Lanzhou - Tourism

Tourism

  • The Yellow River Bridge(黄河铁桥) has connected the transport hub of Lanzhou to the mainland and northwest since the Ming Dynasty when people began to envisage such a crossing to conquer the Yellow River .
  • Baita Mountain Park(白塔山公园) was built close to the mountains at an elevation of 1,700 metres (5,600 ft) and opened in 1958 across the Yellow River bridge.

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    “In the middle ages people were tourists because of their religion, whereas now they are tourists because tourism is their religion.”
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