Recommendations for Gansu's most famous scenic spots

1. Mogao Grottoes, Dunhuang
-Highlights✨: World Cultural Heritage, the largest existing treasure house of Buddhist art, 735 caves, 45,000 square meters of murals.
Tips✨: Reservations must be made in advance, and tickets must be purchased separately for visiting the special caves.

2. Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Lake
Highlights✨: The wonder of the coexistence of desert and springs, you can experience camel riding, sand sliding, and the sunset view is beautiful.
Features: Crescent Lake has never dried up for a thousand years and is known as the "No. 1 Spring in the Desert".

3. Jiayuguan Great Wall
Highlights✨: The western starting point of the Great Wall of Ming Dynasty, "the most powerful pass in the world", and a well-preserved military defense system.
Linked attractions: Hanging Wall Great Wall, First Pier of the Great Wall.

4. Zhangye Colorful Danxia 🌈
Highlights✨: One of the most beautiful Danxia in China, the colorful hills are like a palette, and the colors are more brilliant after the rain.
Experience: Hot air balloon view (open seasonally), the filming location of "Three Guns Surprise".

5. Maijishan Grottoes
Highlights✨: One of the four major grottoes, the "Oriental Sculpture Museum" is famous for its clay sculpture art and has a history of more than 1,600 years.
Features: The grottoes are carved into the cliffs and the plank roads are thrilling and stunning.

6. Gannan Zhagana
Highlights✨: The secret place of Tibetan village, "Garden of Eden of Adam and Eve", the stone city and Tibetan village on the grassland complement each other.
How to play: Hiking, photography, and experience Tibetan customs.

7. Kongtong Mountain
Highlights✨: A famous Taoist mountain, "Where the Yellow Emperor Asked for the Way", integrating Danxia landform and Taoist culture.
Highlights: Imperial City Complex, Tanzheng Lake, and Vertical Cliff Plank Road.

8. Labrang Monastery
Highlights✨: The world's Tibetan studies center, one of the six major monasteries of the Gelugpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism, has the world's longest prayer corridor (3.5 kilometers).
Tips: You can watch the sutra debate and remember to turn the sutra clockwise.

Travel Tips:
- Gansu is a long and narrow province, so it is recommended to travel along the "Hexi Corridor" (Dunhuang-Jiayuguan-Zhangye) or the "Gannan Line" in sections.
- Best season: May to October (Gannan has cool summers and Hexi Corridor has pleasant autumns).
- Must-try delicacies: Lanzhou beef noodles, hand-pulled lamb, etc.