Lanshan Park

Lanshan Park (Lanshan gongyuan), a part of the Gaolan Mountain Range to the south of town, is heralded by the Lanzhou people as the first artificial forest in the city. The communists themselves are proud in their conversion of this previously mostly bare mountain into the green park that you can see today. The park, perching on the mountain at an elevation of almost 500 m above sea level, contains pavilions, halls and a profusion of trees. The temperature of the park is generally speaking around 5C cooler than the city below. This makes it the ideal summer resort for those roasting in the city proper.