Liujiaxia Reservoir (Chinese: 劉家峽水庫) is located at Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture (臨夏回族自治區), Gansu (甘肅) Province, China. The reservoir formed by the dam is the largest body of water within the province, which is about 70 km from the provincial capital Lanzhou (蘭州).
Liujiaxia Dam (劉家峽大壩) is a major hydroelectric dam on the upper Yellow River, which supplies electricity to Gansu, Shaanxi (陜西) and Qinghai (青海) provinces.
The landscape of Liujiaxia is incredibly beautiful, the best way to travel around Liujiaxia is taking a boat cruise.
The primary purpose of Liujiaxia Dam is generating electricity, it is also used for flood control and irrigation.
Since most of the big cliffs are facing west, it would be better if you take the boat cruise in the afternoon.
The boat cruise starts at Liujiaxia Dam and ends at Bingling Temple (炳靈寺), the temple is a series of grottoes filled with Buddhist sculpture.
There are several floating restaurants parking along the waterside, you can try the famous local cuisine: Yellow River carp (黃河鯉魚).
