The Silk Road travelogue part 5 - Jiuquan 酒泉

The next stop along the tour is Jiuquan 酒泉.It is an oasis, a stop along the Silk Road. The name literally means "wine spring". Below is a short phrase dedicated to the town.
What it means is that:
If heaven does not love wine,
The wine star would not be in the sky;
If the world does not love wine,
There should not be Jiuquan (wine spring).
A scene of the lush greenery that you can expect to find here. Quite an exception from the bare desert all around it.

Next, a brief stop at Dunhuang 敦煌.