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Two legendary thoroughfares pass through Lanzhou: the broad, powerful Yellow River and the ancient trade route known as the Silk Road.
Lanzhou is the capital of Gansu (Kansu) Province, which extends from the farmland of the Yellow River basin through the narrow Gansu corridor, with its steep rocky mountains, to China’s far west of desert and oases.
Lanzhou received its name under the Sui Dynasty more than a thousand years ago.
West of Lanzhou are the magnificent Thousand Buddha Temple and Caves (Binglingsi Shiku), with ancient frescoes and hundreds of statues, and, at Xiahe, the Labrang Monastery (Labolengsi), one of the largest and most active lamaseries outside of Tibet.
Southeast of Lanzhou, requiring an overnight visit, is one of the most celebrated of the great Buddhist grottoes, the Maijishan Caves (Maijishan Shiku), dating back to the fourth century.