Minle

Minle (民乐县), sometimes transliterated Minyue, is a county in Zhangye prefecture, in Gansu province, China.

Understand
With rapeflower fields bordered by the Qilian Mountains on the south, Minle can look spectacular mid-summer. The rest of the year, it may be less interesting. There is a small city a few km southwest of the train station, but the rest of the county is basically rural.

Get in


Highway G227 between Zhangye and Xining passes through Minle.

See

 * The access to (Horse's Hoof Temple, carved spectacularly into the side of a cliff) is through Minle county, but the temple itself is not in Minle, and is listed under Zhangye.
 * The access to (Horse's Hoof Temple, carved spectacularly into the side of a cliff) is through Minle county, but the temple itself is not in Minle, and is listed under Zhangye.

Sleep
Only a handful of hotels here are authorized to take foreigners, and the authorities do check. Expect to surrender your passport to the front desk for an hour or two so the police can come over to inspect it.



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