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Lanzhou is located in the northwest of China, in the middle of Gansu, the geometric center of Chinese mainland. It is a comprehensive transportation hub of railways, highways and aviation in the northwest of China, the headquarters of the army organs in the western theater of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and one of the five central cities in the China section of the New Eurasian Continental Bridge.

As an important regional trade center and modern logistics base in the west, it enjoys the reputation of "Silk Road Town", "Pearl of the Yellow River", "Western Summer Palace", "Waterwheel City" and "Melon and Fruit City".

Lanzhou is an important town on the ancient Silk Road, where human beings thrived as early as 5,000 years ago. The county government was established in the Western Han Dynasty, which means "Jincheng Tang Chi" and is called Jincheng; At the beginning of Sui Dynasty, it was renamed Lanzhou.

From the Han Dynasty to the Tang and Song Dynasties, with the opening of the Silk Road, there was a grand occasion in which silk went west and Tianma came east. Lanzhou has gradually become an important traffic artery and commercial port of the Silk Road, an important metropolis and link connecting ethnic minorities in the western regions, and an important intersection of the Yellow River culture, the Silk Road culture, the Central Plains culture and the western regions culture.

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Lanzhou is an important town of the ancient "Silk Road" with many scenic spots and historical sites, and has been selected as one of the top ten summer tourist cities in China. By 20 15, Lanzhou has 6 provincial-level cultural relics protection units, more than 50 cultural relics and historic sites, 50 ancient sites, 2 ancient cities 15 ancient buildings15.

There are Xujiashan, Tulugou and Shifogou in the National Forest Park. In the urban area, there are places of interest such as Wuquan Mountain, Baita Mountain and Baiyun Temple, as well as unique mountain parks, West Lake parks, Binjiang parks and water parks with different styles.

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