The Hexi Corridor is located in western China, in the northwest of Gansu Province, west of the Yellow River and between the Qilian Mountains and the Badain Jaran Desert. Not only does it have a long history, but it also has a very rich cultural heritage, giving birth to many moving stories. Including Zhangye, Wuwei, Jinchang, Jiuquan, Jiayuguan and other places. It is a narrow strip of land running north-west-south-east, about 1,000 kilometers long from east to west, and its unique geographical location has also made it a transportation hub between east and west since ancient times.
The Hexi Corridor is an important part of the Silk Road on land, an important node connecting Eurasia, and the only necessary route for China to Central Asia, West Asia and even Europe, which is of great strategic significance. In ancient times, the Hexi Corridor was one of the most important trade routes in history, with a steady stream of goods such as tea, silk, and porcelain being transported from the Central Plains to the West, as well as exotic goods such as spices, horses, and leather from Central Asia and other places.
The Hexi Corridor includes a number of areas in the northwest of Gansu Province, and the following are some of them and their characteristics: Zhangye, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Gansu Province, is a national historical and cultural city, an excellent tourist city in China, a pilot city of the National Ecological Civilization Demonstration Project, and a world geopark and a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction. Zhangye is an important town of the ancient Silk Road, an important transportation hub of the new Eurasian land bridge, the second largest inland river in the country, the Heihe River, runs through the whole territory, is the commodity grain base of Gansu Province, and has the reputation of "Golden Zhangye, Silver Wuwei" since ancient times. Zhangye has the largest military horse farm in Asia, and many units of the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units approved by the first batch are located here. Famous scenic spots include Zhangye Colorful Danxia, Big Buddha Temple, Drum Tower, Yanzhi Mountain, Heihe, Wetland Park, etc.
Wuwei: Wuwei is the eastern end of the Hexi Corridor and a famous historical and cultural city in Gansu Province, with rich historical and cultural heritage, such as the Lei Tai Han Tomb and the Wuwei Confucian Temple. Wuwei is located in the central part of Gansu Province, at the eastern end of the Hexi Corridor, which is the key point of the ancient Silk Road, and its strategic location is extremely important. Wuwei is one of China's tourism symbols - the land of Ma Ta Feiyan, with a long history and culture, and many cultural and natural landscapes. Wuwei is evaluated as one of the cities with the most distinctive natural landscapes in Gansu Province, with a long and splendid history and culture, rich and colorful cultural relics and historic sites, and beautiful and spectacular natural scenery. The main attractions are cultural landscapes, natural landscapes, etc.
Jinchang: A prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Gansu Province, located in the middle of the Hexi Corridor in Gansu Province, it is an important node city of the ancient Silk Road and one of the main cities of the Hexi Corridor. Jinchang is one of the largest nickel production bases in China, with nickel mining and processing as its main industry. There are 16 kinds of mineral resources in 4 categories, and the nickel ore resources are rich and of good quality, and it is known as the "nickel capital". Jinchang is located at the northern foot of Qilian Mountain, with complex geological structure, obvious geomorphological characteristics, beautiful natural scenery and rich tourism resources.
Jiuquan belongs to Gansu Province and is located in the northwest of Gansu Province between the Altun Mountains, Qilian Mountains and Mamanshan Mountains at the western end of the Hexi Corridor. Jiuquan is named because "there is a spring under the city, and its water is like wine". Jiuquan was one of the four counties of Hexi in the Han Dynasty, and was a transportation fortress to Central Asia and Europe since ancient times, and was an important node city on the ancient Silk Road. Jiuquan has a long history and splendid culture, and is one of the important historical and cultural cities in China. Jiuquan City is rich in tourism resources, including the world cultural heritage Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes and Dunhuang Crescent Spring, the world natural heritage Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Spring, the Maijishan Grottoes, one of the four major grottoes in China, the ancient poetry culture represented by the ancient Biansai poems, and the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, a national key cultural relics protection unit.
Jiayu Pass, known as "the first Xiongguan in the world", is the west gate of the Silk Road and the end pass of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty. Located in the middle of the narrowest valley 5 kilometers west of Jiayuguan City, Gansu Province, the city wall on both sides of the city pass crosses the desert Gobi, connects the Great Wall of Montenegro in the north, connects the first pier in the world in the south, is the westernmost pass of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, has been called the throat of Hexi in history, because of the dangerous terrain, the building is majestic, it has the first Xiongguan in the world, the key of the lock. Jiayuguan is the starting point of the western end of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, which was built in the fifth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1372), and is composed of the inner city, the outer city, the Luocheng, the urn city, the moat and the north and south wings of the Great Wall, with a total length of about 60 kilometers. The construction of Jiayuguan cost a lot of manpower and material resources, and has an important position in the history of ancient architecture.
With the Hexi Corridor and its five important cities, Zhangye is a famous military town in Chinese history and a necessary place on the Silk Road. Wuwei is an important city in Northwest China, with a rich historical and cultural heritage, and is also a transportation hub in Northwest China. Jinchang is one of China's important industrial bases and an important node of the Silk Road. Jiuquan is an important hub of the ancient Silk Road in China, with rich historical and cultural relics and natural scenery. Jiayuguan is a pass on the Hexi Corridor and an important gateway to China's ancient Silk Road. They all have a long history and splendid culture, and are important nodes of the ancient Silk Road in China. Today, the cities along the Hexi Corridor continue to play an important role as important economic, cultural and transportation centers in western China.