Lanzhou

Lanzhou (兰州; Lánzhōu) is the capital of Gansu|Gansu province of China.

Lanzhou Halal Explorer

Lanzhou city from Five Springs Park - Lanzhou

Lanzhou is an industrial city of about three million people. It is located on the shores of the Along the Yellow river|Yellow River and was a major stop on the Silk Road; in those days, it was known as the Golden City. From the 5th to the 11th century the city was a major seat of Buddhist learning, and it acquired its present name during the Qing Dynasty in 1656. Until the 19th century, Lanzhou was the primary point for crossing the Yellow River via a bridge made by chaining a flotilla of boats together with a road on top to cross on.

Lanzhou used to be one of the most polluted cities in China but the situation has improved.

Travel to Lanzhou

Buy a Flight ticket to and from Lanzhou

Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport (IATA Flight Code: LHW) is situated 75km from the downtown of Lanzhou. Daily Flights to Beijing, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dunhuang, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Haikou, Hangzhou, Jiayuguan, Kunming, Nanjing, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Ürümqi, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xi'an and Zhengzhou.

A single line shuttle bus (30 CNY per person) makes the trip to city in a bit more than one hour, and finally stops at the crossroads of TianShui South Road / DongGan West Road (天水南路、东岗西路).

A dedicated commuter train line connects the Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport and the Lanzhou Railway Station, with an intermediate stop at Lanzhou West Station. (Some trains from the airport terminate at Lanzhou West). The travel duration from the airport to Lanzhou Railway Station is 50-55 min; as of 2022 and there is roughly one train per hour in each direction. ( Current schedule, in Chinese).

By Rail

All long-distance trains nowadays use =* Lanzhou West Railway Station

兰州西站, Lanzhou Xi Zhan GPS 36.070, 103.750 |fax= - . , a huge modern building that from the street looks like a gigantic Walmart. From here, high-speed trains rush to Xining (1 h 15 min), Jiayuguan (4 h 30 min), Urumqi (12 h), Xian (4 h), Wuhan and Beijing. 

Conventional trains still use the old Lanzhou Railway Station (Lanzhou Huoche Zhan) at the south end of Pingliang Lu at Tianshui Lu. This is also served by a few high-speed trains, and by the airport train.

Travel on a Bus in Lanzhou

The East Long-Distance Bus Station is on Pingliang Lu. Destinations include Dunhuang (24 hours), Guyuan (8), Jiayuguan (17), Pingliang (5), Tianshui (4), Urumqi (38), Xi'an (15), Yinchuan (12) and Zhangye (12).

The West Long-Distance Bus Station is on Xijin Xilu. Destinations include Linxia (3 hours), Liujiaxia (2), Xining (5) and Hezuo (5).

The South Long-Distance Bus Station serves Xiahe (6 hours).

How to get around in Lanzhou

GPS 36.060|103.819 {{mapshapes|QQ0893611 Template:Mapshape Lanzhou–Zhongchuan Airport Intercity Railway

The Metro runs east-west across the city, linking downtown with West Railway Station.

The #1 Bus is really useful getting around Lanzhou. It travels from Lanzhou Station to the Lanzhou Hotel, Qingyang Lu, Xihu Gongyuian Park, Qiliheqiao and ending at Lanzhou West Station. It also connects the train station to the starting point of the shuttle bus to the airport, here.

There's a city bike scheme, with pick-up / drop-off stations dotted around.

What to see in Lanzhou

• Gansu Provincial Museum (甘肃省博物馆) - XiJin Dong Lu 36.066966, 103.77462 Take bus 1, 18, 31, 50, 53, 58, 59, 71 and get off at Qilihe Qiao Station. Opening Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 09:00-17:00 Free, but you need your passport to enter Gansu Provincial Museum Silk Road history in one place. The museum is divided into two sections, natural resources and historic exhibits. It houses collections of various colour-painted potteries of Neolithic Age and treasures of ancient grottoes. It's also home to precious linen and silk fabrics, books, wooden and bronze vessels, bamboo writing-slips from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220), frescoes and many other items. The 4-meter high Mammoth is a replica of one excavated from the Yellow River basin in 1973. There are also exhibits of rare modern animals, such as pandas, golden monkeys and red-crowned cranes.
  The iconic exhibit is the Galloping Horse, excavated in 1969 in Wuwei County, Gansu Province. A horse gallops with long tail waving and head perking; three hooves are in the air, while the right hind hoof has alighted on the back of a small flying swallow. Bird and horse turn in surprise to try to see what's happening. A small replica from the gift shop is Y500.
• Green Corridor along Binhe Road - (滨河路绿色长廊)

• Five-Spring Mountain - Wuquanshan Gongyuan - (五泉山) A jumble of a poor amusement park and some renovated temples.

