Self-driving tourist attractions around Lanzhou

For self-driving tourist attractions around Lanzhou, it is recommended to go to Qingcheng Ancient Town.

Qingcheng Ancient Town is located on the south bank of the Yellow River at the northernmost end of Yuzhong County, Gansu Province. It is 110 kilometers away from Jincheng and 30 kilometers away from Tongcheng Baiyin. It is the only provincial historical and cultural town in Lanzhou City and a national folk art town. It is also the town with relatively complete preservation of ancient dwellings in Gansu Province. It is known as the first ancient town on the Yellow River. It was the filming location for "Old Persimmon Tree" and "Source of the Yellow River" and the place where Li Zicheng retired to his hometown.

Self-driving route: It takes about 2 hours from Lanzhou, and the journey is unique. Along the way, you will be surrounded by villages and small rivers, and sometimes you will see nearby residents busy greening along the river.

One or two kilometers away from the ancient town, you will see placards from time to time - "The First Ancient Town on the Yellow River Welcomes You", "Qingcheng Welcomes You", etc. There are picking gardens and other leisure resorts on the roadside. The specialties of Qingcheng include Qingcheng mature vinegar, gourds, Qingcheng long noodles, etc. The sour and rotten pork is also a must-try delicacy.

Attractions of the ancient town

1. Luo Family Courtyard

As a building in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it is a courtyard house. The most eye-catching thing in the yard is the press rod used for making water pipes. In addition to the hookah workshop, the Luo Family Courtyard also has rooms such as the Weaving Workshop, the Smoke Smoking Pavilion, and the Shangtang Room. The TV series "Old Persimmon Tree" was filmed in the Luo Family Courtyard. The weaving workshop, Yanyan Pavilion, and hookah workshop all highly restore people's lives in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

2. City God's Temple

Step into the threshold of the City God's Temple and walk in. There is a statue of Di Qing standing in the courtyard. Di Qing was the governor of Qinzhou, and the Chenghuang Temple was originally Di Qing's meeting hall, so it was also called "Di Qing's Mansion". Opera performances are held from time to time in the Chenghuang Temple, and the theater building was built in the later period.

3. Forest of Steles

Lanzhou Forest of Steles displays famous inscriptions from Gansu that have been carved or collected, including the Xixia Stele in Chinese and Xixia, and the Great Chongjiao Stele in Chinese and Tibetan. Temple stele, Xining Wang stele in both Han and Mongolian scripts, Zhenhai Temple stele in Chinese and Pasiba scripts, Wang Renyu Shinto stele, Princess Honghua’s tomb stele, Gongyi stele, etc. The East-West Stele Gallery displays the works and letters of celebrities from Gansu Province in the past dynasties.

From the Caosheng Zhang Zhi of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liang Hu from the late Eastern Han Dynasty to the Cao Wei period, Suo Jing of the Western Jin Dynasty, Li Shimin and Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty, to Hu Zuanzong, Zou Yinglong, Xing Shu and Zhang in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and beyond. Shu, An Weijun, Liu Erxin, Ma Fuxiang, Liang Qichao, Fan Zhenxu, etc.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Qingcheng Ancient Town