Gansu, the historic corridor where the Silk Road once flourished, is a province of dramatic contrasts. From the rainbow-hued Zhangye Danxia landforms to the thousand-year-old Buddhist caves at Dunhuang, Gansu preserves some of China’s most extraordinary cultural treasures from the ancient trade routes.

This narrow strip connecting China’s heartland to the western regions offers a journey through two millennia of history, art, and breathtaking landscapes.