Xiaonanhai

Xiaonanhai of Qianjiang River is located at the junction of Chongqing and Hubei. It was cut off by the earthquake in 1856, and the river was blocked into a lake. The water of the lake is as green as jade all the year round. There are green mountains around the lake, with beautiful scenery. The Xiaonanhai earthquake site is well preserved and has been praised as "unique in China and rare in the world" by experts at home and abroad.

It is a national AAAA tourist attraction, a national geopark, a national earthquake site protection area, a national science education base for earthquake prevention and disaster reduction, and one of the top ten landmark landscapes in Chongqing.

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Xiaonanhai

Xiaonanhai, formerly known as xiaoyinghai, is located in Qianjiang District of Chongqing, 32 kilometers north of the county, covering an area of about 30 square kilometers. It is a mountain, water, island, gorge and other scenic spots. Known as "the Pearl of the mountains", "fairyland on earth". Xiaonanhai is the most complete ancient earthquake site (Qianjiang earthquake) in China.

On June 10, 1856, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.25 and an intensity of 8 ° occurred in Xiaonanhai, the most complete ancient earthquake site in China. Xiaonanhai is a scenic spot with mountains, waters, islands and gorges. It is called "fairyland on earth".

Qianjiang Xiaonanhai, formerly known as xiaoyinghai, is located in Qianjiang District, Chongqing, 32 kilometers north of the county, covering an area of about 30 square kilometers. It is a national AAAA scenic spot.

In the great earthquake in 1856, gukou was annihilated and became daze. The remains of the earthquake, such as the great collapse, the small collapse, the broken blockhouse cliffs and the dam made of rocks, are still clearly visible today. Xiaonanhai is surrounded by beautiful peaks, strange rocks at the mouth of the lake, streams in the lake, harbor branches in the lake, and lush forests and bamboos on the island. Chaoyang temple, laoguanping, Niubei three islands, ancient pine blotting out the sun, Camellia Lianyun, cottage bamboo house, cock barking and dog barking, a school of pastoral scenery.

Main attractions

landscape

Xiaonanhai, surrounded by Xiufeng, Haikou is full of strange stones, coastal streams, branches and harbors, and the island is full of trees and bamboos. Boat fishing shadow, green women and red men, shuttling on the blue waves; gulls and herons flying together, scale light rippling, flashing between the sea and the sky. In spring, summer, autumn and winter, each has its own wonders.

islands

Chaoyang island is the second largest island in the South China Sea. It is famous for its Chaoyang temple. When climbing to the shore, you can hear the barking of dogs and the crowing of chickens. On the island, the rare ancient wood, iron sharp fir, has a strong air. The ancient pines are curled and connected with the sky. A large amount of bamboo color rises up, and the bowl mouth is thick and thin, which is a green onion cage.

Golden Sands Beach

On the east side of laoheping, an island in the middle of the lake, there is a golden beach. A beach of pebbles is well arranged. It's like a toad. It's in company with its neighbors and plays with the water. It's also beautiful with the pine and wind forests on the island and the camellia trees.

Niubei Island

Among the three islands in the South China Sea, Niubei island is the largest and most beautiful. This is not only because it has produced many beautiful folk stories, myths and legends, mysterious and meaningful, long taste, but also because it is quiet and natural, hidden. It is also an island of pine wind, mixed flowers and trees, four continuous. On the island, there are monkeys, musk gardens, chickens, dogs, pigs and sheep, cottages and bamboo buildings. Although the Daoqian stream behind Niubei island is not wide, it is very deep, which separates the island from the land. On the other side is the grinning broken rock, gazing at the giant ox entering the water.

The origin of Geography

On June 10, 1856, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.25 and a magnitude of 8 occurred in the area, which created the most complete ancient earthquake site in Xiaonanhai in China. It is a scenic spot with mountains, waters and gorge islands. It is called "fairyland on earth".

Xiaonanhai is inlaid among the mountains like a sapphire. Streams from the mountains flow into the lakes continuously, making the water quality of Xiaonanhai good and clear as a mirror. Surrounded by Xiufeng ring, stone forest, along the lakes and streams linger, the branches of the vertical and horizontal, the island lush forest of bamboo, dawn and dusk sunny and rainy, illusory endless.

In the middle of the Xiaonanhai lake, there are three islands dotted with flowers. The island in the center of the lake is called laoheping Island, with pine trees and wild flowers everywhere. On its east side, there is a golden beach with toad like pebbles, which is very interesting. Chaoyang island is the second largest island in Xiaonanhai, and it is named after Chaoyang temple. There are rare and ancient trees on the island, such as Taiwania, Lianyun and lush. The dense green bamboo forest seems to have come to Xianshan bamboo sea. And Liangtian beautiful house, crisscross fields, people suspect that it is a paradise.

