Best Places to See Autumn Leaves in Gansu

Its diversity of landscapes and plants offer Gansu much photography opportunity when autumn comes, red maples, golden poplar trees, white reeds, yellow alpine meadows, presenting a palette of colors pleasing your eyes.

If you plan to visit Gansu in autumn, we are going to reveal you the best places to see the foliage in Gansu. The late September and October are the best time to enjoy the autumn colors in Gansu.

Autumn is the most beautiful season in Xinglong Mountain which is blanketed by the multi-colored red leaves of maple trees. The cascading colors covering the mountain, a stunning autumn view, not overshadowed by "The Red Leaves of Fragrant Hill in Beijing".

Zhangye wetland features a varied landscapes of rivers, marshes, wet meadows, man made lakes, ponds, a multi-forms of wetlands. Autumn is a good time to visit the wetland. When autumn comes, Zhangye Heihe National Wetland Park turns into a glistering ocean of golden reeds, a touch of solitude and tranquility.

Between June 1925 and March,1927, Joseph Charles Francis Rock (1884 -1962), an Austrian American explorer, botanist and geologist, made several expeditions into Diebu area including Zhagana Mountain. He exclaimed that " I have never seen the magnificent scenery before. If the writer of the book of Genesis had seen the beautiful in Diebu, he would have put the birthplace of Adam and Eve here. I'm amazed by Diebu, an expansive forest like a natural botanical Museum, absolutely a maiden place. It will become a mecca for those who love nature.". Dibu boasts the unique conifer trees.

In 2009, China National Geography sponsored an activity of looking for Top 10 "Non-famous Mountais in China" and Zhagana Mountain was listed as No.4. Zha Ga Na, literally"Stone Box" in Tibetan, is a complete natural "stone city"at the altitude of 3970 m. North of the massive Zhagana Mountain is the grand and bright treeless rock peak known as "Stone Mirror Mountain"; Zhagana Mountain is ringed by the steep rock peaks on its east and south. The Zhagana Mountain Scenic Area is totally natural and unfurnished. You may stay overnight in a Tibetan home, a original and primitive Tibetan tribe.

Poplar trees spread densely and grow well, ranking the top in the province. It is said that the poplar trees have an unusual vitality that enables it to survive for 3,000 years by living for one thousand years, standing still for another one thousand years after death, and remaining not rotten for one thousand years. Autumn is the best season to view the autumn hue of poplar trees at Jinta.

Shandan horse farm has been the war horse breeding center of Chinese successive dynasties royal from Han dynasty. As early as 3000 years ago, there had already started horse breeding. The horse farm has an area of ​​2,195 square kilometers, slightly larger than two HKSAR, it’s the Asia’s largest horse farm.

From 1949 to 2001, Shandan Horse farm was belonged to the Chinese military and the principal aim is to provide riding horses for the military, it had experienced nearly 50 years of military management. In 2001, Shandan horse farm was handed over to the China Animal Husbandry Group, as cavalry became a less crucial part of Chinese defense system

In the southeast of Shandan horse farm, there is a gorge known as Kulong Gorge ( literally a gorge with holes and caves), a strange and weird landscape. Clear and limpid water passes through the gorge filled with holes and caves, making louder sounds like playing music. Even you walk the meadows along the banks of the river running in the gorge, you can feel the running water under your feet. When autumns comes, the pine trees, red leaf trees and flowers blanket the gorge, a soul-recharging experience.

In the Anding District of Dingxi, the terraced trees hugging the hillsides offer much photography opportunity. This is the result of "Returning arable land to forests and meadow", a local policy of preserving the ecological environment . Now this area has become a good spot for autumn colors in Gansu.

13 km on the west of Chenxian County lies a National AAAA scenic spot known as "Xixia Gorge Eulogy". The gorge is named after a famous cliff carvings in the gorge known as "Xixia Gorge Eulogy" which were carved in the year 171 AD. The gorge is itself gorgeous when autumn comes.

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