Category Archives: Attraction

Old City God’s Temple, Laochenghuangmiao in Chinese, is a major yet relatively inactive Taoist temple in Shanghai. It is located in the area south of Yan’an Road on the Fangbang Zhong Road. During the Ming Dynasty, Zhangshouyue, the head of Shanghai County, dedicated a temple to the local city god. Since then, the City God’s…

The Baiyun Taoist temple stands south of Nabinghe Rd, on the eastern bank of the Leitan River, which runs into the Yellow River in the Chengguan District of Lanzhou. Also known as Patriarch Lu Temple in the Golden City. It is a famous Complete Perfection temple in Gansu and the headquarter of the Daoist Associations…

The Five Springs Mountain Park was established in 1955 and has since become one of the most frequented tourist attractions in Lanzhou. The Park is on the south side of the city proper of Lanzhou. It is at the north foot of Gaolan Mountain along with its neighbor Lanshan Park, a pretty area of mountain…

Located in the north of Lanzhou City, the White Pagoda Park owes its name to the amazing White Pagoda within it. With images of Buddha on its eight sides. The seven-story pagoda with a height of 17 meters (about 55.8 feet). It is pure white from top to bottom with the exception of the green…

The Sangke Grasslands (Sangke caoyuan), lying at an average altitude of over 3,000m above sea level, is situated a short 14km from Xiahe. This vast expanse of grassy plains, covering an area of around 70 square kilometers, is a lonely, beautiful place that is a nice change for those from bustling Chengdu or Lanzhou. There…

The Waterwheel Garden, built in 1994, is located in the Binhe Middle Road (Binhe Zhong Lu) in Lanzhou, Gansu Province. The garden covers an area of 1.45 hectares (3.58 acres) and is comprised of two waterwheels, a cofferdam, the recreation area and a house of water mill. Anzhou is the only city through which the…

Zhongshan Iron Bridge is located at the foot of Baitashan Hill and the middle section of Binhe Road in Lanzhou. It is a historic bridge erected in 1907, known as the first bridge built on the Yellow River among those in the whole drainage area of the river in China. During the fourteenth century, there…

Bingling Temple ( 炳灵寺) is one of the must-see attractions on the Silk Road 丝绸之路, located in the upstream of Liujiaxia Reservoir ( 刘家峡水库 ) and on the North Bank of the Yellow River ( 黄河 ) in Sigou Gorge, southwest of Yongjing County 永靖县, Gansu 甘肃. Along the steep red sandstone cliff, in the…

Labrang Monastery, built-in 1709 is a large-scale Tibetan Buddhist temple in China; it has six Buddhist colleges and 48 Buddha halls. The monastery is one of the six great monasteries of the Gelug Sect located in Xiahe County in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu. It has its full name of Happy Preach Blessing Youxuan Temple in Tibetan. Sprawling…

When you come to Lanzhou, you are recommended to visit the Yellow River Mother Sculpture. It is a granite-structured, full relief composed of a mother and a baby boy. The pedestal of the sculpture is carved with patterns of ripples and fishes, which derive from the ancient painted pottery patterns of Gansu, fully reflecting the…