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Yinchuan
Prefecture-level city in Ningxia, China

Yinchuan

Yinchuan is a prefecture‑level city and the capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in northwest China.

Plan a trip to Yinchuan→From Lanzhou (Yongdeng)

It served as the imperial capital of the Tangut‑led Western Xia (1038–1227).

Get in

Getting to Yinchuan

  1. 01
    Yinchuan Hedong International Airport
  2. 02
    Yinchuan Railway Station
  3. 03
    Yinchuan Bus Station
  4. 04
    Yinchuan Tourist Bus Station
See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Chengtian Temple Pagoda
  2. 02
    Haibao Pagoda
  3. 03
    Xixia Wangling National Park

    There are 193 tombs of high officials of the Xia Kingdom, with the three largest (5 km apart) highlighted.

  4. 04
    Helan Mountain Rock Art

    These carvings were done by Chinese nomads some 10,000 years ago.

  5. 05
    Ningxia Museum
  6. 06
    Ningxia Museum of Science and Technology
Do

Things to do

Motorcycle Tourist Festival. Late June. The city. The best thing in Yinchuan is the people and the Hui neighbourhoods, so the best option is just to take a bus in any direction and getting down in a street market or in a park. It is also recommended to go to the main square in the night where there are dances and games. Hiking.

Eat

Where to eat

Emanuelle's. A wonderful ESL school, Christian bookstore, library, teahouse and restaurant run by one of China's top entrepreneurs. It provides a retreat from the chaos of the city and serves a variety of foreign foods. Recommended platters are the chicken curry and the beef with rice soup (which is Chinese food directed at Western tongues).

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    Uncle Robin's American Pizza

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