Gangu big elephant mountain

Located on Wenqi mountain, 2.5km southwest of Gangu County, Tianshui City, Gansu Province, Gangu big elephant mountain is one of the important cultural relics integrating grottoes and ancient buildings in the southeast of Gansu Province along the ancient Silk Road.

Among the cliffs in the mountain, there is a big cave on the cliff, in which there is a big Buddha made of stone and clay. Its shape is tall and majestic, which is admirable. Its cultural characteristics can be regarded as a perfect combination of Western decorative sculpture and Chinese freehand sculpture.

On both sides of the cave, there are long corridors, like a belt. The grottoes and niches on the corridor are connected, majestic and spectacular. There are 22 grottoes and niches, most of which are nearly square in plane. There are large arched niches and high altar foundations on the wall, and there are Buddhist caves for monks to practice. This is the special feature of xiangxiangshan grottoes, which is also very rare in the whole country.

Address: Wulipu village, Daxiangshan Town, Gangu County, Tianshui City, Gansu Province

Longitude: 105.3124314161

Latitude: 34.7343445785

Tel: 0938-3328811; 0938-56

Tour time: 2 hours

Transportation information: 1. Take the shuttle bus to Gangu at Nanhu bus station of Qinzhou District, every half an hour, and get off at Gangu bus station. You can choose to walk westward for about 15 minutes or take a taxi for 5 yuan to get to the foot of the elephant mountain. If you take a taxi from the bus station, it will cost about 40 yuan

2. You can get off at Gangu station by train, then take a taxi or walk from the city

Ticket information: 20 yuan per person

Opening hours: 8:30-17:30