• Zhongshan ("Morning") Bridge - Zhongshan Qiao, 中山桥 - Zhongshan Lu 36.064, 103.817 Intersection of Nanbinhe Dong Lu & Zhongshan Lu Opening Hours: Always open Zhongshan Bridge With a name like that, it ought to be a scenic arch on a willow-pattern plate. It's actually a sturdy metal trellis, which it needs to be to withstand the surging, foaming Yellow River, and it's far from pretty. When completed in 1909, it was the first permanent bridge across the river. Pedestrian only nowadays, it's the natural route to and viewpoint for White Pagoda Mountain.

• White Pagoda Mountain - Baitashan 白塔山 - Free . Park ranging over the wooded hillside north of the river, dotted with pagodas and shrines. Enter next to Zhongshan Bridge and wander uphill by any path, eventually to the White Pagoda Temple. (There's also a cable-car from south bank of the river.) Refurbished in 2013 yet the buildings look well-worn, several boarded-up; the "Jade Temple" compound is in the best condition.
• White Cloud Temple (Baiyun Taoist Temple) is on the south river bank, Nanbinhe East Road, one block west of Zhongshan Bridge. It's much less tourist, a peaceful little compound, so the wear-and-tear on the buildings feels venerable rather than run-down. Free.
• Qiaomen Mosque (Bridge Gate Mosque, 桥门清真寺) is just south of the bridge.
• Xiguan Mosque is on Cuiyingmen, one block south of the Taoist Temple. Anywhere else, this would be a hard-hat zone, as (in 2023) the mosque compound is being rebuilt. But if you pick your way past blocks of cladding and piles of sand and trailing pipes and cables and the mosque itself remains open. It's quite a simple modern design.

• Waterwheel Garden - Nanbinhe Dong Lu 36.06315, 103.845795 - Free (水车博览园) Small park along the Yellow River housing impressive traditional waterwheels, originally used to irrigate farmland around Lanzhou.

• Sculptures of the Mother River - (黄河母亲像)Gansu sculpture by the famous sculptor He E creation,6 meters long,2.2 meters wide,2.6 meters tall, weighing 40 tons, from "mother" and a "baby" of composition.

• Gaolan Mountain - (皋兰山) Cool place to be when the summer heat kicks in.

• Qiaomen Mosque - (桥门清真寺)

• Tianfusha Palace - (天斧沙宫)

• Bingling Si - (炳灵寺石窟) Cave grottoes and a boat ride, all in one trip.

• Yantan Park - 雁滩公园 - Since founding a state, here has built up to 20 kilometers ring at the dam and 10 kilometers asphalt road, and across the Yellow River tributary and the Yantan and urban integration. Later turned into parks, gardens lush forests, beautiful scenery, has built a pavilion, and the Yellow River scenery mutual authentic, very magnificent.

• Solemn Temple - 庄严寺 - The great cause of thirteen years (617 years ), Xue Ju in Lanzhou later became the emperor and the solemn temple as the palace. Tang Pingdingxue cited later renamed the temple, by the gate, and QianDian rooms and the main hall, houdian constitute HHS falls. Original gate board, "Chi stately Temple" six characters, is the famous calligrapher Li Puguang the book, font bold. The main hall after a Buddhism godness Guanyin wall murals, dignified and beautiful, wearing white, wanran such as yarn, Panicum Jingping, Cuise such as the new.

Top Muslim Travel Tips for Lanzhou

• Walk across the Zhongshan Bridge for the night lights, people and the immense Yellow river.

Muslim Friendly Shopping in Lanzhou

• Hezheng Lu Night Market - Between Tiansuhi Lu and Pingliang Lu free A very authentic market from mid-afternoon onwards.

• Sanfo - 1 Youshengnan Road, Jinshui District - The leading outdoor gear stores in China.

• Xidan - Off Zhangye Road - The main shopping neighborhood.

Halal Food & Restaurants

VM 5571 Lanzhou market street - A market street in Lanzhou, around 1 kilometers NE of the train station

Lanzhou is famous for its beef Noodles soup (Lanzhou niurou lamian). The Noodles are always hand made, and the broth served hot and spicy with as much beef as you care to pay for.

• Mazilu - Chain of restaurants specialising in Lanzhou niurou lamian

• Zheng Ning Road Night Market A street with plenty of food stalls in the evening. Seems it has replaced the old Hezheng Lu Night Market. The street is located between Qingyang Lu and Gannan Lu, about one kilometers south from the big pedestrian street.

Other options:

• UBC Coffee House - Shangdao Kafei Ting - Zhongshan Road Opposite Shengli Binguan - For when you need a International food break thats consistent wherever you are.

