Two-Day Tour Around Lanzhou | Yongjing Liujiaxia Bingling Temple Grottoes

A severely underestimated small city on the Yellow River, recommended to everyone!!! Just a 1.5H drive from Lanzhou, there lies a small city with both beauty and brains—Gansu Yongjing. It boasts thousands of miles of lake scenery from the Yellow River and Liujiaxia Reservoir, as well as various cultural landscapes such as grottoes and ancient temples. Just one visit will leave you deeply shocked and regretting not coming sooner!!! Yongjing has a very comfortable climate, with temperatures only in the 20s during the early morning and late evening of the hot summer, and a cool breeze even in the shade during the day. 🗺Transportation ✈Plane: Fly to Lanzhou then take a bus or rent a car to Yongjing 🚗Self-driving: 1.5H from Lanzhou, all asphalt road surface🛣 🈶Tour Route 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝟏: Lanzhou➠Dinosaur National Geopark➠Liujiaxia Dam➠Liujiaxia Bridge➠Benzigou Viewing Platform➠Yellow River Flower Embankment (Tulip Park)➠Stay in Yongjing County 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝟐: Yongjing➠Qinghuang Confluence Viewing Platform (Jingwei Distinct Viewing Point)➠Bingling Temple Grottoes➠Luojia Cave Temple➠Return trip ✅✅✅✅Must-visit Checkpoints 1⃣ Bingling Temple Grottoes World Cultural Heritage, one of China's five major grottoes. The cliffs retain stone carvings and murals from the Northern Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, majestic and spectacular. The most shocking are the Maitreya Buddha statues over 20 meters high and the mysterious special caves, especially recommended are caves No. 169 and No. 172, which are grand in scale and rich in content, with a large number of exquisitely unique statues and murals, and are also the earliest dated grottoes in China (⚠No photography allowed in special caves‼) General ticket: 50 yuan (⚠Special cave prices vary) 2⃣ Liujiaxia Reservoir The Yellow River is cut off by a dam as tall as a 50-story building, forming a spectacular high gorge and flat lake. The lake water is blue and clear, calm and waveless, and can be called Gansu's Erhai Lake. You can take a boat to tour the beautiful scenery. Ticket: Free 3⃣ Dinosaur National Geopark A museum mainly featuring dinosaur elements, displaying many dinosaur skeletons and footprints. Ticket: Free 4⃣ Yellow River Demarcation Line The muddy grey-yellow Tao River and the clear blue Yellow River meet at the edge of Yongjing city, forming a clear and distinct Jingwei spectacle. The Yellow River also becomes the true "Yellow" River here!! 5⃣ Yellow River Flower Embankment Located in the county's sea of flowers park, in July/August, the verbena blooms, turning the sea of flowers into a summer 💐, just like the lavender fields of Provence. Super photogenic!! Ticket: Free 6⃣ Luojia Cave Temple An ancient Ming dynasty temple built on a cliff, with halls hanging in the air and beautifully carved beams and painted rafters, and many exquisite Buddha statues and murals inside the cave. Ticket: Free 7⃣ Yellow River Gorges The rushing Yellow River is flanked by the uniquely shaped loess stone forest peaks on both sides, like a spectacular scroll! 🏠Accommodation | Yongjing Yellow River Pearl Hotel ✔Business hotel prices, five-star hotel experience ✔Convenient parking 🍛【Food Recommendations】 🎈Halal Wen Sheng Hand-Grabbed King: A local restaurant often frequented by locals, with good hand-grabbed lamb and braised loofah!! 🎈Zuhaier Copper Pot Shabu: The lamb rolls and highland barley cakes are delicious.