Yumen Pass, an important gateway on western frontier during Han Dynasty. Yumen Pass played an important role both in trade and military defense in ancient times.
Labrang Lamasery still keeps the most complete teaching system of Tibetan Buddhism in China and is one of the six Tibetan Buddhism temples belonging to Gelu Sect.
Gansu Province is located on the upper reaches of Yellow River in west of China bordering Shaanxi Province in the east, Sichuan Province in the south, Qinghai and Xinjiang in the west and Inner mongolia in the
As a cultural and historical city, Dunhuang is world renowned for its intricate and delicate frescos in Mogao Caves as well as other famous tourist attractions such as Yumenguan and Yangguan passes, White Horse
Lanzhou, one of the most famous western cities in China is the capital of Gansu Province in the northwestern part of China. Being the only city with Yellow River running through, It covers an area of 13,085.6 s
Xiahe is a county located in south of Gansu Province bordering Xunhua county (循化县) in north of Qinghai Province. It covers an area of about 8,037 sq.km with a population of 80,500 dominated by 78% of Tibetans a
Yulin is located at the northernmost part of Shaanxi Province facing Shanxi in the east, adjacent to Gansu and Ningxia in the west and Erdos City of Mongolia in the north, and bordering on Yang'an in the south.
Guyuan city (固原) is a prefecture-level city located in south of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, in the central area of a triangle formed by Xi'an in Shaanxi Province, Lanzhou in Gansu Province and Yinchuan, the
Located in Lanzhou, Gansu, Gansu Provincial Museum has collections of more than 350,000 pieces ranging from in Shang and Zhou Dynasties to porcelain, silk fabrics, paintings and wood carvings from later…