According to Qianjiang county annals of the Qing Dynasty, "prince in May of the sixth year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1856 A.D.), there was a big earthquake and a landslide in Houba township ·The mouth of the stream was then buried. Later, in the midsummer, the rain *, the river was blocked and the chawa was wrapped up for more than 20 Li. The fault rock cliff formed by the earthquake in that year, the large and small collapse rocks in the north of Haikou, are still clearly visible. Under the big and small collapse rocks, there are many rolling stones and huge stones. Boulders are generally 1-5 meters in diameter, and larger ones are more than 10 meters. They are pushed from hundreds of meters to form a dam in Haikou. The dam is 1170m long from north to south, 67.5m high and 70m wide.

resources

According to experts, Xiaonanhai, as the best preserved earthquake Lake in China, is of great research value. Around the sea and on the island are natural zoology and botany gardens. There are more than 140 kinds of trees, such as Pinus massoniana, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, cedar, purple cypress, Cinnamomum camphora, Phoebe, Ginkgo biloba, Dalbergia odorifera, Paulownia fortunei, etc. There are tiger, leopard, yellow monkey, antelope, musk deer, giant salamander, giant clam and so on. There are more than 50 kinds of fish. It is one of the eight major fishing grounds and musk deer breeding base in Sichuan. Therefore, it has a wide range of comprehensive development value. Shidi ancient ferry is located on the Bank of Youshui River in Xiushan. It is a good waterway from Xiushan to Dongting Lake. It has beautiful scenery, long history, beautiful mountains and rivers, such as Guilin landscape, suitable climate and rich products.

entertainment

Although Qianjiang people live in a hard natural environment, they have been optimistic and open-minded for generations and live and work in peace and contentment. The most typical example is that he is good at singing and dancing. His labor songs, rice plucking gongs and drums songs, folk songs, weeping wedding songs and Muye love songs are all improvised, eloquent, ingenious and full of strong local flavor. The hand waving dance, lantern dance, etc. inside and outside the well-known area are very popular, with light melody, primitive and simple actions, which give people a pleasant feeling. Qianjiang, the sea of songs, the world of dance.

Scenic climate

The area has a subtropical humid monsoon climate with an average annual temperature of 15.4 ° C and an average annual precipitation of 1300 mm. The average annual sunshine is 1240 hours and the frost free period is 260-290 days. The three-dimensional climate is obvious and there are many disastrous weather, including drought, flood, hail, continuous rain, low temperature and strong wind, among which the summer drought is more serious.

Restaurant

Qianjiang chicken miscellaneous, green vegetables and beef stew pot, mung bean powder, rice tofu, potato rice, sour meat, casserole rice, etc. Qianjiang chicken miscellaneous is the representative dish of Qianjiang stew pot series. It uses Tujia cooking method, chicken intestines, liver, heart and other chicken viscera as raw materials, and cuts the chicken into thin slices, supplemented by potatoes, pickled peppers, fresh onions and so on. It tastes spicy, delicious and mellow. After Qianjiang chicken is cooked, it can be cooked and eaten with gentle fire. You can add cabbage, bean sprouts, wax gourd, green vegetables and other vegetables to form a unique Tujia dish.

Travel

Qianjiang county's recent characteristic tourist attractions, even in the light rain hazy weather, also have a different kind of beauty. Dense fog filled the mountains, like clouds, like the sea. Xiaonanhai has beautiful water, clear mountains and well protected natural ecology. It is a picturesque place and worth visiting. It is a mountain, water, island, gorge and other scenic spots. It is also called "earthquake Tianchi" and "Shudong West Lake".

Qianjiang Wuling fairy mountain, Bamian Mountain, Canyon Park, Shengui gorge and other famous scenic spots will be opened one after another, please look forward to it.

Practical information

Ticket information

Free ticket policy: children under 1.2 meters in height, elderly people over 70 years old, tourists holding active service soldiers, armed police officers and soldiers, disabled soldiers, retired military cadres and martyrs' certificates, and tourists holding journalists and tour guides' certificates can enjoy free tickets.

Preferential policies: children 1.2-1.5 meters tall, elderly people 60-69 years old, tourists with "people's Republic of China disability certificate", full-time unified recruitment of undergraduate, college, secondary school, junior high school, primary school students, teachers with "teacher card" to buy preferential tickets on teacher's day. (the above preferential policies need to be purchased at the scenic spot)

Traffic information

You can take the city bus to this place, and take the bus from Qianjiang east station to Nanhai. The fare is about 9 yuan, and the journey is about 1 hour.

There is a bus to Qianjiang at Chongqing bus station. You can get to the scenic spot in 40 minutes by bus at Qianjiang bus station. The fare is about 8 yuan per person. Chongqing Huaihua railway has reached Qianjiang River. It takes more than three hours from Chongqing to Qianjiang by train.

Address: Qianjiang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, Chongqing

Longitude: 108.74113502275

Latitude: 29.642514263299

Ticket information: 60 RMB

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