This afternoon we had a scheduled visit to the Gansu Foreign Affairs Office. We received three presentations: the first a presentation on Canada's geography, economics, politics and culture. The second was on "The Pride of Gansu", a list of which I will share below. Most items also link to more information, so please have a look and find out about the Prides of Gansu!
The third was on Modern Chinese Wedding Celebrations, a topic that I got some insight into the week before.
Without further ado, The Prides of Gansu:
- Dúzhě (读者) Magazine - circulation of 10 million each month
- Hand stretched noodles, found in popular Lanzhou dish, niú ròu miàn
- Mogao Grotto and Frescoes
- Shenzhou 7 Spaceship
- Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
- Bronze Galloping Horse statue, discovered in Wuwei
- Shandan Military Horse Farm, biggest in Asia
- President Hú Jǐntāo and Premier Wēn Jiābǎo, who have both spent time in Gansu
- Corn Harvest, Gansu produces half of the China's corn
- Beer Barley, Gansu produces a quarter of the China's barley
- Traditional Medicine, Gansu produces many ingredients for traditional medicine
- Jinchuan Group Ltd (JNMC), Jinchuan Non-Ferrous Metal Company
- Jiuquan Iron and Steel Co. (JISCO), Jiuquan city
- "Copper City" of Baiyin
- Four vaults of Classical Books
- Emperor Fúxī (伏羲), survivor of Great Flood and repopulated with Nǚwā
- Goddess Nǚwā (女娲), survivor of Great Flood and repopulated with Fúxī
- Emporor Huángdì (黄帝), considered to be the ancestor of all Hàn Chinese
- Emporer Qín Shǐhuáng (秦始皇), first to unite China
- Poet Lĭ Bái (李白), regarded as one of the greatest poets in China's literary history
- Mogao Grape Wine
- Beauty Diāo Chán (貂蝉), one of the Four Beauties of Ancient China
- Mǎ Sānlì (马三立), cross-talk actor
- Compere Zhu Jun (朱军), CCTV presenter
- Compere Shuĭ Jūnyì (水均益), graduate of Lanzhou University
- Compere Lĭ Xiūpíng (李修平), CCTV presenter
- Lǐ Yáng (李阳), developer of "Crazy English", a new way for Chinese to learn English
- Scientist Qín Dàhé (秦大河), Former Director of the China Meteorological Administration
- Yumen Oil Field, first natural oil field of China
- Tower of Red Army's Force joining in Huining, commemorating the turning point for the Chinese Revolution from depression to victory
- Liújiāxiá Reservoir, first to be designed and constructed solely by Chinese
- Yellow River Elephant Fossil, at Gansu Provincial Museum
- Màijī (麦积) Mountain Grotto in Tianshui
- Tiānzhù (天柱) White Yak, Tibetan Autonomous Region
- Wushaoling Tunnel, longest in China (20.5km)
- Steel Bridge on Yellow River, built 1907
- Lanzhou is the geometric centre on the map of China
- West-East Natural Gas Transmission Project, 1/4 of which lies in Gansu
- Great Wall in Jiayuguan Pass, Ruins of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall
- Water Diversion Project, from Yangtze River to Gansu for irrigation, 800km long
- 'Postman', the symbol of China Post, found in murals of Jiayuguan City
- Potato, Gansu is the largest producer in China and have produced the new variety 'Black Beauty'
- Crescent Moon Lake in Dunhuang.
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