Labrang Monastery is located on the north of Daxia River in the west of Xiahe County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Province. This most important Tibetan monastery outside Tibet was first founded by Ngagong Tsunde, the first generation of Jamyang from nearby Ganjia in 1709. it is an important monastery of the Gelukpa or the…
Together with my co-worker Mr.Jonhy Hao, we took the 2 hour flight CA1273 for Lanzhou. CA1273, an Air China flight was scheduled to take off at 07:20 and land at 09:35 at Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport from Beijing. Basically there are about 9 daily flights running between Beijing and Lazhou, operated by Air China, Eastern China Airline, Hainan Airline. For unknown reasons,…
Lanzhou is one of the best places to pick up some local products and handcrafts during your short trip. You may what local products and handcrafts Lanzhou has. Well, I have summed up some of the popular local products in Lanzhou below for your reference: 1. Lily Lanzhou produces very good lilies, sweet and…
As the capital city of Gansu, one of the less developed provinces in China, Lanzhou doesn’t possess many luxury hotels. At the time of my writing, no international chain hotels are available in the city of Lanzhou. Mid-range hotels, like 4 or 3 stars take a large share of the market in Lanzhou. In the past few years, Lanzhou has…
So you are in Lanzhou! Or maybe you are thinking of making a business or leisure travel to Lanzhou. One thing may linger in your mind: does Lanzhou have nightlife considering a city in northeast China perched on the loess plateau. The answer is yes! In addition, the nightlife of Lanzhou will surely surpass your…
Plan your Lanzhou trip? If you are interested in killing your night time in drinking at bars or pubs, Lanzhou will not let you down. Lanzhou has two bar streests – Gannan Street (甘南路) and Maijishan Road (麦积山路). This time I didn’t go to Majishan Street due to my time shortage in Lanzhou. Instead I went…
Having been to many cities in China, no matter big or small, famous or unknown, I’ve found each city has its own unique night snack market or street or whatever you call it. Take Chengdu and Beijing the two cities for example, Beijing has a night food street called Wangfujing Night Food Street and Chengdu has…
What Zhangye Road is to Lanzhou is similar to what Wangfujing Street to Beijing. It is a famous pedestrian street in Lanzhou. This commercial road has a long history with rich cultural heritage dating back to Song Dynasty ( 960-1276 ). It was the main avenue in the ancient walled city during the reign of Song…