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| Shopping |
| Here you can buy carved ink
slabs, luminous jade cups, and bottle gourds. There are also
Middle Eastern styled carpets, lanterns and reproductions of
ancient paintings based on the Silkroad murals. The most beautiful
of them are the replicas of Buddha's heads using the original
molds from Bingling Si. It is a local market selling curios,
stamps, coins and some reproductions. Usually, it's much better
on weekends. |
| Dining |
Roast Whole Lamb
The roast entire lamb (Kao quanyang) was already generally acknowledged
as one of the then eight most famous dishes in Gansu Province.
Local chefs choose those only one year old,hanging the lamb
in the oven and anointing it,When it turns golden, about one
hour later, this succulent lamb is ready to sample. |
Beef Noodle
Lanzhou's biggest specialty dish is the small Lanzhou Beef Noodle.
If a little spicy, the noodle is another version of the soup
noodles that are to be found around China. |
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