Things to do & places to visit in Shandan County, Gansu, China

Shandan County city in Gansu, China. Timezone: Asia/Chongqing, current date and time: Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 23:47.

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Top things to do (10)

• Mountains
• Religious Sites
• Forests
• Historic Sites
• Parks
• Points of Interest & Landmarks
• Horse Tracks
• Architectural Buildings
• Nature & Wildlife Areas
• Speciality Museums

Top places to visit

1. 5.0 Army Horse Rance of Shandan (4 reviews)
   - Horse farm with long history and great scenery
   Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Nature & Wildlife Areas • Horse Tracks
   
   
   Stayed at the Huaiqi Resort Village for a night during my Hexi Corridor tour. This is supposed to be the oldest horse farm which is continuously administered by governments from various dynasties and I'm told more than 2000 years old. Journey to this place is quite terrible, the small country road is full of port holes and long journey surrounded by fields of farms though beautiful, large vegetable old producing yellow flowers. Took us 4 hours from Zhangye to get to the farm. Once you get there, even before reaching the resort, you forget the pain of travel and mesmerised by the beauty of the place, we saw a couple of rider going along a lakeshore, absolutely stunning picture. The place is quite cooling and cold at night even in July. A fantastic resort village with long wooden houses and room that provides almost everything a 5 star hotel do. Resort ground is nicely landscaped with wild flowers and plants. There is a restaurant and a bar that's big enough to serve as a dance floor if needed and equipped with Kareoke. The rooms are nicely decorated with Internet TVs and Wifi. Behind the hotel, up on a grass land on higher ground, we rode horses while soaking in the beautiful mountains and grassland filled with wild flowers. Tall pine trees covered some of the hills. Reminds me of Alpine region. At night we have a camp fire outside the main entrance with music, every one danced. Outside the resort, view is just breath taking. Low lying trees, endless green grass lands, rolling green hills ending in distant mountains. We hike up the hills behind the resort and spend the whole morning enjoying this beautiful country. See more..
   
2. 5.0 Dadosi Shandan (Big Sitting Buddha Temple (1 review)
   - Dadosi Shandan Big Sitting Buddha Temple A great historic religious site to visit
   Religious Sites
   
   
   In April last year I went with some friends to visit the Dadosi Big Sitting Buddha Temple in Shandan as I had been told of it's significance by some Chinese friends.The Temple is amazingly well preserved,considering that it dates from the Ming Dynasty (the early fifteenth century).Access to the Temple by bus is easy.I would recommend this Temple to anyone interested in Buddhism and or Religious Studies in general or anyone with an interest in Chinese history. Andrew See more..
   
3. 4.5 Mt. Yanzhi Forest Park (2 reviews)
   - 焉支山陈昌浩游击区
   Wednesday: 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM Parks • Forests
   
   
   陈昌浩游击区西路军政委陈昌浩在焉支山养伤期间，仍带领红军战士在这高山密林中与天斗，与地斗，与马匪斗，在祖国的西北大地上根植革命的火种。陈昌浩回延安后，当地人民便将这片红军战士曾战斗过的区域命名为“陈昌浩游击区”，以纪念革命先辈大无畏的革命精神。 See more..
   
4. 4.0 Aili Museum (1 review)
   - Aili Museum An interesting Museum in Shandan
   Wednesday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Speciality Museums
   Last month I was fortunate to visit the Aili Museum here in Shandan with a group of fellow New Zealanders who were visiting Shandan at the time. This Museum is very interesting and one can see many artefacts from different periods in China's history that formerly belonged to the late great New Zealander Rewi Alley,from porceline and brass figures, to amazing works of art such as tapestries. This Museum is definitely interesting and well worth a visit in Shandan. See more..
   
5. HuangMiao BuXingJie (JinHaiYuan WenHua GouWu GuangChang Dong) (0 review)
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6. Xinhe Post House (0 review)
   Wednesday: 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM Historic Sites • Architectural Buildings
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7. Hongyashan Reservoir (0 review)
   Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Points of Interest & Landmarks
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8. Longshou Mountain Nature Reserve (0 review)
   Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Mountains • Nature & Wildlife Areas
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9. Damaying Grassland (0 review)
   Wednesday: 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM Nature & Wildlife Areas • Horse Tracks
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