Where is Zhang Ye? The best tourist season in Zhangye.

Do you know where Zhang Ye is? Zhangye, located in Gansu Province, has a dry climate and a big sandstorm, but the Gobi is charming and is the only place to travel in the northwest. The following small series will introduce the specific location of Zhangye, as well as the best tourist season and transportation mode.

Where is Zhang Ye?

Zhangye, located in the northwest of Gansu Province, China, in the middle of Hexi Corridor, is the origin of the name "Gan". Wuwei and Jinchang in the east, Jiuquan and Jiayuguan in the west, Qinghai Province in the south and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the north.

Ding Yuan, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, established Zhangye County in six years, which means "Zhang Guo closed its doors to the western regions". The Northern Dynasties and the Western Wei Dynasty changed to Ganzhou. The Sui Dynasty restored the county system. This country was founded in the early Tang Dynasty. Ganzhou Road, Yuan Zhi. Ming set up Ganzhou Wei. The Qing Dynasty was the capital of Ganzhou. Zhangye county was established in 1927, and was withdrawn from the county to establish a city in 1985, which was announced by the State Council as the second batch of famous historical and cultural cities and cities open to the outside world.

Best tourist season in Zhangye

The best tourist season in Zhangye is from June to September. In summer, Zhangye has a cool climate and is a good place to escape the heat. It is not very cold to watch the sunrise and sunset in Danxia scenic spot in the morning and evening. If it rains, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Danxia. Zhangye is located in the middle of Hexi Corridor. It is windy, cold and dry in winter, so it is not recommended to travel.

How to get to Zhangye

plane

Zhangye airport is located in the southeast of the city, 24km away from the city. It is a military-civilian airport with few flights, and the only cities that are inconvenient to reach are Lanzhou, Xi 'an and Chongqing. The following civil aviation routes have been opened for tourists' reference:

Beijing-Lanzhou-Zhangye route

The schedule is every Tuesday and Friday, the model is Airbus 320, and the passenger capacity reaches 156.

Beijing takes off 17:55 and arrives in Lanzhou at 20:30. Lanzhou takes off 2 1: 10 and arrives in Zhangye at 21:50.

Xi- Lanzhou-Zhangye route

The flight schedule is every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, the model is ERJ 145, and the flight number is GS7563/4.

Xi 'an takes off 12:30, arrives in Lanzhou 13:35, takes off from Lanzhou 14:20, and arrives in Zhangye 15: 10.

Chongqing-Lanzhou-Zhangye route

It runs every day, operated by China Airlines, with flight number G5275 1/2, model CRJ200 and 50 seats.

On Thursday, the flight departs at 07:00, arrives in Lanzhou at 08:35, departs from Lanzhou at 09:20 and arrives in Zhangye at 10: 10.

On Tuesday and Saturday, the flight departs at 07:05, arrives in Lanzhou at 08:40, departs from Lanzhou at 09:25, and 10: 15 arrives in Zhangye.

The departure times of flights in Zhangye area every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and July are 07:25, 09:05, 09:50 and 10:50 respectively.

train

Zhangye has two railway stations, Zhangye Station and Zhangye West Station.

Zhangye Railway Station is a train passing station, not a starting station or a terminal station. There are many trains passing through Zhangye all over the country.

You can also go to Xining or Lanzhou first, and then take the train.

Considering that many people will go to Dunhuang first, they can also take the train directly from Dunhuang or Jiayuguan to Zhangye, which is very convenient.