Lanzhou Travel Guide
Basic Facts
Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu Province, serves as the
center for economy, culture, business and political center. With Yellow River
passing through from west to east, Lanzhou is located at the heart of China.
Lanzhou is well-known for fruits, and reputed as the City of Fruits.
Lanzhou also has many tourist highlights such as the ancient waterwheels, the
Zhongshan Bridge, Mountain Wuquan and Mountain Baita.
The native product of Lanzhou includes Bailan (White Mongolia) melons and the special handicrafts of Lanzhou include carved gourds and pebbles, and Tao ink slabs.
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Food
Lanzhou Hand-pulled Noodles with Beef
It is quite famous in China and was first made by a Muslim elderly known as Ma Baozi during the reign of Emperor Guangxu of Qing Dynasty. It is quite tasty with fresh soup.
Lanzhou Highlights
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Gansu Museum
Gansu Museum located in the Qilihe District is well known as the largest comprehensive museum of Gansu Province. The museum has a total of 70,000 relics such as painted potteries dating back to the New Stone Age and bamboo strips of Han Dynasty, which leads Gansu in the grade and quantity of relic collections... |
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Stele Forest
The Stele Forest located on Mountain Baita features with a strong flavor of the Yellow River culture, that of the ancient Silk Road, and brilliant cultural history of Western China. From Caosheng Pavilion in the courtyard, one can get a panoramic view of majestic Yellow River... |
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Bingling Temple Grottoes
As one of the most famous grottoes in China, it is located on Mountain Jishi along the northern bank of the Yellow River, southwest of Lanzhou. The grottoes were dug on the cliffs facing north and south, featured with 183 niches, 694 stone statues as well as 900 square metres of murals.... |
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