Lanzhou
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Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province, is a major stop on the ancient “Silk Road” west of Xi’an. Situated on the upper reaches of the Yellow River, Lanzhou has been important for thousands of years because of the Hexi Corridor,...
Chinese Name: 兰州市
English IPA: lanzhou
Location: Gansu province
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Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province, is a major stop on the ancient “Silk Road” west of Xi’an. Situated on the upper reaches of the Yellow River, Lanzhou has been important for thousands of years because of the Hexi Corridor, or “Corridor West of the Yellow River,” in which early Chinese civilization began. About 3,000 years ago, in the Zhou Dynasty, agriculture began to take shape in the basins of the Jin and Wei Rivers that formed the corridor, marking the beginning of the great Yellow River basin civilization.
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