Gesala Ecotourism Zone

Gesala is an important part of "Panxi sunshine eco-tourism area" officially determined by Sichuan provincial government. It is the "Hongge Gesala" hundred mile ecological corridor proposed by Panzhihua City of Sichuan Province. It is the second ecological tourism brand of Sichuan Province after Jiuzhaigou.

Gesala Ecotourism Area of Panzhihua West Rift Valley is located in Gesala Township, northwest of Yanbian County, Panzhihua City. It is located at the junction of Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, adjacent to Guosheng township of Yanbian County in the East, Huaping County of Lijiang City in Yunnan Province in the South and West, and Yanyuan County of Liangshan Prefecture in the north.

Gesala Ecotourism Zone

Gesala Ecotourism Area is located in Yankou Township, Waluo Township, Wenquan Township and Qinghe Township in the northwest of Yanbian County, Panzhihua City. It is located at the junction of Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, adjacent to Guosheng township of Yanbian County in the East, Huaping County of Lijiang City in Yunnan Province in the South and West, and Yanyuan County of Liangshan Prefecture in the north. The geographical coordinates are 101 ° 07 ′ 57 ″ - 101 ° 25 ′ 54 ″ E and 26 ° 53 ′ 30 ″ - 27 ° 12 ′ 40 ″ n.

The landscape of the scenic spot is composed of Tiankeng floor drain, karst landscape, alpine meadow and Yi folk custom. The main scenic area is 116 km away from Lugu Lake and 376 km away from Lijiang. Along the provincial highway 216 (daopan Road), you can reach Daocheng and Yading. In 2003, the first Panxi (Yanbian) ecotourism festival was held in Gesala township.

geographical environment

Geographical features

Gesala Ecotourism area covers an area of 594.23km, with diverse vegetation and rich biology. The main natural landscapes are rhododendrons, virgin forests, natural gardens, earth bonsai, miraculous Tiankeng and floor drain, magnificent paradise stone forest, fantastic underground caves and rolling alpine meadows. In addition to multi-ethnic cultural customs and beautiful stories, it is a collection of eco-tourism, tourism, tourism, tourism, tourism and tourism Cultural tourism, adventure and folklore together constitute a unique scenic spot of eco-tourism and cultural tourism.

In 2001, it was listed in the tourism development plan of Yanbian county and developed as an eco-tourism area. In June 2003, as a key tourism development project of the whole city, the Municipal Tourism Bureau signed a planning contract with Sichuan tourism planning and Design Institute. It is expected to start high starting point, high standard and large-scale development and construction in 2004.

The Yi language "Gesala" refers to "a beautiful paradise where man and nature coexist harmoniously". Commonly known as: the most fun place. Gesala Ecotourism Area has obvious location advantages and convenient transportation. It is located at the junction of Yanbian County of Panzhihua, Yanyuan County of Liangshan Prefecture of Sichuan Province and Huaping County of Lijiang City of Yunnan Province. Provincial highway 216 runs through the whole area from south to north through Yankou township. From Yankou township to the west, there is a tractor road leading to Huaping County, Lijiang City, Yunnan Province. Yankou township government is 118 km southeast to Panzhihua City, 36 km away from Ertan Reservoir lake, and 116 km north to Lugu Lake, which is 89 km shorter than the distance from Xichang to Lugu Lake. From the perspective of location, Gesala eco-tourism area can not only become the tourism support center of Panxi Rift Valley Scenic Area, but also become an important tourism support point of Panzhihua Lugu Lake Tourism boutique line. As an important part of Panxi Rift Valley Tourism Area, Gesala Ecotourism Area has various types, distinctive characteristics and high-grade natural ecotourism resources. At the same time, the area is also a gathering area of Yi people, with strong Yi customs. The ecotourism area has complex terrain, high mountains and deep valleys, luxuriant vegetation, obvious biodiversity, rich species of wild animals and plants, especially 10000 mu

The ingenious combination of azalea, Pansong bamboo forest, alpine meadow and Yi People's customs constitutes a fantastic landscape picture of the Great Rift Valley. In addition, the breathtaking and varied geological wonders, Tiankeng and floor drain groups, quiet virgin forest, Yi villages, ancient legends and other human resources fully show the unique charm of natural ecology and human eco-tourism value of Gesala eco-tourism area.

Climatic characteristics

Gesala Ecotourism Area has the characteristics of subtropical three-dimensional climate. Due to the large relative height difference between the areas above and below the rock, the vertical zonal climate change is obvious.

