Tulu Valley

Tulugou used to be a multi-ethnic area, located in Yongdeng County to the west of Lanzhou. In this area, Tulu River, which originated from ebofeng, flows from northwest to Southeast, winding about 15km. The vertical distribution of vegetation in tulugou is very obvious, with abundant grassland at the top, trees standing on the hillside and farmland covering at the foot of the mountain. Due to the influence of mountain climate, abundant rainfall, overlapping peaks and green trees in the valley, it has become an original natural scenic spot without artificial carving.

Tulu Valley

Tulugou is located in Liancheng forest of Yongdeng County, 160 kilometers northwest of Lanzhou City, which is the eastern foot of Qilian Mountains. It is a natural landscape tourist area with wonderful mountains and beautiful waters as the main body, known as "mythical Green Valley".

Tulugou was officially opened to tourists on August 1, 1984. In 1992, it was approved as a national forest park by the Ministry of forestry. In 1997, it was selected as the top ten model of National Forest Park, and has become an ideal destination of forest eco-tourism in Lanzhou.

geographical position

Tulugou is located in Liancheng forest of Yongdeng County, 160 kilometers northwest of Lanzhou City, which is the eastern foot of Qilian Mountains. It is a natural landscape tourist area with wonderful mountains and beautiful waters as the main body, known as "mythical Green Valley". "Tulu" is an ancient Mongolian language, which means "big, good", or "beautiful orchard". Tulugou used to be a multi-ethnic area. Influenced by the mountain climate, it has abundant rainfall, many peaks, green trees, winding paths and beautiful tuqina. It has become a primitive natural scenic spot without artificial carving. In this area, Tulu River, which originates from ebofeng, flows from northwest to Southeast, and then joins at Sancha, then flows into Datong River through Qiangou. There is a highway built along the river valley, which leads directly to the ditch. The two sides of the river move step by step, and the scenery is different. Tulugou natural scenic spot is 1998-3165 meters above sea level, with a total area of 6157 hectares.

Natural scenery

Visitors cross the Datong River Bridge and enter the former tulugou forest scenic spot. Six kilometers from Daqiao to Sancha tourist village, it is divided into two gullies, big and small. On the left side is datulugou, with a total length of 14.7 kilometers. It is the main scenic spot of the park with peculiar landform and scenery. There are 24 scenic spots in total, including peaks, mountains, cliffs and rocks. There are various forms, cliffs and waterfalls, and cliffs and beads. Although they are made by nature, they are like human beings. Further up, you will arrive at gouzhang grassland, which is a charming grassland tourist area. From the right of Sancha, you enter the xiaotulugou forest area. The ditch is 7 km long and has 12 scenic spots. There are more than 1600 kinds of trees, flowers and plants in the community. There are dozens of rare animals, such as musk deer, running deer, blue eared pheasant, lynx, stone sheep and so on. A vast forest sea, ancient trees, streams, birds and flowers everywhere are like a natural gallery.

Tulugou National Forest Park is located in the hinterland of Liancheng forest region, Yongdeng County, Gansu Province, 160 kilometers away from the provincial capital Lanzhou City and Xining City, Qinghai Province. It is the eastern foot of Qilian Mountains, with a total area of 5848.4 hectares and an altitude of 1998-3165 meters. Tulu Valley is named "Tulu Valley" because of its strange peaks, strange rocks, green trees and evergreen all the year round. The landscape here is unique and beautiful. The vertical distribution of vegetation is very obvious. At the top is rich grassland, vast pasture, standing trees on the hillside, and farmland at the foot of the mountain. The landscape of the park is rugged and rugged, which can fully appreciate the natural scenery. It is known as the "mythical Green Valley".

"Tulu" is an ancient Mongolian language, which means "big, good", or "beautiful orchard". Tulugou used to be a multi-ethnic area. Influenced by the mountain climate, it has abundant rainfall, overlapping peaks, verdant trees, winding paths and beautiful tuqina. It has become an original natural scenic spot without artificial carving. In the area, Tulu River, which originates from ebofeng, flows from northwest to Southeast and joins at Sancha. Then it flows into Datong River through Qiangou. A highway is built along the river valley, which leads to the ditch directly. The two sides of the river have different scenes.

The park can be divided into former tulugou forest scenic area, small tulugou forest scenic area, Sancha tourist village and tulugou grassland recreation area. There are 47 scenic spots, including hump ridge, skylight eye, zanglong cave, Maitreya stone, tongtianmen, Jingang peak, Qixi bridge, lamppost stone, practice platform, Qingchan temple, Shibi Xiejie bead, etc. there are more than 20 scenic spots with different shapes and unique shapes, such as "Qingchan Temple" The city is secluded, the beauty of Emei, the danger of Huashan and the wonder of Jiuzhai. Visitors cross the Datong River Bridge and enter the former tulugou forest scenic spot. Among them, several rare and endangered plants, such as Stellaria, Paeonia suffruticosa, etc., are under state protection, while blue eared pheasant, musk deer, etc., belong to state class II protected animals. Willow flower, staghorn, mushroom and fern are known as the "four mountain treasures" on the dining table.

