从金昌火车站上火车,四个小时就到嘉峪关;再从嘉峪关坐汽车,一个多小时就到玉门镇。火车汽车一路向西飞驰,虽然是盛夏时节,车窗外一片荒凉。火车一出张掖绿洲,一眼望不到边的戈壁滩在车窗外蔓延。车至酒泉时,祁连山巍峨的雪峰在蓝天的映衬下赫然入目。嘉峪关长城城楼耸立于旷野之上,不远处是市区内酒泉钢铁公司喷吐着青烟的林立的大烟囱。古老与现代混然一体,军事巨构与工业重镇和谐相处。嘉峪关往西,河西走廊的地 From Jinchang train station on the train, four hours to Jiayuguan; Jiayuguan then take the car, more than an hour to the town of Yumen. Train cars all the way west, though it is midsummer, a bleak window outside. Zhangye Oasis train out of a glimpse of the edge of the goban spread out the window. When the car to Jiuquan, the Qilian mountains towering Xuefeng silhouetted against the background of the sky. The Great Wall of Jiayuguan tower stands above the wilderness, not far from downtown Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company is spouting the smoke of the large chimney. Old and modern mixed, the military giant and the industrial center to live in harmony. Jiayuguan westward, Hexi Corridor to the ground