Jiuquan is a county established during the period of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, and it is one of the four famous counties in Hexi, which was called Suzhou in ancient times. According to historical records, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent generals to inspect Suzhou in his later years, and the establishment of Jiuquan County also provided a foundation for the Han Dynasty to defeat the Huns. Gansu Province is the provincial administrative region of China, and its name comes from two ancient place names in Gansu Province, namely Ganzhou and Suzhou.

Gansu is two very important dynasties in the historical stage of China, where the Zhou Dynasty and the Qin Dynasty rose. Zhouzu Temple and Qin Cemetery in Lixian County are witnesses of this period of history. During the nearly thousand years from the Western Han Dynasty to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Gansu was located at the hub of the Silk Road, and Hexi region has long been the frontier and window of economic and cultural exchanges between China and the West. The bronze galloping horses in Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, Yangguan, Tianshui Maijishan and Wuwei are all symbols of Chinese and foreign exchanges.

Characteristic landforms in Gansu Province

Gansu is located at the intersection of Loess Plateau, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Inner Mongolia Plateau. The terrain is complex, the mountains are vertical and horizontal, and the altitude is very different. There are mountains, basins, plains, deserts and Gobi, which are mountainous plateau landforms. The terrain is inclined from southwest to northeast, long and narrow, with a length of 1659 km from east to west and a width of 530 km from north to south. It can be roughly divided into six regions with their own characteristics.

Gansu is a mountainous province. The main mountain ranges are Qilian Mountain, Wushaoling Mountain and Liupanshan Mountain, followed by Altun Mountain, Mazong Mountain, Heli Mountain, Longshou Mountain, Xiqiao Mountain and Ziwuling Mountain. Most mountain ranges are northwest-southeast. Most of the forest resources in the province are concentrated in these mountainous areas, and most rivers also form their own diversion sources from these mountainous areas.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Gansu Province