Tianshui
Tianshui is a prefecture-level city in Gansu province, China, and is the province's second-largest city.
Located in the southeast of the province, the city strides along the upper reaches of the Wei River and at the boundary of the Loess Plateau and the Qinling Mountains. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,984,659 inhabitants, of which 1,212,791 lived in the built-up area made of the 2 urban districts of Qinzhou and Maiji. The city and its surroundings have played an important role in the early history of China, as still visible in the form of historic sites such as the Maijishan Grottoes.
Getting to Tianshui
- 01Tianshui South
A major stop on the high-speed line from Xi'an to Lanzhou, Xining, and Urumqi.
- 02Tianshui
Destinations include Lanzhou (4 hours), Urumqi (28-35 hours), Xian (4 hours), Xining (8 hours), and Yinchuan (14 hours).
- 03Tianshui Maijishan Airport
A small airport with limited service to major domestic hubs, centrally located.
Worth seeing
- 01Tianshui City Museum
- 02Tianshui Industry Museum
- 03Hushi Ancient Residence Construction
It was built during the Jiajing era of the Ming Dynasty by Hu Laijin, a scholar who passed the imperial examination.
- 04Taizi
Mosque located in Da Zhong Zhong Lu, with Halal food available nearby.
- 05Fuxi Temple
Ancient Taoist temple dedicated to the inventor of the trigram and a number of other mathematical systems, games, and tricks.
- 06Yuquan Temple
Ancient Taoist temple overlooking Tianshui, dating from the Yuan dynasty.
Things to do
- 01Maijishan Grottoes
Maijishan Grottoes is one of the four major grottoes in China.
- 02Maijishan Ski Resort
- 03Tianshui Qing Mountain Grass Skiing
- 04Tianshui Folk Culture Village
Where to eat
- 01Tianshui Traditional Noodles
- 02Tianshui Snack Street
- 03Wangfu Restaurant
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