Tulugou was officially opened to tourists on August 1, 1984. In 1992, it was approved as a national forest park by the Ministry of forestry. In 1997, it was selected as the top ten model of National Forest Park, and has become an ideal destination of forest eco-tourism in Lanzhou. Tulugou National Forest Park, located in the northwest of Lanzhou, is a huge "green treasure house". It not only plays the role of conserving water resources, adjusting climate and maintaining ecological balance, but also is a comprehensive tourist attraction integrating sightseeing, tourism, teaching, scientific research and entertainment.

Traffic information

Tourism special line

On April 28, 2018, the tourist line from Lanzhou to tulugou National Forest Park was opened.

Lanzhou City as the center, opened dozens of bus lines, leading to all parts of the city. There are buses and minibuses.

The bus prices are 1 yuan, 1 yuan and 50 cents, 2 yuan and 3 yuan. The bus and CMB fare is 1 yuan. If it's from the railway station to xigucheng, the fare is 3 yuan.

taxi

There are more than 6000 taxis in Lanzhou, which serve day and night. There are three foreign-related designated tourist bus companies, providing various types of tourist buses, CMBS and cars, which can be rented for short-term, long-term, monthly and daily.

The price of a taxi in Lanzhou ranges from 5 yuan to 8 yuan, depending on the grade of the vehicle. The basic kilometer is 3 kilometers, and then the rental rate ranges from 1 yuan to 1.8 yuan per kilometer. After 10 km, you have to pay the driver 0.5-0.9 yuan / km. If it is a night car rental, 0.2 yuan night car surcharge will be added to the rental price per kilometer.

Lanzhou taxis are charged by meter, drivers are also very disciplined, meter operation.

Intercity traffic

Although located in the northwest of Lanzhou, it is the geographical center of Chinese mainland. To the north of Xinjiang, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia, to the west of Qinghai Tibet, and to the south of Sichuan, you have to go through Lanzhou. As the largest railway hub and business center city in Northwest China, Lanzhou has traffic in all directions.

aviation

Lanzhou Zhongchuan airport has opened nearly 30 Air Routes From Lanzhou to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Xi'an, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Dunhuang, Jiayuguan, etc., and has also opened regular tourist charter flights to Hong Kong every Tuesday.

It's 70 kilometers from downtown Lanzhou to Zhongchuan airport, about an hour's drive. There are shuttle buses and taxis. The daily shuttle bus to Zhongchuan airport will leave at the civil aviation ticket office in advance according to the flight departure.

Address of civil aviation ticket office: No. 520, Donggang West Road, Lanzhou City (west side of Lanzhou Hotel, next to Provincial Department of Culture)

Longhai, Lanxin, Lanqing and Baotou Lanzhou railway trunk lines meet here. Lanzhou is also an important stop on the Second Eurasian land bridge, which starts from Lianyungang in the East and ends at Rotterdam in the West. Lanzhou station is located at the foot of Gaolan mountain on the south side of the city. Nearly 60 buses pass through the station every day and commute between cities across the country. There are express trains from Lanzhou to Zhangye, Jiayuguan, Pingliang and other tourist cities in the province.

There is also a "Lanzhou west station" in Lanzhou, which is more than ten minutes' drive from the "Lanzhou station".

Long distance passenger transport

Lanzhou has 7 bus stations, 4 national roads and 5 provincial roads.

As Lanzhou is located in the east of Gansu Province, far away from the major tourist cities in the Hexi Corridor, taking the train is better than taking the bus, but if you want to go to Gannan and other places where there is no train, you can only take the long-distance bus.

Special food

Lanzhou is a city inhabited by many nationalities. Its long history, important geographical location and diversity of residents have created its unique food culture. Lanzhou has its own system of local dishes - long cuisine, rich characteristics and various local flavor snacks, as well as famous dishes such as Sichuan cuisine, Shandong cuisine and Beijing cuisine from all over the country The variety and the rich content make it a great pleasure to travel in Lanzhou. Lanzhou people are fond of food, especially hot and sour food, especially Sichuan cuisine and hot pot. Jingyang building, yuebin building, Emei Sichuan restaurant and Hui restaurant are the four most famous restaurants in the city. The roast pig and Thousand Layer beef cake are delicious and cheap. In addition, Lanzhou's specialty melons and fruits and other flavor dishes made of raw materials, such as lily peach, pulp brandy melon, Jincheng eight treasure melon carving, goldfish Nostoc flagelliforme, snow mountain camel's paw, oil fried hump, yellow flower stewed duck and so on, are well-known.

Most of the famous restaurants and restaurants in Lanzhou are concentrated in Qingyang Road and Jiuquan road in the center of the city. There are many shops and restaurants here, which are worthy of the name of "commercial road and food street". Here people can enjoy tea, meet friends, hold banquets and drink together, and taste Lanzhou's delicacies and snacks.

In addition to the famous Lanzhou clear soup beef noodles, the main famous snacks in Lanzhou are niangpizi, hot winter fruit, huidouzi, Chenchun spicy powder and saozi

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