It includes places along the route between Jiuquan and Dunhuang. There are lots of historic sites and relics. In here people can take in the extensive knowledge and profound scholarship of the Silk- Read culture, the magnificence and splendors as well as the unique sceneries and customs of the grand Northwest of China.
Those who like to travel along this route may have profound cultural accomplishment. They come with a desire for having a over-all understanding of the Silk-Road culture, making study of Dunhuang art, cherishing the Buddhist Holy Land of Mogao grottoes, visiting the distinctive landscape and learning the local conditions and customs as well as mysterious stories of this hot land of the West China. Whatever you hope to do, the tour of the region will never fail you.
The route is about 410km. If distance between spots is included, the whole journey would total 690km, passing through five cities; Suzhou, Jiayuguan, Yumen, Anxi and Dunhuang.
Representative tourist attractions are: the wine spring-a historic site of the Western-Han Dynasty, Dinjiazha frescoes tomb, the drum tower, Jiayuguan pass- the western tip of the Great Wall, the tomb of Wuaishi.- a Islamic missionary, Laojunmao oil mine in Yunen-the birthplace of China’s Petro-industry, the ancient town of Qiaowan, Yulin grottoes, the memorial tower for the final battle of the west route Red Army, the Singing Sand Mountains and the crescent spring lake, Mogao grottoes-Buddhist Holy Land, the ancient passes of Yumenguan and Yangguan, the Great Wall of the Han Dynasty as well as the geological park of Yadan landforms whitch has local name of devil’s town.