Drop at Lanzhou at lunch time would be a perfect start for your tour. There are three key phrases of Lanzhou you must experience. Let’s start with the lunch of the first key phrases.

The first phrase -A bowl of beefnoodles

What do you buy using only one dollar nowadays? It could actually offer you a bowl of hot boiling spciy and smelly beef noodles in Lanzhou. And it’s No.1 Star product in the city. How cost-effective! After enjoying the tasty noodles, you could have your afternoon rest at any standard level hotel either nearby Xiguan or Xi zhan. Both places referred here is passed by the subway which could save you from traffic and beneath attractions you must see later.

The second phrase comes with two Itineraries—A river-The Yellow River

If you are staying in Xizhan, you could start with Gansu Provincial Museum.

Gansu Provincial Museum is one of the best museums in the western region and well-worth a visit. The Gansu Provincial Museum features fossils of the Hezheng paleontological group. There are many precious cultural relics and exhibits in the museum, such as the Yangshao culture of the head shaped mouth color pottery pot (solitary), which is a national treasure. The pottery POTS of Xindan culture are painted with ethnic characteristics (lizard lines). There are gourd-shaped painted pottery, common in Taoism and folk beliefs, one homophonic "Fu Lu", the other is to represent the two weeks of eight diagrams, each other.

There is also the "broken limb burial", the unique burial form of the mid-mountain type of Majiayao culture. The burial form is to bury a person for 10 years after death, and then dig up the coffin grave 10 years later, bend the bones of the buried person again, and place them in the shape of a fetus in the mother, and bury them again. It is the burial method that will be adopted for people with great respect.

One of the treasures of the town hall of Gansu Provincial Museum is composed of stone letters, copper caskets, silver coffins, gold coffins and glass relic bottles. The size sets are placed together, and the outermost layer is a stone letter. There is also the famous copper galloping horse, which is the symbol of China's tourist cities, and in recent years, experts have found that the "bird" is not the swallow, but should be a bird of the falcon family.

In addition, there are many precious cultural relics in the museum, such as the Yongle gilt Bodhisattva sitting statue and the multi-way triangular pattern colorful ceramic pot.

Gansu Provincial Museum is not only a treasure house of history and culture, but also an important window to understand Gansu and even ancient Chinese civilization.

After that, head to Zhong Shan Bridge in the afternoon.Here comes the second key phrase-a river-The Yellow River.

Lanzhou is the only city through the Yellow River, the Yellow River Bridge (Zhongshan Bridge) as the first bridge of the Yellow River, the predecessor was built in the Ming Hongwu 5 years (AD 1372), known as the Zhenyuan Bridge. Built in 1907 by the American Man Baoben and the German Dero, three of the bridge columns are left over from the Ming Dynasty, and the rest are new. In 2007, the Germans reminded the Chinese that the bridge had reached its 100th year of service and should pay attention to safety issues. After the reinforcement is no longer open to traffic, as a business card of Lanzhou City only for pedestrians to pass. In the evening, the cool breeze, at the Yellow River side, choose a tea vendor's tea table at the point of three gun, drinking Lanzhou tea, blowing the soft cool wind of the Lanzhou Valley, and the Yellow River surging if playing music, it can be described as elegant and popular, suitable for all ages, worth the trip. Looking back to continue the journey, from the Zhongshan Bridge to the Nanguan night market and Zhengning Road at night, the rich Gansu snacks give tourists plenty of room to choose.

Then start with a bowl of beef noodles soup in the next morning, which is especially delicious. Take the bus to Wuquanshan Park.

Wuquanshan Park is located at the north foot of Gaolan Mountain in the south of Lanzhou City. It is a tourist resort with a history of more than two thousand years.

The garden has beautiful scenery and winding paths. After it was opened as a park in 1955, the original pavilions have been renovated, and after planting and construction, it has become an important tourist attraction in Lanzhou.

Wuquan Mountain is more than 1600 meters above sea level and covers an area of 260,000 square meters. It is named for its hui, Mandew, guzuo, touch Zi and Mengwu eye five springs. High peak for the ancient building group, temple building according to the mountain, corridor and pavilion connected, scattered. Entering the mountain gate along the middle channel straight up, the temple is stacked, the pavilions scattered, very spectacular. Middle peak on both sides of the east and west dragon mouth, the valley in the spring, such as cover, porch pavilion surround. More than 240 levels, 97 surplus corridor circling up, connecting East Longkou with the middle peak. Xilongkou in accordance with the mountain, built a high pavilion Hengxiu, flying spring hanging green "small Penglai" and clean water, pavilions, green trees to complement the "green mountain new garden". The zoo on the west side of Xilongkou has deer Park, bear pond, liger house, monkey Hill, bird park, panda house and so on.

The "copper connecting Buddha" and "Taihe Iron Bell" of Wuquan Mountain are the "treasure of town mountain" of the park, and are now national protected cultural relics.

Wuquan Mountain could be divided into west, middle and east all three roads to visit and the three roads have pavilions, long stack Hongqiao, Qingquan waterfall, but the layout is different, in its own system. Each has its own unique. The reflection of the red column on the cornices in the pool, and the green mountain, the scenery is fantastic and charming. Following the west corridor, there is a small pavilion shaped like a new moon on the first moon, named "Half Moon Pavilion", through the half moon Pavilion to Qiqiao, one of the five springs "Huiquan" is close to the Qiqiao side. Round spring, surrounded by green trees, surrounded by grass, clear water, sweet taste, suitable for cooking tea with irrigation benefits and affordable, so the name "Hui Quan".

Here the ancient black trees rich, the temple is quiet, a row of hanging buildings transverse pressure temple door, east for the eye view of Xia Lou, west for the moon floor, downstairs in front of the Yiyi path, zeph gate, heavy courtyard, stack garden, Qu pavilion, small and exquisite, twists and turns. After leaving the Lamani Temple, walk higher to see a trickle of clear waterfalls on one side of the cut wall spilling into a clear pool below the wall, which is Xilongkou. It is near the Mandew Spring. "Manlu Spring" is the highest spring in the five springs, located in the west of Wenchang Palace, solitary pavilion cover, the source of slender, long rain does not lust, dry dry, drink like manlu. After the Manlu spring, you will reach the Wenchang Palace. On the east side of the palace, there is a wall of flowers, and on the lintels of the vases, there are three pale grey official characters - Guquan. The spring differs from other springs. It is called a spring, but in fact more like a well, the spring water gathered in a deep hole, about 1.6 meters deep from the ground.

Last but not least, after the tour from Five Springs Park, the third phrase apears and may follow you home if you are interest: The book-Reader.

As located in the Northwest of China, far away from Economy center, Lanzhou doesn’t share a much too competative economy. However, Reader rises its unique trendency of staying on popular magazines status No.3 in the whole country for years. It is famous for vivid and profound concret updating articles. To take a main interested topic of the updating monthly magazine, it’s an special gift and also a way of spending time to read on flight or other transport.

Farewell

Hope Lanzhou to refresh you spiritually and physically. Wish your next time visiting.