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LANZHOU

Lanzhou, a 3 million industrial city on the Yellow River, is now the capital city of the Chinese province of Gansu. It is located on the Silk Road from Xi'an to Central Asia. It is not such an interesting place and this city is famous for its pollution statistics rather than for its charms. An important muslim minority lives there, and this "hui" community represents the majority population in some surrounding towns and villages.

  Lanzhou panorama, seen from Mount Lanshan.

View of Lanzhou with the Yellow River, from the White Pagoda hill.

The White Pagoda hill.

The White Pagoda.

The largest Mosque in Lanzhou.

A smaller mosque.

A taoist temple.

A march in a buddhist temple.

Old man in Lanzhou.

ON THE ROAD FROM LANZHOU TO XIAHE

Accross muslim towns and villages.

The mountains on the road from Lanzhou to Xiahe.