Zhangye Attractions

Places covered in the Zhangye travel guide: Giant Buddha Temple, Zhangye Rainbow Danxia.

These stops are the places named in theZhangye travel guide— the three-day shape, food, and what to confirm before you go live on that page. Open a stop for the write-up that sits under it.

Giant Buddha Temple

Zhangye Giant Buddha Temple (Dafo Si): the 34.5-metre Western Xia reclining Buddha, the nine-bay hall, the earth stupa, temple history and legends, and how to fit it around Danxia.

Zhangye Rainbow Danxia

Zhangye Colorful Danxia (Qicai Danxia) in Gansu: how the shuttle and viewing platforms work, sunrise and sunset timing, geology of the striped hills, and how Binggou differs.