Gansu Province: On the Road

On the Road

Gansu Province

China

September 4, 2016

 

Here's the thing I love about Independent Travel:

When I’m On the Road, I’m on the Road.  I never know what I'll find.

Early today, it's a Livestock Market.  Herders transport their cows or sheep or goats for sale or trade.  Others come on a motorbike and buy a chicken for dinner.

Later today, I find two Minority Villages somewhere in the remote hills of Gansu Province. 

Bingling Temple

Bingling Temple

Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture

Gansu Province

China

September 3, 2016

For more than a millennium, the Bingling Temple was a work in progress.  Inside natural caves and grottoes, artists and craftsmen carved their venerated Buddha statues according to the current stylistic attributes.

I suppose it takes a lifetime of research and scholarship to ascribe the origin of a carving to a definite century or dynasty.

Lanzhou: Night market

Lanzhou

(pop 2.1 Million)

Gansu Province

China

September 2, 2016

Hello,

When I return to China, I will head straight for Lanzhou and then directly to the Night Market.

The Muslim Halal Night Market is crowded and fun.

At one stall I purchased a portion of seasoned potatoes that were the best I have ever eaten.

Next time I'll try the fish and vegetable stir fry.  

Or maybe a lamb kebob or two

Jan

Gansu: Tibetan Grassland

Tibetan Grasslands

Gansu Province

China

September 5, 2016

Hello,

Readers Choice... Click on the "Grasslands Links" or scroll down to the end of the letter and join a Yak Herd.

Please enjoy my photographs of the vast expanse of the Tibetan Grassland, the gazing livestock, and a monastery enroute to the nearby mountains:

Located in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwestern Gansu Province, the Gannan Grasslands cover an area of 37.58 million mu (2.51 million hectares) (6.2 million acres) and primarily stretch out through Gansu's Maqu, Xiehe and Luqu counties.

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