Ke haʻalele wale nei nā hana kūkulu hui, ʻaʻole wale ke ola he hana, akā, he mele a me ka mamao hoʻi. Aia mau ke kino a me ka ʻuhane hoʻokahi ma ke ala. I mea e uku ai i ka hana maikaʻi a me ka hana nui a nā limahana o Aili a hoʻoikaika i ka hui pū ʻana o ka hui o ka hui, ua hoʻonohonoho kūikawā ʻo Aili i kēia huakaʻi 6 lā a me 5 pō i ka Great Northwest. ʻO ke Alahaka Hao ma ka Muliwai Melemele, ka loko ʻo Qinghai ma Xining, Crescent Spring ma Dunhuang, a me nā Ana ʻo Mogao e ʻae i nā hoa o Aili e hoʻomaha a mahalo i ke ola me ka ʻike ʻana i ka hoʻoilina mōʻaukala o Kina, ka hanohano a me ka nani o ke ʻano, a me ka ʻuhane o ke ola, e hōʻiliʻili i ka ikaika o ka hui, a hoʻonui i ke ʻano o ke kuleana a me ke kuleana o nā limahana. He ʻano noho, e hōʻike ana i ke ʻano koʻikoʻi o Aili.

Kū mua: Yellow River Iron Bridge, Lanzhou, panalāʻau ʻo Gansu

Ua kūkulu ʻia ʻo Baitashan Yellow River Iron Bridge i ka makahiki 1907, ʻo ia ke alahaka mua o HuangHe. ʻOi aku ka lōʻihi o ke alahaka ma mua o 230 mika a ʻoi aku ka laulā ma mua o 7 mika, me ke kino o ke alahaka i hana ʻia me ka beret kila, ka uapo pōhaku a me ke kahua pōhaku, he 5 mau ʻāpana ka huina.

ʻO ka lua o ke kahua: ʻO Qinghai Lake ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Xining

ʻO ka loko ʻo Qinghai ka loko nui loa ma uka a me ka loko wai paʻakai nui loa ma Kina. He ākea a hoʻopunipuni, he nani, he aniani nui ia o ke ʻano no ka Qinghai Plateau.

Ke kolu o ke kahua: Dunhuang Crescent Spring

ʻO Yueya Spring kekahi o nā ʻāina kūlohelohe koʻikoʻi ma Dunhuang. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia he "mea kupanaha o ka wao nahele" i nā makahiki he nui, a ua kapa ʻia ʻo "kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona nani loa ma ʻō aku o ka Pā Nui". Ua hoʻohui ʻia ka Yueya Spring, nā ana ʻeiwa papahele o mogao a me ke ʻano noʻeau o nā ana ʻo Mogao, ʻo ia hoʻi nā "mana ʻekolu" ma ka hema o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Dunhuang.

ʻEhā: Mogao Grottoes ma Dunhuang

ʻO Mogao Crottoes, i ʻike nui ʻia ʻo ia he Ana Tausani-Buddha, aia ma Dunhuang ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana o ke Alanui Hexi. Ua kūkulu ʻia i ka wā o Fu Jian, ke aliʻi ʻo Xuanzhao o ka Qin Dynasty mua, e hana ana i kahi nui me 735 mau ana, 45,000 mika kuea o nā frescoes a me 2,415 mau kiʻi kālai ʻia me ka lepo. ʻO ia ka wahi hana noʻeau Buddhist nui loa a waiwai loa ma ka honua.