Travel in Zhangye

 

1. Zhangye Danxia (张掖七彩丹霞 )

Zhangye Danxia landform is China’s only Danxia landform in high recombination with color hilly landscape. It is odd and special for hierarchical scattered levels, steep cliffs, rich forms, amazing colors, with a high ornamental value and important scientific value. It enjoys the honors of “China’s top seven most beautiful Danxia landforms”, “China’s top six most beautiful exotic landforms” and “the world’s top ten magical geographical wonders”, and is a best place for tourism, painting, photography and science education.

张掖七彩丹霞旅游景区位于张掖市临泽、肃南县境内，面积约510多平方公里。是丹霞地貌与彩色丘陵景观复合区，被《中国国家地理》杂志评为中国最美的七大丹霞地貌之一。

景区分属临泽县和肃南县两处管理，两个管理区分别售票。临泽管理区入口位于临泽县倪家营乡，肃南管理区入口位于肃南县白银乡。普通游客去的比较的多的是临泽管理区。无论哪个景区，公共交通都不发达，最好的选择是包车游览。

丹霞地貌属于红层地貌,是指红色砂岩经长期风化剥离和流水侵蚀,形成孤立的山峰和陡峭的奇岩怪石,是巨厚红色砂、砾岩层中沿垂直节理发育的各种丹霞奇峰的总称，主要发育于侏罗纪至第三纪的水平或缓倾的红色地层中,这种地貌以广东北部的丹霞山最为典型,所以称为丹霞地貌。

2. Pingshanhu Grand Canyon (平山湖大峡谷)

平山湖大峡谷距市区仅56公里，是中国张掖地貌景观大观园中最美的景观之一！峡谷内，山倚壁蜿蜒，峰随地势峥嵘，石林犬崖交错，仿佛海市蜃楼，又如仙山琼阁。步入迷宫一样的峡谷，置身于纵横交错的沟壑，成林的群峰，犹如世界建筑大师巧夺天工之作，让人目不暇接。

景区以大峡谷、石林奇观、戈壁雪山、原始深林、自驾越野、运动攀岩、民族风情为一体，集科学价值和美学价值于一身，现已成为科普、生态、探险旅游的新亮点，必将吸引世界的目光。

 

3. Mati Temple (马蹄寺)

Mati Temple is located in the foot of Linsong Mountain and riverside of Mati River, the grottoes were dug in the Sixteen States Northern Ling Period, with a history of about 1600 years. It is well-known because of the deity horse footprints. The “thirty-three days” was dug in the cliffs in the form of pagoda like 7 layers and 21 caves, with magnificent momentum. The color sculpture flying Apsaras in Jinta Temple is a rare treasure of China’s cave art. Mati Temple scenic area is a national AAAA tourist scenic zone, national cultural relics protection unit, candidate of the Silk Road for the declaration of World Cultural Heritage, and is tourist destination integrating grotto art, Buddhist culture, natural scenery, Yugurs and Tibetan style.

马蹄寺又称普光寺，位于肃南裕固族自治县境内祁连山麓之间，是一处庞大的石窟寺院建筑群。在石壁上有从北凉时期至今千年以来凿刻的多个石窟佛像，还有高层的石窟寺院建筑，非常的奇幻壮观。这里既有汉传佛教的寺院，又有藏传佛教殿宇，同一地方风格不同，十分独特。寺院里还有天马蹄印、元代壁画、佛像等众多的传说古迹，非常值得前来参观。

 

4. Dafo Temple (大佛寺)

The Dafo Temple or Great Buddha Temple is a Buddhist temple in Zhangye, Gansu, China, notable for its gigantic reclining Buddha statue made around 1100 during the Western Xia period, which is thirty-five metres long. After a restoration project in 2005–06, the Temple now attracts thousands of visitors. It has had several names over the centuries, including the "Kasyapa Buddha Temple", the "Bojue Temple" , the "Hongren Temple", and the "Reclining Buddha Temple". The present name of "Dafo" means "Great Buddha".

张掖大佛寺位于张掖市市区内，始建于西夏王朝永安年间，距今已经有九百多年的历史。大佛寺以寺内供奉着的一尊国内最大的室内泥塑卧佛闻名，另外还有土塔、山西会馆等各具特色的古老建筑，可以参观朝拜，寺内还有展览可以帮助游客了解佛教的艺术和大佛寺的历史。大佛寺现为张掖市内最重要的旅游景点，也是张掖的标志性景点之一，到张掖游玩可以前去一看。

 

5. Zhangye National Wetland Park (张掖国家湿地公园)

位于张掖市甘州区城郊北部，与市区紧密相连。湿地面积2.6万亩，主体位于城区北郊地下水溢出地带，与城区毗邻，是离城市最近的湿地公园。规划区内多样化的湿地类型，是张掖绿洲这一内陆干旱区脆弱生态系统的重要组成部分，发挥着水源涵养和水资源调蓄、净化水质、维护湿地生物多样性、防止沙漠化和改善区域外气候等重要的生态功能，作为区域关键生态支撑体系，对于维护张掖绿洲及黑河中下游生态安全具有重要意义。