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Gansu Province, located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River in western China, is a historical and cultural center of the Silk Road, with mountains, plateaus, valleys, and deserts along the Yellow River. Starting from Lanzhou, the center of northwestern China, we will visit Zhangye, the city with the Grand Canyon of China, and Dunhuang, the city where the desert mountains dance. Let's meet people who continue the traditions while following the traces of the Silk Road that preserves the desolate yet magnificent nature and thousands of years of history. Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province and the central city of western development, is one of the places that you absolutely must visit on the Silk Road exploration route. The White Pagoda Temple, which overlooks the city and the Yellow River at a glance, centered around the Zhongshan Bridge, the symbol of Lanzhou. It is said that this place was built to commemorate a lama who died on his way to meet Genghis Khan. Unlike typical Chinese food that is based on pork, beef noodles, which are handmade noodles made with beef broth, are one of the special dishes here. Those who run the beef noodle restaurants are mainly Muslim Hui people. Let's learn about Lanzhou, where various religions and cultures coexist, through them. Zhangye, the city with China's Grand Canyon, the gateway to the West Region and a mountain city over 3,000m high, 'Zhangye.' The 'Maji Temple', a temple of Changqing Buddhism, and the red sandstone of the 'Danxia National Scenic Park (Qixi Mountain)', which was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010, are representative natural landscapes of Gansu Province. Let's see the past and present of the Yugo people in the only remaining Yugo village, and follow the road where the Silk Road monuments were erected to the 'Ziyuguan Pass', the most completely preserved gate of the Great Wall. Dunhuang, a city where desert mountains dance Dunhuang is a desert city at the Chinese entrance to the Silk Road, and is now a tourist city boasting a splendid night view. The desert, which used to be a wasteland on the Silk Road, has now become a place for people to enjoy. Enjoy camel riding and desert sledding at Mingsha Mountain, named for the sound it makes when the sand on the mountain moves, and enjoy the natural scenery at the crescent-shaped oasis, Weyaquan, below. #Gansu Province #Lanzhou #Silk Road