Hezuo Forest Park

　　Introduction         Hezuo Forest Park, also known as Gannan Plateau Botanical Garden, was established in 1992 and approved as a provincial-level forest park by the Provincial Forestry Department in the same year. It covers an area of 591 hectares, with the entire park spanning 8,600 mu and situated at an altitude of 2,960 meters.

　　       Currently, the park features completed and operational service facilities including the Yixin Garden Hotel covering 732 square meters, Tibetan-style tents with ethnic characteristics, pavilions and stupas in various designs, craft bridges, a parking lot, as well as a children’s playground and an artificial lake. The park is also home to endangered second-class protected animals such as sika deer and serows.

　　      The park’s restaurant serves distinctive local ethnic dishes such as hand-grabbed lamb, Tibetan momos, highland barley wine, buttered tsampa, ginseng fruit rice, and milk tea.

　　      Hezuo Forest Park serves as a “green window” to the city of Hezuo, offering a serene retreat for those seeking to reconnect with nature and embrace a simpler way of life. In the peak of summer, the mild climate, shaded tree canopies, and blooming wildflowers across the lawns make it an ideal destination for leisure, vacation, and recreation.

　　 Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu