Lanzhou is a city in the Yellow River basin only Yellow River Wear and the city, urban rivers, mountains, forming a unique urban landscape. In order to highlight the mountain and water features of the city, at present is to speed up comprehensive development project of North South Mountains Landscape and customs of the Yellow River tourism line, the urban section of the Yellow River 40 kilometres on both sides of the road bridge construction, the embankment built reinforcement, waterway dredging, the development of tourist attractions, architectural style of the city and green landscaping lighting as a whole, the Silk Road culture, Yellow River culture and national culture together the.
    The Yellow River not only to raise the people of Maryland, here brings a wealth of products, native products of prestigious Bailan melon, soft pear, winter pear fruit, white peach, melon and fruit, lily, black melon seeds, rose, bracken, shisha renowned Chinese and foreign, Lanzhou became renowned at home and abroad of melons city.
    Lanzhou is an important city on the ancient Silk Road. As early as 5000 years ago, humans thrived here. Western Han Dynasty set up county government, "an impregnable city" meaning and "jincheng. Suichu home to Lanzhou zongguanfu, was named Lanzhou. The ancient Silk Road also here left many monuments and splendid culture, attracting a large number of domestic and foreign tourists to come for sightseeing, so be across the 2000 km Lanzhou, connecting Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, Maiji, Yongjing Bingling temple, Xiahe Labrang temple and other famous attractions of the Silk Road Tourism District Center.
    蘭州是黃河流域黃河穿城而過(guò)的城市，市區(qū)依山傍水，山靜水動(dòng)，形成了獨(dú)特的城市景觀。為了突出山和水的城市特色，目前正在加快實(shí)施南北兩山環(huán)境綠化和黃河風(fēng)情旅游線綜合開(kāi)發(fā)工程，把黃河市區(qū)段40公里兩岸道路橋梁建設(shè)、河堤修砌加固、航運(yùn)河道疏浚、旅游景點(diǎn)開(kāi)發(fā)、城市建筑風(fēng)格以及綠化美化亮化融為一體，將絲綢之路文化、黃河文化和民族文化匯集其中。
    黃河不僅養(yǎng)育了蘭州人民，也給這里帶來(lái)豐富的特產(chǎn)，白蘭瓜、軟兒梨、冬果梨、白粉桃等瓜果久負(fù)盛名，百合、黑瓜子、玫瑰、蕨菜、水煙等土特產(chǎn)品蜚聲中外，使蘭州成為享譽(yù)海內(nèi)外的瓜果城。
    蘭州是古絲綢之路上的重鎮(zhèn)。早在5000年前，人類(lèi)就在這里繁衍生息。西漢設(shè)立縣治，取“金城湯池”之意而稱(chēng)金城。隋初改置蘭州總管府，始稱(chēng)蘭州。古絲綢之路也在這里留下了眾多名勝古跡和燦爛文化，吸引了大批中外游客前來(lái)觀光旅游，使蘭州成為橫跨2000公里，連接敦煌莫高窟、天水麥積山、永靖炳靈寺、夏河拉卜楞寺等著名景點(diǎn)的絲綢之路大旅游區(qū)的中心。