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Gansu Provincial Museum
Must Sees The Buddhist Caves of Bingling Temple Liujiaxia Hydro-electric Dam Gansu Provincial Museum The Baiyun Taoist Temple Optional Attractions Five Spring Mountain Park Lanshan Park White Pagoda Hill Park Zhongshan Bridge across Yellow River The Gansu Provincial Museum, covering a total area of 16.5 acres, is the most impressive museum in the province. It is one of the best sights in the city, so a visit is well worthwhile. The museum complex is made up of three separate buildings linked by corridors, and further divided into two sections: a natural resources section downstairs and historical exhibits upstairs. There are altogether thirteen exhibiting halls here housing famous historical relics, minority relics and a number of rare or extinct animal specimens. Among the most interesting exhibitions or relics are listed below. The museum's exhibitions are all in both Chinese and English. The bronze Galloping Horse of Gansu, a 1,800 years old statue discovered only thirty years ago in a small town called Wuwei. The 14-cm-tall horse, with its procession of chariots and horses behind, recently made a tour of the US and Canada. The exhibition of the Silk Road contains many treasures including Neolithic painted pottery that was excavated from the town of Dadiwan, whose ancient civilization is believed to span back to some 7,000 years. Also of interests are Han Dynasty 206 BC-220 AD) Wooden Tablets, once used to deliver messages along the road. A 1.5-meter high statue of a Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) warrior, made of a colored and then glazed earthware. A gilded silver plate that portrays Bacchus, the Greek god of wine, that dates back to some 2,000 years from the Eastern Roman Empire. Finally, among those which can trace back into prehistoric presentations, the 4-meter-tall Mammoth, whose remains were excavated from the Yellow River basin in 1973, is a fearsome sight. Address: 3 Xijin Xi Lu (Xijin West Road), Lanzhou. Get there: Both bus No.1 and 31 take you there. The museum is directly across the street from the Friendship Hotel. Opening hours: 9:00am-noon and 2:30pm-5pm. Closed on Sunday. Cost: RMB 25.

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