Wuwei

Wuwei (武威; Wǔwēi) is a city in Gansu Province.

Understand
Gansu's most celebrated relic, the Flying Horse, was found in Wuwei on the grounds of Leitai Temple. The original relic is in the Gansu Provincial Museum in Lanzhou.

By plane
Wuwei does not have a commercial airport. The nearest airport with regular scheduled flights is the one in Jinchang, which is about an hour’s drive from Wuwei.

If you arrive at Lanzhou’s Zhongchuan International Airport, you can take a bus direct from there to Wuwei. The journey time is about 3 to 3½ hours.

By train
There are two main railway stations in Wuwei:



Go next

 * Minqin - oasis town three hours by bus where fortified mansions of local warlords who were charged with protecting the Great Wall of China still exist.