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Zhangye
Prefecture-level city in Gansu, People's Republic of China

Zhangye

Zhangye, formerly romanized as Changyeh and also formerly known as Kanchow, is a prefecture-level city in central Gansu Province in the People's Republic of China.

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It borders Inner Mongolia on the north and Qinghai on the south. Its central district is Ganzhou, formerly a city of the Western Xia and one of the most important outposts of western China.

Get in

Getting to Zhangye

  1. 01
    Zhangye Ganzhou Airport

    Opened in 2011, this airport 13 km south of the city has flights to/from Xi'an, Lanzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Urumqi and a few other domestic airports.

  2. 02
    Zhangye West Railway Station

    This high-speed station has D-train service to destinations such as Urumqi (8.5-9.5 hr), Xining (2 hr), Lanzhou (3-3.5 hr), and Xi'an (6.5-7 hr).

  3. 03
    Zhangye Station
  4. 04
    Zhangye Bus Station
See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Dafo Temple

    Holds the largest wooden indoor reclining Buddha in China at 34.5 m (113 ft) long, 7.5 m (25 ft) high.

  2. 02
    Zhangye Drum Tower
  3. 03
    Zhangye Shanxi Guild Hall

    A guild hall built by Shanxi merchants living in Zhangye during the Qing Dynasty.

  4. 04
    Zhangye Museum

    A great little history and culture museum if you can read Chinese – unfortunately almost none of the displays are in English.

  5. 05
    Muto-ji Temple
  6. 06
    Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park

    A unique geological landscape with layers of rocks of different colors and mountains in the background.

Do

Things to do

Swim in the Hei river

  1. 01
    Heihe Wetland Park

    Wetland habitat for birds and other wild animals with bird-watching towers.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Luopangzi Noodle Restaurant

    Gansu-style firecracker noodles and pork plates.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see file page), Wikimedia Commons.