• Huanghe Beer
• Wuquanshan Beer

eHalal Group Launches Halal Guide to Lanzhou

Lanzhou - eHalal Travel Group, a leading provider of innovative Halal travel solutions for Muslim travelers to Lanzhou, is thrilled to announce the official launch of its comprehensive Halal and Muslim-Friendly Travel Guide for Lanzhou. This groundbreaking initiative aims to cater to the diverse needs of Muslim travelers, offering them a seamless and enriching travel experience in Lanzhou and its surrounding regions.

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The Travel Guide encompasses a wide range of features that will undoubtedly enhance the travel experience for Muslim visitors to Lanzhou. Key components include:

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Muslim Friendly Hotels

As located in buildings, with almost no signs or chinese signs, hostels in Lanzhou are a little bit tricky to find.

• Lanzhou Dream Forest Hostel, very nice inside decoration but since 2017 they can no longer accept foreigners, unfortunately. So contact them to make sure you are allowed to stay or not, before you go because the location is away from downtown.
• Lanzhou Ferry Hostel Opened in 2017, this small hostel run by a super friendly young guy named Whale, who speaks good english. The location is great : quite central but in a small quiet street, so no noisy. However the place is a bit hard to find. You can check the location on MAPS.ME, or booking.com where pictures helps to locate the entrance. Go to the end of the dead-end street, where you wouldn't believe it is here, go left when you cannot move forward, you are in a small square surrounded by crapy-looking buildings. It is number 36, big metal door, ring on #103. But best is to contact Whale (+8617794268283) to explain or pick you up.

Dorm price : 40 to 50 Yuan.

Many of the affordable hotels on near the train station on Tianshui road (天水南路) do not accept foreigners, but some do, look around. Here's a couple to get you started.

• Yingbin Hotel - Yingbin Fandian - 35 Tianshui Road ☎ +86 931 8886552 +86 931 8886776
• Lanshan Hotel - Lanshan Binguan - Opposite the train station - Listed rates for doubles with en-suite ¥138 (can be bargained), double without bathroom ¥56 (summer 2022) Pleasant enough rooms at decent prices. The fire escapes are locked. There is a public internet cafe in an adjoining building (ask at reception).

• Lanzhou Hotel - 434 West Donggang Road ☎ +86 931 8416321 +86 931 8418608
• Friendship Hotel Lanzhou - 16 Xijin West Road West ☎ +86 931 2333051 +86 931 2330304
• Ibis Peili Plaza - On Anning East Road, first bend after river bridge B&B single US$ 40 or Y400 Good chain offering, 4 kilometers from West train station.

• Lanzhou Legend Hotel - 兰州飞天大酒店 - 529 Tianshui South RoadJunction with Donggang West Road ☎ +86 931 853 2888 4 star with eating places & gym.

• Jinjiang Sunday Hotel - 589 Donggang West Road, Chengguan District A 4-star hotel business hotel. It has 236 guestrooms, meeting venues, business centre, restaurants, private secluded sauna and health club. Online reservation is accepted.

• Jialeho Hotel 家乐活酒店 formerly Home Lohas Hotel - 123 Gannan Road (near TianShui Nan Lu) / 甘南路123号, 近天水南路 corner of Yizhichuan Road, near jcn of Donggang West / Tianshui Nan ☎ +86 931 8632333 Modern hotel, clean and functional for a reasonable price.

Cope

The Visa Extension Service is located in a big administrative building on the southwestern corner of Qingyang Lu & Jiuquan Lu, on the 4th Floor, easy to find, follow the VISA signs. You can search for "Min'an Mansion" on Google Maps to locate the building. Opened from 9:00 to 17:00. Friendly English-speaking staff. No need for photos & passport copies and they will take a digital photo. You just need a proof of lodging. Takes 3-4 working days.

Connect

• Almost all hotel rooms have free internet in the form of an Ethernet cable. Sometimes the cable is sticking out of the wall. Sometimes you will find it in the drawer or the cupboard - plug in.
• Although wireless networks are not common (ethernet based connections are much more common) there are a great many unsecured wireless networks in the city. For the most part downloads are unlimited for subscribers - so don't feel too bad if you help yourself.
• You can also buy 4G internet USB modems from the major telcos. Expect Chinese language software simple enough for the English speaking to use.
• Internet cafes exist thanks to online gaming. They are not particularly cheap, staff have extremely poor English and all applications will be in Chinese. Recommend plugging in your USB stick with Portable English applications on Web:
• If all else fails, keep Skype open. Skype have done deals with many ISPs. And you can use Skype to make a wireless Internet connection. See this Travel Guide for more detail: Web:

Travel Next

• Linxia - center for the Hui (Muslim Chinese) and Dongxiang (Muslim Mongol) minorities, nicknamed "The Mecca of China". Numerous masjids and Islamic mausolea (gongbei), colorful markets and relaxing teahouses
• Sichuan Back Entrance Route - south via Xiahe, Hezuo and on past Langmusi into Sichuan province
• Bingling Temple

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