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Suoyang City 锁阳城遗址Suǒyáng Chéng Yízhǐ
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Jiuquan, Gansu
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jiuquan
- Region
- Gansu
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Suoyang City
The ruins of a walled Silk Road city in the Gobi south-east of Guazhou, seat of Guazhou prefecture under the Tang and abandoned in the 16th century; the rammed-earth walls of the inner city still stand 9–12.5 m high. The archaeological park also takes in the Ta'er Temple ruins, ancient irrigation canals and more than 2,000 tombs, and the site is part of the Silk Roads World Heritage listing (2014).
How to get to Suoyang City
About an hour by road south-east of Guazhou county town.
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