The climate of Yanshang area is middle temperate zone and north temperate zone. The annual average temperature is 9.0-11.2 ℃, the average temperature in the hottest month (June to July) is 15.0-17.1 ℃, and the average temperature in the coldest month (January) is 0.6-2.8 ℃. Yanshang area is a rainy area in Yanbian County, with annual rainfall of about 1600mm and annual evaporation of 600-700mm. It is a good place for summer and winter snow. The climate of Yanxia area is middle subtropical, north subtropical and south temperate zone. The annual average temperature is 11.8-17.3 ℃, the average temperature in the hottest month (June-July) is 17.7-23.0 ℃, and the average temperature in the coldest month (January) is 3.3-8.6 ℃. The annual rainfall is about 1480-1500mm, and the annual evaporation is 800-1100mm. The rivers in the tourist area belong to the Yalong river system, a tributary of Jinsha River. Because it is located in carbonate rock area, the underground river is developed. The length of Yankou underground river is about 15km, forming a huge underground reservoir with water collection capacity of 40 million cubic meters.

natural resources

Gesala Ecotourism Area is one of the important forest areas in Panzhihua City, with forest area of 34430.7hm2 and forest coverage rate of 68.68%. In the area of 500 square kilometers, there are forests, shrubs, mountain forests and subalpine meadows. Species diversity, including Pinus yunnanensis, Pinus armandii, Taxus yunnanensis, Tsuga Tsuga, spruce, fir, Pinus taiwanensis, Rhododendron, camellia, Quercus, Castanopsis fargesii, etc., constitute a variety of coniferous forest, coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest, broad-leaved forest, shrub and sparse forest grassland. There are ten thousand mu of Rhododendron, Pinus tabulaeformis forest, alpine cold arrow bamboo forest, subalpine meadow and other plant landscapes, as well as forest musk deer, red panda, Sichuan mountain partridge, macaque, white bellied pheasant, big purple breasted parrot, grey headed Parrot, sparrow hawk and other rare animals. Gesala is a green world, an animal paradise.

Main attractions

Rift landform

The landscape of the scenic spot is composed of Tiankeng floor drain, karst landscape, alpine meadow and Yi folk custom. The mountains here are continuous, the peaks and turns, sometimes loess high slope, sometimes dense jungle, Camellia million, geological and geomorphological changes. A senior geologist once said that "the landscape here is comparable to that of Jiuzhai Huanglong".

Tiankeng floor drain

There are more than 1000 funnel groups with different diameters and depths in Yanbian Yankou and Waluo area of more than 300 square kilometers. The larger funnel group covers an area of more than 5000 square meters with a depth of more than 30 meters, and the smaller funnel group covers an area of more than 400 square meters with different depths.

limestone cave

Tiandong No.1 is particularly eye-catching. Under the cliff of more than 200 meters, 10 seconds after throwing stones into the vertical cave, you can hear the sound of roaring water, which is about 155 meters deep. There are five karst caves of different sizes around it, such as Lingze cave. The karst landscape in the cave is unique and novel, including "Guanyin hall", "Luohan group", "camel peak", "lion mountain", "Luohan group", etc.

Alpine meadow

Gesala Ecotourism Area;

The mountain meadow is undulating, and the low pines are vigorous.

Tourism information

Ticket information

Children under 1.2 meters (excluding 1.2 meters) are free of charge; the elderly over 70 years old are free of charge

Half price tickets for 60-69 years old (including 69 years old) with senior citizen card and ID card

Traffic information

Self driving route of Gesala Ecotourism Area:

Zhihua urban area Yumen town Gesala Yi nationality township Gesala tourist reception center is 73 km from urban area to Yumen Town, 41 km from Yumen town to Gesala Yi nationality township, and 13 km from Yi nationality township to Gesala main scenic spot. There are 216 provincial roads in the whole journey. The road condition is very good. The route of Gesala Ecotourism Area: 1: Airport - Panzhihua Airport - distance 160 - take airport bus or taxi from Panzhihua airport to downtown, then take bus to Yumen from downtown, and then take bus from Yumen to Yanyuan. 2: Railway Station - Panzhihua Jinjiang railway station - distance 160 - take bus No.64 from Jinjiang railway station to the passenger transport center, and then take the bus of Yanyuan to get to our Gesala tourist reception center. 3: Downtown - Bingcaogang Gymnasium - take a taxi from bingcaogang gymnasium to Yumen. When you get to Yumen, you can take Yanyuan bus or private taxi to our Gesala tourist reception center. 4: the passenger train route is the same. Take a half-hour bus from Panzhihua Park in Panzhihua City. It takes about 4 hours. The ticket price is 33 yuan.

History and culture

Gesala Ecotourism area belongs to the west edge of Panxi Rift Valley in geotectonics. The basic process of tectonic evolution of Panxi Rift Valley is: Late Paleozoic In the Late Permian, the continental crust ruptured with large-scale eruption of Emeishan basalt, followed by the intrusion or eruption of alkali (acid) A-type circular complex; in the Late Triassic, the fault depressions on both sides of the rift belt accumulated huge thick molasse like red glutenite formation; and in the Jurassic Cretaceous, there was a comprehensive depression From Late Cretaceous to early Tertiary, the rift was shrunk and the lake basin was limited

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