Tour of Lanzhou

Today Sally took us to see the Water Wheel. It is a large wooden wheel built on the Yellow River and it was used to irrigate the farm lands. It turned and lifted water into wooden runners that were fed into the crop areas.

The second picture is of Meredith and the boys at the Mother and Child Statue. I failed to get a picture of the statue but it is very special to the Chinese people. The mother represents the Yellow River giving birth to the child, Lanzhou. You see, the Silk Road ran along the Yellow River and thus the city of Lanzhou was established. Lanzhou is the capital city of Gansu Province and it is also the only capital city in China in which the Yellow River runs.

The 3rd picture is of our family at the Ganzu Provincial Museum. The museum contains ancient artifacts. The pottery dates back to 5000 BC. It is beautiful. The museum also tells the story of the Silk Road. It also has a dinosaur exhibit. Many fossilized dinosaur bones have been found in Gansu Province.