbol, was unearthed from the Hexi Corridor;

The White Pagoda Temple of Liangzhou, which is a historical witness to the official incorporation of Tibet into China, stands here; the world-famous Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang, a treasure trove of Buddhist art with a history of more than 1,600 years, remains here; and the farming civilization of the Huaxia ethnic group is preserved in the Hexi Corridor.

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