Having a glimpse of the 20km green belt along the Yellow River is a must for every first time visitor. One of the gems on the green park south of the Yellow River is the Grand Park of Waterwheel in Lanzhou. This is a theme park on waterwheel in Lanzhou. On August 26, 2005, the…
At the sea level of over 1600 meters and on the loess plateau, the city of Lanzhou is located in a narrow valley extending from east to west for about 20km and bound by the mountains in the north and south. The Yellow River cuts through the city from west to east in the valley. The long city…
Lanzhou Airport’s official name is Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport. Lanzhou airport is about 70km north of the city of Lanzhou, the second furthermost airport from the downtown, just after Lhasa airport. Lanzhou airport is located in a plain of a valley on the loess plateau and on the fringe of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, a major airport in the northwest China….
At the time of my writing, there is only one passenger railway station in Lanzhou – Lanzhou Railway Station. It is located below the Gaolan Mountain in the south of Chengguan District of Lanzhou, Gansu Province. Lanzhou is a major transport, especially a railway hub in the western China. It has the following railway lines: Longhai Railway Line: To…
Today we set off at 2:00pm from Lanzhou to Xiahe and continue to our destination to Labrang Monastery. Over 20 people on board for the fam road trip to Gannan ( Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, which is in the south of Gansu Province.). Gannan literally means ” the south of Gansu. The whole drive distance from…
About The Silk Road International Tourism Festival 2011 The Silk Road International Tourism Festival kicks off tonight – at 08:40pm, July 30, 2011 at the Water Wheel Park by the southern bank of Yellow River in Lanzhou, where a grand opening ceremony is held. This silk road tourism festival is said to be held for the first time…
Early this morning we took CA1273, an Air China plane which was scheduled to take off at 07:20 and land at 09:35 at Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport from Beijing to Lanzhou to attend the Silk Road International Tourism Festival 2011. Basically there are about 9 daily flights running between Beijing and Lazhou, operated by Air China, Eastern China Airline, Hainan Airline….
Plan your Lanzhou Tour? Lanzhou is the capital of Gansu Province. About 3.2 million people live in the urban area. it is a key regional transportation hub, allowing areas further west to maintain railroad connections to the eastern half of the country. Lanzhou was an ancient city on the ‘Silk Road’ trade route between…