甘肃省嘉峪关市,地处河西走廊中段、讨赖河中游、酒泉绿州西缘。这里南枕白雪皑皑的祁连山,北靠连绵起伏的马鬃山,自古以来就是东西方经济、文化交流的交通要道。西汉博望侯张骞出使西域,大唐高僧玄奘西天取经,意大利马可·波罗游历东方,清末名将左宗棠进军新疆都从这一带经过。西汉武帝元狩二年(公元前121年)置酒泉郡后,该地属酒泉郡天依县,曾 Jiayuguan City, Gansu Province, is located in the middle of the Hexi Corridor, discuss the middle reaches of the Rai River, Jiuquan the western edge of Lvzhou. Herein, the snow-capped Qilian Mountain in the south and the rolling Mazong Mountain in the north are the traffic routes of economic and cultural exchanges between the east and the west for a long time. Western Han Dynasty Bo Wang Hou Zhang Qian ambassador to the West, Datang Monk Xuanzang West learn from Italy Marco Polo traveled the East, the late Qing Zuo Zongtang into Xinjiang are from this area. The Western Han Dynasty Emperor Yuan hunting two years (121 BC) set Jiuquan County, the land is Jiuquan County Tianyi County, once