Yeliguan Tourist Area

Yeliguan Tourist Area is located in the northeast of Lintan County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province. It is located in the transition zone between the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Loess Plateau. It is a complex ecological tourist area on the northeast edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Qinling Fold Belt, integrating alpine lakes, Danxia landforms, subalpine meadows, and terraced flower fields. It is 150 kilometers away from the provincial capital Lanzhou and 90 kilometers away from Hezuo City, the capital of Gannan Prefecture. It consists of two connected areas, Chibi Valley and Tianchi Yehai, with a total area of ​​20.2 square kilometers. Among them, Tianchi Yehai is a high mountain barrier lake, surrounded by green mountains and clear water all year round; Chibi Valley was formed from the Jurassic period of the Mesozoic Era to the Tertiary period of the Cenozoic Era. The ochre-red Danxia cliffs stretch across, and the abrupt and towering peaks and stalagmites are of various shapes, which is a typical Danxia landform landscape.

The Yeliguan Tourist Area is a natural ecological area in the upper reaches of the Yellow River where the ecological environment has maintained its original appearance. The original ecological natural landscape represented by the virgin forest and subalpine meadow and the cultural landscape of the Yeliguan plateau terraces complement each other and are picturesque. Historically, it was an important post station and gateway to Tibet on the "Ancient Tang-Tibet Road" and "Ancient Tea-Horse Road".

The tourist area has been awarded the titles of National Geopark, National Forest Park, National Water Conservancy Scenic Area, National Sports Tourism Demonstration Base, and has won the titles of China's Top Ten Cultural Ecological Tourism Destinations, China's Most Internationally Influential Tourism Destinations, China's Top Ten Leisure Tourism Destinations, and China's Forest Oxygen Bar. It is known as "Shanshui Yeliguan, Ecological Grand View Garden" and "Window of Qinghai-Tibet, Eye of Gannan".

The Attraction was rated as a national AAAA-level tourist Attraction in 2006, and has successively won the honorary titles of "Top Ten Tourist Attraction in Gansu Province", "Top Ten Tourist Attraction in Western China", "China's Cultural Ecotourism Destination", "China's Outstanding Tourist Attraction", "China's Top Ten Cultural Ecotourism Attraction", and "China's Top Ten Leisure Tourism Destinations". It was rated as "one of the 50 places to visit in a lifetime" by the famous American magazines "Vision" and "Exploration". In 2010, at the Macau Tourism Summit, the Yeliguan Scenic Attraction was awarded the honorary title of "China's Most Internationally Influential Tourist Destination".

The Attraction has successfully hosted major tourism festivals and events such as the 2007 National Tug of War Championship, the Yeliguan Cup China Tug of War Open, the Gansu Lintan Tug of War Festival, the 6th and 11th China Nine-Color Gannan Shambhala Tourism Art Festival, and the Gannan Tibetan Legend Cycling Race.

The delicacies of Yeliguan include traditional earthen pot chicken, hand-pulled lamb, calf meat, braised lamb, stewed rainbow trout, etc. Earthen pot chicken is made from free-range chickens raised by farmers here, and is a green delicacy. Wild vegetables include wild mushrooms, ferns, fungus, antlers, willow flowers, oolong dragon heads, etc. In addition to delicious food, Yeliguan also has many entertainment projects for you to choose from, such as rafting, slides, zip lines, etc. Rafting was once a primitive way for humans to wade in water, and it was all to meet people's living and survival needs at that time. But now rafting has gradually evolved into an outdoor sport. You can enjoy rafting on the Yemu River.