嘉峪关

JiayuguanTravel Budget Guide

Tier 3·IATA: JGN

When to visit

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Super-peak (national holiday)PeakShoulderOff-season
Holiday surges
  • extremeSpring Festival· Lunar Jan 1–7 (late Jan / mid-Feb)
  • highQingming (Tomb-Sweeping)· Apr 4–6
  • extremeLabor Day· May 1–5
  • highDragon Boat Festival· Lunar May 5 (~Jun)
  • highMid-Autumn Festival· Lunar Aug 15 (~Sep/Oct)
  • extremeNational Day Golden Week· Oct 1–7
Taxi flag-drop:¥8starting fare

Attractions

Jiayuguan Fort (Jiayuguan Pass)嘉峪关关城5AHeritage Site$15.96 (CN¥108)
Fangte Wonderland (Jiayuguan)嘉峪关方特欢乐世界4A$38.43 (CN¥260)
Zixuan Wine Chateau紫轩葡萄酒庄园4A$6.65 (CN¥45)
East Lake Ecological Tourism Scenic Area东湖生态旅游景区4A$0.00 (CN¥0)
China Peacock Garden中华孔雀苑4A$7.39 (CN¥50)
Overhanging Great Wall悬壁长城—$16.26 (CN¥110)
Fangte Silk Road Legend (Jiayuguan)嘉峪关方特丝路神画—$41.38 (CN¥280)
First Beacon Tower of the Great Wall长城第一墩—$16.26 (CN¥110)
Jiayuguan Great Wall Museum嘉峪关长城博物馆—Heritage Site$0.00 (CN¥0)
The Mighty Pass Under Heaven (Performance)《天下雄关》演出—$14.48 (CN¥98)
Inner City (Jiayuguan Fort)内城—$0.00 (CN¥0)
Jiayuguan City Museum嘉峪关城市博物馆—$0.00 (CN¥0)
Xincheng Wei-Jin Mural Tombs新城魏晋壁画墓—Heritage SiteFree
Datang Food Street (Datang Road)大唐美食街(大唐路店)—$7.39 (CN¥50)
Qiyi Glacier (July 1st Glacier)七一冰川—Free
Guandi Temple (Temple of Guan Yu)关帝庙—$0.00 (CN¥0)
Taolai River Canyon讨赖河—$0.00 (CN¥0)
Western Great Wall西长城—$0.00 (CN¥0)
Xiongguan Square雄关广场—$0.00 (CN¥0)
Garrison Commander's Mansion游击将军府—$0.00 (CN¥0)

Hotels

Budget

$13.30 (CN¥90)
/night

Standard

$19.07 (CN¥129)
/night

Comfort

$36.06 (CN¥244)
/night

Tiers are grouped by hotel star rating — Budget ≈ 2★, Standard ≈ 3★, Comfort ≈ 4★ and up. Figures are citywide average nightly rates, so an individual hotel may sit above or below its tier.

Food

Budget meal

$3.06 (CN¥21)
/meal

Mid-range

$9.31 (CN¥63)
/meal

High-end

$30.20 (CN¥204)
/meal

Culture & Heritage

Famous Snacks (4)

Jiayuguan Grilled Lamb SkewersFamous Snacks
A Hexi grilling craft reaching back to the Eastern Han, traced on Wei-Jin tomb bricks and alive in today's night markets as the taste of the Gobi.
Stir-Fried Cuoyu NoodlesFamous Snacks
A Hexi noodle specialty named for its fish-like pointed strands, stir-fried until chewy and deeply savoury.
Chicken with Steamed Flour RollsFamous Snacks
A hearty Hexi home dish of chicken braised in the same pot with flour rolls, the meat tender and the rolls soaked in savoury sauce.
Apricot-Skin TeaFamous Snacks
A tart-sweet Hexi cooling drink brewed from local dried apricots, the perfect foil for grilled meat.

Intangible Cultural Heritage (3)

Jiayuguan Grilled Meat TechniqueProvincial ICH
A Hexi grilling craft traceable to the Eastern Han, evidenced on Wei-Jin tomb bricks; inscribed as Gansu provincial ICH in 2024.
Jiayuguan Bawangbian (Overlord-Whip Dance)Provincial ICH
A folk shehuo gathering martial art, dance and fitness in one, heir to the Hexi military tradition; Gansu provincial ICH from 2024.
Jiayuguan Big-Spoked Cart Making TechniqueProvincial ICH
The craft of building the great wooden-wheeled carts used to haul goods across the Hexi Gobi, a transport memory of the old Silk Road; Gansu provincial ICH from 2024.
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