Guyuan
Guyuan, formerly known as Xihaigu or Dayuan (大原), is a prefecture-level city in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China.
It occupies the southernmost section of the region, bordering Gansu province to the east, south, and due west. This is also the site of Mount Sumeru Grottoes (须弥山), which is among the ten most famous grottoes in China. As of the end of 2018, the total resident population in Guyuan was 1,124,200. At the end of 2024, the city's resident population was 1,140,800, a decrease of 6,900 compared with the end of the previous year. Among them, the resident population in urban areas was 535,600, accounting for 46.95% of the resident population, an increase of 1.29 percentage points over the end of the previous year.
Getting to Guyuan
Guyuan Railway Station is 3km east of town center. Lanzhou - takes about 11 hours Xian - takes about 8 hours Yinchuan - takes about 6 hours Long Distance Bus Station is west of Zhongshan Street Lanzhou - takes about 8 hours Xian - takes about 7 hours Yinchuan - takes about 4 hours (7am to 6pm, from Yinchuan South Terminal)
Worth seeing
Xumi Mountain Grottoes. During the Northern Wei, Sui, Tang, Song and Ming dynasties, more than 130 grottoes were tunneled into the eastern side of Sumeru Shan. Filled with Buddhist sculptures and almost 1400 years old.
- 01Guyuan Museum
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