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Asia/Shanghai |
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UTC+8 |
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Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Time Zone |
Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Qingshui County, under Tianshui City, Gansu Province, China, is located in the southeastern part of Gansu Province, at the southwestern foot of Longshan Mountain, and is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization. With a total area of about 2012 square kilometers and a population of about 300,000, it is predominantly Han Chinese, with Hui and other ethnic minorities living there. It has a long history and is the hometown of Emperor Xuanyuan, known as the "Hometown of Xuanyuan".
Qingshui County has a rich cultural heritage, with many historical sites, such as Han Dynasty ruins, Song Dynasty buildings and ancient temples of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. As a must-pass place on the ancient Silk Road, it is a blend of diverse cultures, with traditional folklore such as Qinqiang, social fire performances and the art of paper-cutting being passed down to the present day. The local economy is mainly agricultural, producing apples, walnuts and wheat, and is gradually developing into tourism and eco-industry.
Qingshui County has beautiful natural scenery and a temperate continental climate with four distinct seasons. Famous attractions include the Flower Stone Cliff, Hot Spring Resort and Xuan Yuan Lake Park, which attract tourists with its fresh air and hot spring resources. Conveniently connected to major cities in Gansu Province by road and rail, it is an ideal destination for eco-tourism and cultural heritage exploration.
Luding County is located in the southeast of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, in the middle reaches of the Dadu River, and is an important transportation hub and a famous historical and cultural county in western Sichuan. Famous for the Red Army's great battle of "Flying over Luding Bridge" in 1935, Luding Bridge, as a national key cultural relics protection unit, has 13 iron cables spanning the Dadu River, carrying the glorious memories of the Chinese Revolution. There is not only a rich red culture here, but also magnificent natural landscape: Gongga Snow Mountains surrounded by peaks, Dadu Canyon is steep and deep, Heluo Gorge glaciers and hot springs, constituting a "majestic, strange, dangerous, steep" landscape scroll. Many ethnic groups live here, Tibetan, Chinese and Yi cultures are intermingled, and specialties such as Luding cold noodles and yak meat jerky are unique, which makes it an ideal destination for experiencing the red culture and the western Sichuan style.