Lanzhou Trip Overview
Easily arrive in Lanzhou, enjoy all highlights of Lanzhou, especially visit the big glory-Gansu Provincial Museum. Also, visit the famous Bingling Temple Caves, which is one of the Four Most Famous Caves in China and just second to Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang. Bingling, is the transliterating of the Tibetan “thousands of Buddhas”.
Additional Info
Duration: 3 days
Starts: Lanzhou, China
Trip Category: Multi-day & Extended Tours >> Multi-day Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Lanzhou, Gansu, China
Easily arrive in Lanzhou, enjoy all highlights of Lanzhou, especially visit the big glory-Gansu Provincial Museum. Also, visit the famous Bingling Temple Caves, which is one of the Four Most Famous Caves in China and just second to Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang. Bingling, is the transliterating of the Tibetan “thousands of Buddhas”.
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive in Lanzhou.
Pass By: Lanzhou, Lanzhou, Gansu
Your local guide and driver will meet you at airport or bullet train station.
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Full day Lanzhou city tour, enjoy all famous sightseeing in Lanzhou.
Stop At: Gansu Provincial Museum, No.3 Xijin West Road, Qilihe District, Lanzhou 730000 China
Gansu Provincial Museum, is a comprehensive museum located in Lanzhou City with a collection of over 350 000, including historical and cultural relics, modern cultural relics, ethnic cultural relics, paleontological fossils and specimen. The Must-see includes: Exhibitions of Painted Pottery, Silk Road Civilization Exhibition, Paleontological Exhibition.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Iron Bridge of Yellow River, North side of Beibinhe Middle Road, Qilihe District, Lanzhou 730000 China
According to historical data, Yellow River Iron Bridge, or Zhongshan Bridge of Lanzhou, which is 233.5-meter-long and 8.36-meter-wide, was built from 1907 to 1909. It is located near the the White Pagoda Hill. As the first real bridge and the bridge with longest history striding above the Yellow River in Lanzhou, it was originally named Yellow River Bridge.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Lanzhou Shuiche Park, Binhe East Road, Chengguan District, Lanzhou 730000 China
Situated in the urban area of Lanzhou City, the park of Lanzhou Ancient Water Mill, which is a renowned attraction on Binhe Road, covers an area of 14,588 square meters, with Zhongshan Bridge to its east, the Statue of Mother Yellow River to its west, the White Pagoda Hill to its north and White Cloud Taoist Temple to its south.
Originating from Ming Dynasty, water mills are made of wood in special round shape and were a kind of important irrigation implement in the bank areas of Yellow River in ancient China.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: White Pagoda Mountain (Baita), North bank of Yellow River, Chengguan District, Lanzhou 730000 China
Seated on the northern bank of Yellow River, the White Pagoda Hill is named after a white pagoda on its hilltop. The White Pagoda Hill originally boasted for Three Treasures, an elephant hide drum, a bronze bell and a Chinese redbud tree, though the tree dries up today.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 3: Visit Bingling Temple Caves, then your guide and driver will transfer you to airport or bullet train station.
Stop At: Bingling Temple Grottoes, West of Yongjing County, Tianshui 730030 China
A famous Buddhist caves, Bingling Temple Caves is one of the Four Most Famous Caves in China and just second to Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang. Bingling, is the transliterating of the Tibetan “thousands of Buddhas”. Originally built in 420 in Western Qin Dynasty (385-400), the Bingling Temple Caves was continuously dug in later dynasties, and some painted decorations even done in Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) and Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Today, there are existing 183 caves, 694 stone statues, 82 clay statues and about 900 square meters frescos, stretching 200 meters along west bank of Temple Channel on a 60-meter-high cliff. With the giant Buddha of No.169 Cave being the main part, the 183 caves are scattered in upper temple, lower temple, temple channel as well as the Buddha terrace.
Duration: 3 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
