Gansu Province, referred to as Gan or Long, is named after the abbreviation of Ganzhou (Zhangye) and Suzhou (Jiuquan). The provincial capital Lanzhou.
Gansu is the birthplace of Fuxi, the ancestor of Chinese culture, and one of the earliest cradles of agriculture in China.

Gansu is home to the famous grottoes in China. Mogao Grottoes and Maijishan Grottoes, one of the four major grottoes in China, are located here.

Gansu tourism resources have three major characteristics: First, Silk Road culture, ancient ancestor culture, Yellow River culture, Three Kingdoms culture, Great Wall culture, pre-Qin culture and representative culture. Committee for Modern Civilization; Second, natural resources, with the unique natural scenery of the west; The third is the Tibetan, Hui, Yugur, Baoan, Dongxiang (these three ethnic groups are unique in Gansu Province) and other ethnic minorities rich customs and habits as the characteristics of ethnic customs resources.