I just got back from Lanzhou and was asked crazy by my circle of friends. This is really Lanzhou! Located in the northwest of China, Lanzhou is a city with a long history and profound cultural heritage. If you plan to travel to Lanzhou, the following are some must-see tourist attractions worthy of reference.
1.? Baita
As one of the landmark scenic spots in Lanzhou, Baita Mountain is named after a White Pagoda at the top of the mountain. It overlooks the beautiful scenery of the whole city and is a good place to take pictures as a souvenir.
2. Wuquan Mountain
Wuquan Mountain is a famous historical and cultural mountain in Lanzhou, with rich historical sites and cultural landscapes. Here you can visit ancient buildings, enjoy natural scenery and taste local food.
3. Zhongshan Bridge
Zhongshan Bridge is an ancient bridge across the Yellow River and another landmark of Lanzhou. Here you can enjoy the magnificent scenery of the Yellow River and feel the historical and cultural atmosphere of Lanzhou.
4. Qingcheng Town
Qingcheng has a long history and excellent geographical conditions. Scholars and writers gathered in the past dynasties, creating a splendid Qingcheng culture and leaving many precious historical and cultural heritages and relics.
5. Yellow River Mother Sculpture
"Mother of the Yellow River" is a stone carving of the Yellow River, the mother river of the Chinese nation. It consists of "mother" and "baby boy", which symbolize the Yellow River mother and Chinese descendants respectively.
6. Xiguan mosque
Lanzhou Xiguan Mosque was built by Muslim businessmen and is known as the "Guest Temple". It was built in the Hongwu or Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, with a historical load of 1684 (twenty-third year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty). During the Yongzheng period, it was expanded, and in the early years of the Republic of China, ancillary facilities such as street pavements and hospital bathrooms were expanded.
7. Tulugou National Forest Park
Tulugou National Forest Park is located in the hinterland of Liancheng Forest Region in Yongdeng County, Gansu Province, which belongs to the eastern foot of Qilian Mountain, with a total area of 5,848.4 hectares and an altitude of1998–3165 meters.
8. Yellow River Cableway
The yellow river cableway cable car was completed and put into operation on 1994. It is a single-line pulsating circulating suspended car ropeway, with four groups of suspended cars, each with three cars, each of which can take six people. Lanzhou is known as the "Capital of the Yellow River", and the Yellow River passes through the city. Sitting on the cable car and watching the surging Yellow River water is another feeling.
9. Gansu Provincial Museum
The museum has a large collection of precious historical relics in Longyuan area, which is the epitome of the development of Lanzhou and Gansu Province.
10. geological museum, Gansu
It is not only a natural museum that comprehensively displays and introduces the general situation of land and resources in Gansu Province, but also a public welfare facility that integrates collection, scientific research, popular science education and entertainment.