Gansu Photos
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Province:Gansu (Chinese: 甘肃, Pinyin:gansu)
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Population :30,711,287
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Area :454,000 sq km (175,000 sq mi)
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Overview:A natural land passage known as Hexi Corridor, stretching some 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) from Lanzhou to the Jade Gate, is situated within Gansu province.
Binglingsi Grottoes
Mingsha Mountain
JiayuguanFort
Xiahe
The Bingling Grottoes (Bingling shiku), also known as the Bingling Temple (Bingling si), are a series of Buddhist caves
Crescent Moon Spring is 6km south of Dunhuang in the Singing Sands Mountains and is quite literally an oasis in the desert.
The place is famed for the romantic love story of Emperor Xuanzong and his concubine Yang Guifei in the Tang Dynasty (618-907).
Jiayuguan Pass is the first pass at the west end of the Great Wall of China and was built during the Ming Dynasty.
