I backpacked China in 2011 and 2014/2015. These blog posts all first appeared on my old blog. They were, are, badly written but reflect my experience as a novice travel blogger in those days.
The Danxia Landforms or Danxia Rock Formations that you can see in Gansu Province are sculptured by the elements. Brutally hot summers and equally brutal cold winters, the wind and some rare rain, make their effect.