Lianyungang Attractions
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Lianyungang lies in the northeast of Gansu Province on the Yellow Sea.
The city marks the beginning of the intercontinental railroad line, crossing the whole of China and then Russia and ending finally at Rotterdam (total length: 10,700km/6,500mi). This ''Eurasian bridge'' was opened to traffic at the end of 1990.
In a document dating from AD 65 mention is made of a Buddhist community in the area of Lianyungang which is also thought to have been responsible for the bas-reliefs on Kongwangshan Mountain. Wu Cheng'en, author of the famous novel ''Travels in the West'' (Xiyou Ji), was born in Lianyungang in the 16th C. On the eastern edge of the town a harbor was constructed by the Dutch in 1933. Salt extraction plays an important part in the economy of the town.
The city marks the beginning of the intercontinental railroad line, crossing the whole of China and then Russia and ending finally at Rotterdam (total length: 10,700km/6,500mi). This ''Eurasian bridge'' was opened to traffic at the end of 1990.
In a document dating from AD 65 mention is made of a Buddhist community in the area of Lianyungang which is also thought to have been responsible for the bas-reliefs on Kongwangshan Mountain. Wu Cheng'en, author of the famous novel ''Travels in the West'' (Xiyou Ji), was born in Lianyungang in the 16th C. On the eastern edge of the town a harbor was constructed by the Dutch in 1933. Salt extraction plays an important part in the economy of the town.
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Lhasa - Kongwangshan Mountain
Sculptures carved into the rock of Kongwangshan Mountain date to the Eastern Han period, between the 1st and 3rd C. Also impressive are two sets of sculptures which stand in front of these reliefs.
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