Colorful beach

--Wucaitan is located in the North Bank of Erqisi River, 24 kilometers northwest of Buerjin County, Xinjiang. It is a beach famous for Yadan landform.

--The hills here are unique in geology, showing a variety of colors. Every evening when the sun shines, the colors are gorgeous, fantastic and spectacular.

--On the other side is a dense Populus euphratica forest, reflected in the river, with beautiful scenery and brilliant yellow leaves every autumn. It is a perfect place for photography.

--When you play, you should walk on the plank road according to the route. The geology here is loose and fragile, so you need to protect it. Don't trample and climb. There is a big temperature difference before and after sunset in Xinjiang. It is suggested to prepare clothes to avoid catching cold after sunset.

Colorful beach

Wucaitan is located in Buerjin County, Altay area, the northern end of Xinjiang. It is located on the first and second terraces on the North Bank of Erqis River, which is the only river flowing into the Arctic Ocean in China. It is 480 meters above sea level. It is 24 kilometers away from Buerjin county. It is also the only way to Kanas Lake scenic area. On April 13, 2018, he was shortlisted for the "magic northwest 100 scenes".

brief introduction

Wucaitan, a national 4A scenic spot, is located on both sides of the river. Wucaitan, located in yegezituobie Township, about 24 kilometers northwest of burjin County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, passes through the Erqis River, which flows into the Arctic Ocean. Wucaitan is a typical colorful Hill (or colorful Hill) with special landform and long-term dry area.

On April 13, 2018, he was shortlisted for the "magic northwest 100 scenes".

Geography

Wucaitan is located 24 kilometers north of Buerjin county. It is the only way to Habahe County and Kanas. It is adjacent to the rippling eer

The Qisi River, with the lush and Green Valley scenery on the opposite bank, can be described as "a river across the two sides, has two days.". Because of the different weathering resistance of the riparian rocks, the profile of the riparian rocks will be uneven, and the different minerals in the rocks will turn into various colors, so it is named "wucaitan".

There is a large wind power generation website in front of wucaitan scenic spot. The mountains on the north bank are undulating and variable in color, which are formed by fierce erosion of river and strong wind. Due to the different weathering resistance of the riparian rocks, the uneven contours are formed. The rocks here are of various colors. Under the sunlight at sunset, the colors of the rocks are mainly red, with green, purple, yellow, white, black and transitional colors. Whenever the wind blows, strange noises of different lengths and heights will be heard everywhere in gullies and under rocks.

Geological origin

The colorful river bank is formed by water erosion and wind erosion. On the terrace slope, the gullies are crisscross, and the gullies and small soil beams are developed alternately. The width of the gullies is 5-10m, the height of the soil beams is generally 5-15m, the maximum height is 25m, and the distribution area is about 3km2. It is located in the arid and windy zone. Due to the different degree of weathering resistance between the rock layers on the river bank, it forms uneven outline. The rock layers are composed of red, earth red, light yellow and light green sandstone, mudstone and glutenite. The rocks are of different colors and colorful, such as colorful castles, monsters, peak clusters and other peculiar shapes. It is a typical colorful hill. When the wind blows, it makes a strange sound, which adds a mysterious color. Its development and construction will undoubtedly add flowers to Kanas Scenic Spot, with considerable passenger flow and economic benefits. The colorful river bank will attract tourists from home and abroad for its typical and unique landform.

Wucaitan scenic spot has large and small stone peaks, stone walls and stone pillars. The peaks are like a forest, with dense and dense shapes.

Ticket information

In 2008, the ticket price of wucaitan scenic spot is 50 yuan per person, which will be adjusted according to the specific conditions of scenic spot construction, management and service quality, and improvement of environmental conditions. For minors (children under 1.3 meters), the elderly over 65 years old and the disabled, free tickets are offered; for tourism teams, preferential tickets are offered. At the same time, wucaitan scenic spot and Tourism Administration Bureau stressed that the scenic spot will strictly implement the marked price, further improve the environmental conditions, improve the service level and service quality.

In addition, considering the closed management of wucaitan scenic spot, one-time ticket purchase is effective on the same day. The above standards shall come into force as of April 1, 2006.

From October 15 to April 15 of the next year, the scenic spot is closed due to weather changes, but there are personnel on duty on the west side of the gate. During this period, you can go to the small gate on the west side. There are monitoring facilities in the scenic area. Violators need to pay compensation of 200-500 yuan or hand over to the public security organs.

Traffic information

You can carpool at the accommodation in Burqin County, and the round trip is about 20-30 yuan per person. The driver can wait outside the scenic area until sunset to take tourists back.

Address: 24 kilometers north of Buerjin County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Longitude: 86.673662513494

Latitude: 47.839786655577

Tel: 0906-6325170

Tour time: 2-4 hours

Traffic information: wucaitan scenic spot is located 24 kilometers north of Buerjin county. You can carpool in Buerjin county. The round trip costs about 20-30 yuan per person. The driver can wait outside the scenic spot until sunset to take tourists back.

Ticket information: 50 yuan

Opening hours: ticket selling time: 9:00-21:30, the scenic spot will not be cleared after the ticket sales stop, and tourists can leave after sunset.

Chinese PinYin : Wu Cai Tan