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Gansu Dingxi Travel Guide
Gansu Dingxi Travel Guide…

Dingxi is located in northwest China, central Gansu Province at the intersection of Loess Plateau, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and West Qinling Mountains, known as the "Gateway of Lanzhou, Throat of…

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Gansu Jiuquan Travel Guide
Gansu Jiuquan Travel Guid…

Jiuquan is a prefecture level city under the jurisdiction of Gansu Province and an important node city and provincial sub-center city of Gansu section of the Silk Road Economic Belt.Jiuquan has jur…

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Gansu Pingliang Travel Guide
Gansu Pingliang Travel Gu…

Pingliang is a prefecture level city under the jurisdiction of Gansu Province, an important node city in the Silk Road Economic Belt and an ecological livable city focusing on cultural tourism and …

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Gansu Wuwei Travel Guide
Gansu Wuwei Travel Guide

Wuwei is a prefecture level city under the jurisdiction of Gansu Province, an important node city of Gansu section of the Silk Road Economic Belt, a national historical and cultural city and a cent…

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Gansu Linxia Travel Guide
Gansu Linxia Travel Guide…

Linxia is a county level city of Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province. Linxia City is seat and the political, economic and cultural center of the prefecture. The total area is 88.6 squa…

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Top 8 places to better understand Gansu
Top 8 places to better un…

If you’re looking to truly get away from China’s mega-cities to have a genuine adventure, experience a melting pot of cultures and traditions, and see some of the world’s most stunning landscape…

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To appreciate Tibetan folk culture in Gansu Sangke Grassland
To appreciate Tibetan fol…

As a part of Dajiutan Prairie, Sangke Grassland is at an average sea level of above 3000 meters and surrounded by mountains. This grassland spreads for around 70 square kilometers, but only about 4…

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Gansu Longnan Travel Guide
Gansu Longnan Travel Guid…

Longnan is a prefecture city in the southern tip of Gansu Province, northwest of China. 400km away from Gansu’s provincial capital Lanzhou, Longnan is strategically located at the junction of 3 pr…

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Gansu Tianshui Travel Guide
Gansu Tianshui Travel Gui…

Tianshui is a prefecture-level city in Gansu Province, northwest of China. It sits southeast of Gansu, west of the mighty Qinlin mountain range, middle of Wei River. It is now one of the major city…

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Hexi Corrdior on the silk road
Hexi Corrdior on the silk…

The ancient silk road started from xi 'an and crossed the Hexi corridor and then entered Xinjiang from Yang Pass and Yumen Pass respectively. The Hexi corridor became the hub of the ancient silk ro…

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Gansu’s Gannan: Harmony in paradise
Gansu’s Gannan: Harmony …

Located on the northeastern edge of the Qing-Tibetan Plateau and ranging from 1,100 to 4,900 meters above sea level, Gannan is the lowest of China's 10 Tibetan autonomous regions. At the junction o…

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Ancient city of Jiayuguan in Gansu Province
Ancient city of Jiayuguan…

Jiayuguan is a prefecture city in Gansu Province, northwest of China. It lies in the Gobi desert, at the middle of Hexi Corridor , 776 kilometers away from Gansu’s provincial capital Lanzhou and 5…

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Dunhuang: A city on the old silk road
Dunhuang: A city on the o…

Dunhuang is situated at the westernmost end of the Hexi corridor. It is located at the western end of the Gansu (Hexi) Corridor and at the eastern end of the Taklamakan Desert, was very important …

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Zhangye: A City of red hills and rich culture
Zhangye: A City of red hi…

Zhangye is adjacent to Wuwei area and Jinchang city to the east and connected with Jiuquan area to the west, which makes it the joint point that links the southern and northern routes of the Ancien…

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Lanzhou City Travel Guide
Lanzhou City Travel Guide…

Lanzhou is the provincial capital of Gansu Province. It is home to 4.5 million people with different ethnic background. It consists of 5 districts (Chengguan, Qilihe, Xigu, Anning and Honggu) and 3…

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Hexi Corridor, the soul of Silk Road
Hexi Corridor, the soul o…

As part of the Northern Silk Road running northwest from the western section of the ordos Loop between Yinchuan and Lanzhou, the Hexi Corridor was the most important trade route in Northwest China,…

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Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, Buddist Art in Gansu, China
Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, …

The Mogao Caves, also known as the Thousand Buddha Grottoes or Caves of the Thousand Buddhas, form a system of 492 temples 25 km southeast of the center of Dunhuang, an oasis located at a religious…

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