1, Qingcheng Ancient Town
Qingcheng is an important town on the ancient Silk Road, a flood and drought wharf and business center on the ancient Silk Road, and a frontier fortress military town in the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties. Known as the "Millennium Ancient Town of the Yellow River". During the reign of Renzong in the Northern Song Dynasty, Li Yuanhao, king of Xixia, rebelled. Di Qing, then the general of the secretariat, built a new city on the basis of Longgoubao in Tang Dynasty, relying on the natural barrier of the Yellow River to prevent the invasion of Xixia. Because the new city is long from east to west and narrow from north to south, it is called "one city" or "one city". Later, in memory of Di Qing, "One City" was called Qingcheng Mountain.
Address: 50 kilometers downstream of the Yellow River in Lanzhou, north of Yuzhong County.
Self-driving route: Lanzhou-Baiyin-Qingcheng
2. Bikou Town
Bikou is 624 meters above sea level, which is the lowest place in Gansu Province. Bikou Ancient Town is famous for its long history in Long Yuan and even the whole country. According to the bronzes unearthed from Xianglang Han Tomb, there were agricultural activities here in the Han Dynasty. Since Ming and Qing Dynasties, the 200-mile waterway from Bikou, Zhao Hua, Sichuan to Bailong River and Jialing River has become the "Silk Road" on the water. In the early years of Qianlong, Bikou became a prosperous land and water terminal and a distribution center for materials in Gansu and Sichuan. Wooden boats entered Jialing River along Bailong River and reached Chongqing directly. All medicinal materials and local products from Gansu, Qinghai and Songpan in Sichuan are shipped out, and daily necessities from southwestern provinces and Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces enter Gansu, Qinghai and northwest Sichuan through Bikou distribution.
Address: the intersection of West Qinling and Minshan Mountain.
Self driving route
Lanzhou-Lintao-Minxian-Tanchang-Wudu-Wenxian-Bikou
3. Ishikawa Town
Shichuan Town, in the eighth year of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty (1495), was named after the Governor of Gansu built a stone boat fort in the middle of this cross. Shichuan has a long history. This used to be the birthplace of the Yellow River culture. It was famous as early as the Han Dynasty. The cultural landscape is dotted with the ruins of the Ming city wall, and the historical legends are beautiful and moving. Its geographical environment, unique natural landscape and beautiful 10,000-mu pear garden make it a "Xanadu pear garden" in the suburbs of Lanzhou. Shichuan is known as the "hometown of pear orchards". The contiguous pear orchards cover an area of 12000 mu, and most of them are over 300 years old. Pear trees, the aura of heaven and earth, the essence of the sun and the moon are still flourishing and lush. All kinds of pear trees in the park are spectacular and can be called "a must in China".
Address: about 20 kilometers away from Lanzhou city.
Self-driving route: Lanzhou-Shichuan
4. Yongtai Ancient City
Yongtai Ancient City, also known as Yongtai Turtle City, is called Yongtai Turtle City because its castle looks like a scarab. It was built in the thirty-sixth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1608) and has a history of more than 400 years. It is the only well-preserved ancient city in Jingtai County, Gansu Province. It was built by the Ming government to resist the invasion of northern minorities. When completed, it will become a military fortress, and Lanzhou soldiers will be stationed in this castle. At that time, there were more than 2000 soldiers and 500 cavalry in the city, and its affiliated institutions included gunpowder yard, forage yard, mill and racecourse. As a complete military barrier and fortifications, Yongtai ancient city had an important strategic position in the Ming and Qing Dynasties because of its strong walls. It has never been breached for more than 400 years.
Address: 27 kilometers southwest of Jingtai.
