Arts and traditions

Sights

Gansu Provincial Museum

Updated: 2016-05-19

Gansu Provincial Museum Located in Lanzhou City, the Gansu Provincial Museum is the biggest comprehensive museum in the province.

Female characters revealed in Mogao Grottoes (Ⅰ)

Updated: 2016-04-22

Female Bodhisattvas, benefactresses and several other characters from Mogao Grottoes' classic frescoes were inspired by women in Tang Dynasty.

Exhibition of butter sculptures held at Labrang Monastery

Updated: 2016-02-25

People visit an exhibition of butter sculptures made by Buddhists at Labrang Monastery in Xiahe county, northwest China's Gansu province, Feb. 22, 2016.

Dunhuang heritage still alive in new age

Updated: 2015-09-10

As a world-renowned sacred Buddhist site, there is almost too much to explore in the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu province.

Gansu province has three national historical and cultural ancient cities, 14 major historical and cultural sites protected at the national level, 433 major historical and cultural sites protected at the provincial level, and 26 natural reserves for animals and plants.Gansu boasts famous historic and cultural sites, folk customs and beautiful legends.