Mati Temple scenic area is located in Sunan Yugur Autonomous County, 65 kilometers in the south of Zhangye City. It is a tourist area integrating the art of Buddhism grottoes ,natural scenery of Qilian Mountain and the customs of Yugur nationality customs.Ma means horse in Chinese, and Ti means horse hoof. Mati Temple is named after the markof legendary horse hoof was left on a brick in the cave. Folklore says thathorse hoof mark was left from the heavenly horse while it rest here.

Binggou danxia landform is famous for its grand ,precipitous ,magical sceneries ,and is reputated as "the first wonder in the world". It has been rated as one of the "7 most beautiful danxia landforms in China" and one of the "10 most amazing geographical wonders in the world" by China geographic magazine and the national geographic magazine of the United States.

The giant Buddha temple covers an area of about 23,000 square meters, sitting in the east and facing to the west. Until now the existing building in the temple are mainly the giant Buddha temple ,sutra pavilion, clay pagoda,which are all on the axis of the temple.It is an important scenic spot and historic site on the silk road and a landmark building of the famous historical and cultural Zhangye city as well .In 1996, it was listed as one of national key cultural relics protection units in the fourth batch.

The pingshanhu grand canyon scenic spot covers an area of 1040 square km. So far, it is a compound scenic spot in China, which is the closest to the city and integrates natural wonders, canyon exploration, geological survey, ethnic customs, cross-country hiking and so on. It can be comparable to Zhangjiajie and Colorado grand canyon,which has been praised by China geographic magazine and famous geological experts and tourists at home and abroad.

Xuan Zang (602 ~ 664) was a famous monk in Tang dynasty( 618-907A.D.), who was the founder of Dharma Xiangzong. He went alone to India to study Buddhism and brought many Buddhism classics to China.Together with Kumarajiva and Zhendi ,they are well known as the major three translators of Chinese Buddhism.