Self driving route
Lanzhou-Baiyin-Jingtai
5. Ankou Town
Ankou Town, adjacent to Chongxin County in the east, Pingliang City in the north and Shaanxi Province in the south, is known as the "important town in Longdong". Ankou Town is the location of Longshang Kiln in Ming Dynasty. In the second year of Xuantong (19 10), the Li family was abandoned and villages and towns were established, which were once called Ankou Kiln, Yaotou Town and Hongshan Town. Ankouzhi
6. Dajing Town
Dajing Town, south foot of Qilian Mountain, north foot of Tengger Desert. Jingzhen was once a pearl on the ancient Silk Road and an important commodity distribution center in this area. Historically, it is one of the four famous towns in Gansu. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it was called "Park Circle", and its commercial activities were the most active. Businessmen in Shaanxi and Shanxi do have the saying that "if you want to make money, go to Dajing Tumenzi". In the twenty-seventh year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (1599), Dengaku, the governor of Gansu Province, and Yunju, the company commander, gathered 10,000 troops. The title of Dajing comes from an important battle in the Ming Dynasty, namely the Battle of Songshan Shaba.
Address: 80km east of Gulang County.
Self driving route
Lanzhou-Wuwei-Gulang
7.hadapu
Hadapu, located in the hilly river dam at the eastern foot of Minjiang River, is 2225 meters above sea level, cool and humid. It is rich in Chinese herbal medicines such as angelica and astragalus, and it is a multi-ethnic settlement of Han, Hui, Tibetan and Qiang. Hadapu, formerly known as Hatachuan, has been an important commercial and military center on Ganchuan Road since ancient times. During the Three Kingdoms period, this was the "Yin Ping Ancient Road". In that year, Wei general Deng Ai went to Sichuan to destroy Shu. Hadapu is the first town for the Red Army to go out of Tibetan areas and enter Gansu where the Han people live in concentrated communities.
Address: 35km north of Tanchang County.
Self driving route
Lanzhou-Lintao-Minxian-Hadapu
8. Tianshui Street Pavilion
Guzhen Street Pavilion is a street town in the southeast of Tianshui City. Jieting is located at the northern foot of the West Qinling Mountains, bordering the ancient county in the west and the Weishui River in the north, and is the core of McKee Scenic Area. In 2004, when the local villagers rebuilt the ancient temple in Shennong Mountain, they excavated Shennong's cultural relics. After expert appraisal, they believe that Shennong Mountain, a street pavilion, is the birthplace center of Emperor Yan Di Shennong and a place to worship heaven. Jieting is also one of the birthplaces of pre-Qin. A large number of Qin tombs have been unearthed in Jieting area, with rich cultural relics. Besides the tomb of Fangmatan, the tomb of Qin Wengong in Maijishan is also world-famous. Zhuge Liang's tearful beheading of Ma Su has long been a household name.
Address: about 40 kilometers away from Tianshui city.
Self driving route
Lanzhou-Tianshui
9. Lixin Town
Lixin Town was founded in the 14th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 138 1). Qingxi River flows eastward from the valley of the Loess Plateau, nourishing a river, making vegetable fields on both sides of the river like brocade, rice fields criss-crossing, willows flourishing, flowers and trees flourishing, and Lixin becoming a well-known oasis. Lixin Town is an important cultural and commercial town in history. Painted pottery in Lixin site has become an unprecedented cultural landscape. Lizhen site is a Neolithic site with a long history, about 7000 years ago. It belongs to the Majiayao type of Yangshao culture. Among the relics unearthed in Lizhen site, pottery, stone tools, bone utensils, gray pottery and sand pottery are the main ones. The main tools produced at that time were mainly grinded stone tools, and some of them were made of stone tools and microliths. 1935 and 1936, the main force of the red army paid tribute twice.
Address: 40km northwest of Gangu County.
Self driving route
Lanzhou-Gangu-Lixin
Yangguan town 10
Advise you a glass of good wine, no one has any reason to leave the sun in the west. Yangzhen, located at the junction of Gansu, Qinghai and Xinjiang provinces, is the most remote town in Dunhuang. Yangguan, named after the sun in Yumenguan, has been the gateway to the western regions since ancient times and the only place where the South Road of the Silk Road passes. Yangguan Town enjoys a superior geographical position, vast territory and rich resources, and the territory is rich in water, light, soil, heat, wildlife and tourism resources. Yangguan Town is also a famous tourist attraction, and other scenic spots such as Yangguan, Yumenguan, Wowachi and Shouchangcheng are all in Yangguan Town.
Address: 64km southwest of Dunhuang.
Self driving route
Lanzhou-Wuwei-Zhangye-Dunhuang