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mke1963 Says: If you are going to see the Dafosi Temple, don't miss the atmosphere of the streets along the nothern and western edge of the temple. Old buildings have been "built", but the effect here is good, with the eatern street (behind the Zhangye Hotel) pedestrianised.Many of the...
mke1963 Says: At the front of the Dafosi (reviewed separately) is the Earth Pagoda, an elegant Ming-era 33m high structure.Originally it was named the Amitabha Pagoda, and has eight small pagoda around the base, while each of the five sides of the main pagoda has niches with stone or...
Dafosi - Big Buddha Temple - Part II
mke1963 Says: It was during the 1411 reconstruction that the then emperor Zhuqizeng donated 6,000 manuscripts to the library of the temple, so setting the tradition for this temple to become one of the prime repositories of its kind in western China. In response the emperor's gracious...
Dafosi - Big Buddha Temple - Part I
mke1963 Says: The most significant site in Zhangye itself is the Dafosi or Big Buddha Temple, which is home to China’s largest reclining Buddha – 34 metres in length, almost as long as three articulated trucks. During 2005 and 2006, the complex is being renovated and during this...
mke1963 Says: Originally built in 1507 during the Ming Dynasty, the Drum Tower – or Gulou – is the biggest in the Hexi Corridor. Until recently it was only protected at provincial level, so didn’t get the full landscaping and lighting treatment, and suffered the insult of having an...
mke1963 Says: Matisi is 70km southeast of Zhangye, reachable by taxi or by arranging a day trip with a travel agency in Zhangye. Unfortunately the only bus to Matisi from Zhangye leaves at 2pm and comes in to Zhangye in the morning. The tourism authorities have, in recent years, arranged...
Around my hotel: Around my hotel
l_joo Says: Around my hotel has street scene of this kind as shown here. A woman is waiting for customers at her street cafe where she sells very Zhangye drinks and beers. I sat there later this drink a bottle of orange juice, looking over the other side is a larger space for more beer...
The hotel I stay located at: The hotel I stay located at
l_joo Says: The hotel I stay located at the city centre in a place called Gu-Lou (Drum Tower). Let your taxi or bus drivers know that you want to get to Gu-Lou to look for reaseaonable stays. This location is very clean, modern and lots of restaurants.
Hotel tips part 3: Hotel tips part 3
l_joo Says: Aunties Uncles! Rich luxurious tourists please go home now! This is what I saw in Zhangye city where many city dwellers actually sleeping in a tent a night in a open spacious ground to avoid quake. So please stay at home, do not visit Zhangye or any other places as well,...
Hotel tips part 2: Hotel tips part 2
l_joo Says: Aunties Uncles! Rich luxurious tourists, please go away now! Guohua is a young man I met in Zhanye city where he approached me to chit chat about latest happenings of Zhangye. He told me not to stay more higher than 2 storeys to avoid being trapped in case the quake comes in...
l_joo Says: Aunties Uncles! Please do not visit Zhangye. Rich luxurious tourists as well, please go away. This city is not for you kind of tourists because this city is having earthquake, so don't come here, stay at home to watch TV is better for you.
Local noodle speciality in the enclosed food court
gifiltafish Says: Right around the Drum Tower is a snack area, down a ramp into a giant tin roofed room filled with tables and ringed with food stalls. While I'm sure many restaraunts in town serve the local speciality it was so brilliant in this bizarre structure I just had to give them a...
mke1963 Says: In common with many Chinese towns that attract a few tourists, Zhangye has built a Food Street, using traditional wooden architecture that is attractive but completely out of character for this part of China. Still, if it's a choice between the grimy concrete and glass...
Fried and roast: Fried and roast
l_joo Says: Fried and roast chicken is one restaurant I saw here that make me want to get in.
Marco Polo Street: Marco Polo Street
mke1963 Says: In the north west quadrant of Zhangye is Marco Polo Street, a one kilometre stretch of sligtly bizarre architecture, depicting what the Chinese architects believe to look like an Italian street. It is classic case of Sino-kitsch, where a romanticised or idealised verion of...
Driving through the Great Wall
gifiltafish Says: If you take a bus or drive West, keep your eyes open. Somewhere between Zhangye and Jiuquan the road actually passes right through the Great Wall. . .
mke1963 Says: The Lanzhou to Urumqi Highway (#312) has made a major improvement on travel times and comfort for getting around Gansu.The road is complete from Lanzhou right the way through to within a short distance of Jiuquan, and from Zhangye to Jiayuguan is now just 4.5 hours. Note...
mke1963 Says: The railways station is 20 minutes by car north of the city centre, and allow extra time in the rush hour. Many of the long-distance trains arrive late at night or in the early hours. There are always taxis waiting outside, so there is no problem getting into the city...
mke1963 Says: I'm sure that describing Zhangye's main attraction as 'Off the Beaten Track' seems a bit inapprorpiate, but this tip is to get their early in the morning, when it opens at 7.30am (although you can slip in a little earlier).Take your flask of tea or a coffee and just find...
l_joo Says: Now I am in this city, surprise, very surprise to see this is a city of China. This city is beyond my expectation. I saw a clean beautiful city with very relax easy residents. They are not as "Chinese" as compare to other Chinese cities, I don't know why but I guess it was...
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Zhangye, now a rather non-descript city in the Hexi Corridor, was far more important centuries ago: sufficiently so for Marco Polo to stay more than a year. Until comparatvely recently, Zhangye was......
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Surprise ! Pronounced Jzhaang-Yeah. Please try not to pronounce Zheng-gyue or Zheng-year. The correct one is Jzhaang-Yeah. This is a city neglected by tourism probably due to its remote location.......
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Perhaps it was that time in the trip, perhaps the city itself, but I adored Zhangye. Even though I'm the idiot who followed guide book directions and tried to walk into town, only to realize once I......
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