2024 Gansu Culture and Tourism First Ray of Sunshine - Gannan Chapter

The sound of debating in Labrang Monastery rises with the cooking smoke The buttery fragrance on the grassland lingers in the heart Langmu Monastery stands alone like a paradise The rugged stone city of Zha Ga Na appears and disappears in the mist ...... This is the shining beauty of Gannan Fly high with the wind as wings, cross Gannan with clouds as cabin. Gannan is the most compatible place between heaven and earth, a step away from the mainland's snow-capped plateau, Gannan is the paradise and fairy tale world hidden around us. Gannan is also the diverse Gannan, with lush grass, robust cattle and sheep, and melodious pastoral songs... The surging and heroic 'Looking back at the first bend of the Yellow River, the sunset dyes the Kunlun Mountains red', the clear waves and curves of 'The heavenly Yaochi Ga Sea Lake, the earthly fairyland Awan Cang'... The colorful Gannan always attracts the world's attention with its unique charm. As early as the 1920s, the famous American-Austrian scholar Joseph Rock passed through Diebu County's Zha Ga Na and deeply exclaimed: 'I have never seen such beautiful scenery in my life, if the author of Genesis saw the beauty of Diebu, he would place the birthplace of Adam and Eve here.' It is worth mentioning that today's Zha Ga Na, riding on the east wind of creating a 'comprehensive tourism waste-free demonstration zone', has become a spiritual habitat for tourists from all over. Entering the hinterland of Gannan is like entering a primitive secret realm that restores the past and dialogues with history. There is no smog, no pollution, no scars left by industrial civilization, many ecological landscapes and animal and plant species still retain their original appearance and form. This dreamlike sense of being in another world, the mysterious sense of winding paths leading to secluded spots, and the astonishing sense of difference, always surprise people with a fresh perspective, satisfying people's curiosity to explore the mysteries of nature. The magnificent Yellow River, the endless Daxia River, the surging Tao River, and the undulating Bailong River, like the Jingwei veins laid out on the land of Gannan, brilliantly interpret the ruggedness and heroism of each grassland, the towering and upright of each foothill, the majestic and dangerous of each mountain range, the graceful and beautiful of each mountain and river, truly pushing the geographical and humanistic art to the extreme. Experience Gannan, the magical historical culture, the wonderful folk culture, the sacred red culture, the mysterious Buddhist culture, always let the soul find its home in returning to the original, let the nostalgia find its sustenance when the prosperity is gone.