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Tianshui Travel Guide
Lying along the path of the ancient Northern Silk Road is Gansu Province's second-largest city, Tianshui, believed to be the origin of the name "Qin," the dynasty that founded the Chinese empire. Tianshui's Northern Silk Road history has brought about the formation of the Maijishan Grottoes, a series of cliff-hanging caves filled with thousands of Buddhist images created by monks from Wei to Song Dynasties. The city's Qin Dynasty history, meanwhile, contributed important artifacts such as the tombs in Fangmatan and a 2,200-year-old map in Guixian.
The industrial district of Longcheng Lu dissects Tianshui into two parts. The eastern part is Beidao, a bus ride away from Maijishan National Park, consisting of the "Gallery of Oriental Sculpture" or 194 caves with about 7,200 clay and stone colossal Buddhas, 1,300-square-meter murals, and cliff-hanging botanical gardens. Adjacent to the park is Immortals' Cliffs or shrines built under the shade of a drooping precipice.
In Tianshui's western part, called Qincheng, Jiefeng Road's Antique Market is famous for its lacquer carvings, which are usually offered at pocket-friendlier prices as compared to the rest of China's markets. Growing around Qincheng's temples like Fu Xi are ancient cypress trees dated 1,000 years in age.
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