Gansu Vacations, Gansu Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

Gansu province is between Qinghai to the southwest (further south would be Tibet) and Inner Mongolia to the north, the Yellow River flows through it, and made a big turn to the north before it winds eastward. So to the west of the Yellow River is the famous Hexi (west of river) Corridor, the main artery between the heart of China and the west. This is the start of the Silk Road, and the four counties along the Hexi Corridor dated from the Han dynasty. The very western end of the Great Wall is in Gansu (near Jiayuguan), and the forts at the Hexi Corridor were written up in poems and songs, because they symbolized the very edge of the familiar. One poem said that once you went west of the Yangguan gate (near Dunhuang), you will find nobody you know! The peoples of Gansu consist of Kazak, Mongolian, Manchus, Hui, Tibetans, and of course Han Chinese. As you head west along the Silk Road, you will no doubt experience the diverse cultures of all the people who are here.