Lanzhou is a long and narrow valley of east and west, sandwiched between the two mountains, and the Yellow River passes through the city at the foot of the jiuzhou mountain in the north of the city. After the planning and construction of the urban construction department, along the south bank of the Yellow River, a river has been opened for dozens of kilometers. Because the road is wide and straight, the flower-beds on both sides of the road, dotted with stars, are known as the green corridor, which has become the longest city riverside road in the country.

Due to the temperature varies greatly from day and night. You need take warm clothing, This area is in quite high altitude, sun hat, sun glasses and water are necessary. For some people, they need take medicine. The average height is about 3km above the sea level.
As it’s in the northwest of china, so the living and whole service will be not so good compared with big cities, you need to get prepared.
Please do respect the local beliefs of all the ethnic groups.  In Tibetan areas: A, don’t eat dog meat, horse meat, donkey, B, for the Celestial burial, you should not peek. C, if you can’t drink or eat local food, you could be earnestly obtain them.
Some temple, photograph is not allowed. If you want to picture with monks or the women, you need ask whether they want. Take care of your staff. Aviod the unproper etiquette. Not be too loud, pointing talk.
If you are not planning to buy, don’t touch or bargain.
The special snacks, beef noddles, lamb, hands mutton, yogurt, lily, rose,

In mountain bridge is the oldest ancient bridge in lanzhou, is also the first bridge in the true sense of the Yellow River, built in 1907 by a German man, all bridge building materials for the German origin, up to now there are more than hundred years of history. The zhongshan bridge is located in the north of lanzhou city, the city of baita, before jin chengguan, is one of the landmark buildings in lanzhou, standing on the bridge can be seen from the white tower into the cloud, the mother river rushing through. 2km west of zhongshan bridge is the statue of the mother of the Yellow River, which is located at 3km east of the bridge.

Gansu province museum, "copper benma" is known as a symbol of China's tourism, also known as the "horse step swallow", for the eastern han dynasty bronze art, moral is now a day, success. The gansu museum has attracted a lot of attention because of its more than 350, 000 collections, and more because of its appeal to tourists. Now gansu province museum is divided into "gansu painted pottery", "the silk road in gansu province civilization", "ancient fossils in gansu province" three permanent theme exhibition, from the cretaceous paleontology specimens to the paleolithic and neolithic pottery culture, since Monday of bronze ware, ceramics, jade to the han and tang dynasties of the silk road culture, including the song, yuan, Ming and qing's porcelain, wood, silk, paintings, etc., has a rich collection.

Gansu is one of cradles of the chinese civilization. It's the must-be pass of the silk road. Due to the unique geographical environment and the long-standing history, Gansu museum has rich collections and processes more than 350,000 pices of precious relics. If you come to lanzhou, it's one of the most important place to go.

Dazhongxiang Night Market

Night markets are good places to sample Lanzhou's delicious snacks.

Today I am at Lanzhou's Dazhongxiang night market, the largest and most famous night market in the capital. The diversity of food and shops here makes it a wonderful, lively place to visit.