Adventures along the silk road | Walking through an ink painting in northwest China's Gansu

Source: Xinhua | 2026-07-28 | Editor:Doe

What would a Chinese ink painting look like if it were shaped by nature? Just outside Lanzhou, capital city of northwest China's Gansu Province, layers of red, gold and gray stretch across the mountains, creating a landscape known as the Shuimo (Ink-Wash) Danxia.

Come with us as we step into a landscape painted by earth, wind and time.