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The Yellow River flows across Lanzhou, a city that
has a 2,000-year history and is capital of Gansu Province. With a
population of 2.83 million people, it is one of the largest cities
in the northwest, and this concentration has done little to improve
the pollution that thickens the air and that flows downriver. Lanzhou
was also in the past called the "Gold City", due to the
precious metal that was found here. It was this discovery, along with
the fact that the city was a significant fortress (for around 1,400
years) of the Hexi Corridor, an eastern and crucial stretch of the
Silk Road, that led to a long period of great prosperity in the city.Major.
attractions: Green Corridor along Binhe Road, five Spring Mountain,
White Pagoda Mountain, Sun Yat-sen Bridge, Waterwheel Garden, Sculptures
of the Mother River, Lanshan Mountain, Qiaomen Mosque, Sand-gravel
land form at Tianfusha Palace. |
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