A cool, leafy retreat just south of the downtown core along Heping Lu, Five Springs Park is the largest park in town, and a very accessible Lanzhou attraction. A chairlift to the top (May-Oct, one way/return, RMB 10/18) rewards visitors with views of the city, mountains and the host of paviliions, temples and groves that dot their slopes.

The park's various halls and temples are joined by stone paths and steps, making self-guided explorations of the park's main features a cake walk.

Pregnant couples may want to visit Mozi Spring, near Dizang Temple—where the Patron Buddha of childbirth is worshipped—and touch the sanctified stone there. Apparently, the stone's resident spirit can reveal whether the baby will be a boy or a girl.