Wave valley

Danxia Landform in Longzhou is the largest Danxia Landform in Shaanxi Province. The local people call it "wave valley" and "hongshimao", also known as Jingbian hongshayan gorge. The red sandstone here presents a variety of strange postures and colors under the wind and rain erosion. Different angles and times will present different scenery. When it is sunny after rain, the color of red sandstone will be more bright. At the same time, it will form a special light and shadow in the sun. The scenery is spectacular and strange, so it also attracts the attention of many photographers. However, the scenic spot has not been developed yet. In order to prevent man-made damage, the main scenery has been enclosed with barbed wire for protection, so we need to pay attention to safety when playing.

Wave valley

Jingbian wave valley is located in yanjiazhaizi, Longzhou Township, 22 kilometers southeast of Jingbian County, Shaanxi Province, commonly known as yanzhaizi. It's half an hour's drive from Jingbian County to Longzhou.

Jingbian wave valley rock is called red sandstone, academically known as "Pisha Sandstone", formed between Paleozoic Permian and Mesozoic Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous. This is the most active geological, biological and animal era in the history of the earth.

Geomorphic formation

As for the formation of this strange rock, the relevant records say that the wave valley shows a wonderful world made of sandstone carved by millions of years of wind, water and time. The complex layers of wave valley rocks are composed of huge sand dunes that began to deposit in Jurassic 150 million years ago. Sand dunes are constantly covered by layers of red sand soaked in groundwater. Over time, minerals in the water condense the sand into sandstone, forming a layered structure.

Jingbian wave valley in Northern Shaanxi this loess covered place can have such a stone landscape is really a miracle. The name "wave valley" in Jingbian was given by photographers who came here. It is different from the wave valley in Arizona. Wave valley in Arizona has white lines between red, red and white, while wave valley in Jingbian is mainly red.

Unique scenery

The so-called wave valley is located in yanjiazhaizi, Longzhou Township, 22 kilometers southeast of Jingbian County, commonly known as yanzhaizi. It takes half an hour to get to Longzhou from Jingbian County.

When I came to the wave valley, I saw that the red stone was like a debris flow, showing a kind of flowing water, which flowed into the gully in circles and in turns. This kind of stone is similar to a kind of sandstone, which is seriously weathered. Walking on it, if you don't pay attention, you will slip by the red sand attached to the skin. Go straight down along the red stone beside the ditch, and you can see a large and flat stone wall in the wide place. It is red from top to bottom, and the color is basically the same. In the narrow place, the red stone presents a kind of flowing water like red mud, flowing to the bottom of the ditch. On the Bank of changzui, opposite yanzhaizi Valley, the terrain is relatively flat. Those stacked stones are like a large number of red cloth on the ground, which are dyed and dried. They are extremely red in layers, rolls and plates in the sunset. They are also like a stream of red water from the Loess flowing slowly to the low-lying areas. Along the red stone trail has been walking, suddenly open in front of you, a valley like ditch in front of you. All the red stones are solidified here in the form of flowing water, like red ice and frozen magma. They form a beautiful realistic picture with the small river flowing everywhere at the bottom of the ditch and the windmill rotating on the top of the mountain covered with green vegetation in the distance.

Surrounding scenic spots

Come to wave valley, you can see not only the magical geographical wonders, but also other scenic spots. For example, Yulin Jingbian Tongwancheng. Tongwancheng is located in the Maowusu Desert, one hundred miles north of Jingbian County. It is the capital site of Daxia state, which was established by heliansheng of Tiefu Department of Xiongnu in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It is commonly known as baichengzi. In the Song Dynasty, the city was covered by desert and became ruins. Tongwancheng is the only capital site left by Huns in the history of our country. Later, it was also the settlement of northern minorities such as Dangxiang Qiang. There are a lot of relics in the site, such as bronze seal, Xiao seal, bronze Buddha statue, stone carving, building materials, daily necessities, etc.

The Ming Great Wall is a scenic spot nearby. On the road from Jingbian to wave valley, there are more than ten kilometers of Ming Great Wall along with the road. The Great Wall traverses Yulin city. Yu Zijun, the governor of Yansui town in Chenghua of Ming Dynasty, led 40000 soldiers to build it in March. The great wall of Ming Dynasty starts from Qingshuiying (now the northeast of Fugu County in Shaanxi Province) in the East and ends at huamachi (now the northeast of Yanchi County in Ningxia Province) in the west, with a total length of 880 km. The city wall in Yulin is connected with the side wall of Gaojiabao in Shenmu county in the East, jiananbao, shuangshanbao, changlebao and baoningbao in the East, and boluobao in Hengshan County in the West. It winds more than 100 kilometers and has more than 210 beacon towers.

Zhenbei station is also a must see scenic spot. Zhenbeitai is one of the biggest existing fortresses along the ancient Great Wall. Zhenbei station was built in the Ming Dynasty, with the title of "the first station of the Great Wall". It is one of the observation posts of the defense system of the great wall and one of the fortresses in the middle of the Great Wall. On the top of Zhenbei platform, you can enjoy the scenery outside the Great Wall, desert, Gobi, grassland, Yellow River and three North shelterbelts. You can also see Hongshi gorge, which is not far away from it.

Zhenbeitai is one of the most grand and majestic buildings in the Ming Great Wall Ruins, and one of the three wonders of the Great Wall (Shanhaiguan in the East, zhenbeitai in the middle, and Jiayuguan in the West).

special snacks

Yulin's special geographical location and regional culture have created a rich and diverse food culture here. Yulin characteristic flavor food also has: rice fat donkey plate sausage, Dingbian LUMO, Suide Youxuan, Qingjian pancake, Jiaxian horseshoe Crisp and so on.

Horseshoe Crisp: horseshoe Crisp is a special snack in Yulin County. With oil, sugar, water and noodles, knead the ball, roll thin slices into horseshoe shape, and deep fry in oil pan. Sweet and crisp pine is a good gift for relatives and friends and banquet. It was originally a tribute of the Tang Dynasty.

Donkey plate sausage: the protein content of donkey plate sausage and donkey plate sausage products is relatively high, and donkey plate sausage protein is a complete protein, which not only contains eight kinds of amino acids necessary for human body, but also has a proportion close to human body needs, with high nutritional potency. Donkey plate intestines also contain fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals.

Cold noodles: people in Shaanxi Province generally like to eat cold noodles, while the cold noodles made in Yulin area are unique, and they are made with buckwheat flour. When eating it, cut it into thin strips, mix it with sour soup, chili oil, sesame oil, vinegar and other condiments, and eat it cold. It tastes good.

Fat cake: it is a Wubao snack. Ferment with flour, then mix with dry noodles, soda and water for half an hour. Divide the dough into five parts, roll out the long and wide pieces, evenly spread sesame oil and salt flour, roll them into stick shape, cut them into two pieces, hold the two ends together, flatten them, roll them into two thick cakes, spread oil on them, and bake them repeatedly until they are golden.

Youmo: a kind of snack in Jingbian. It is pie shaped, with a small hole in the middle and smaller. By potatoes, white flour, buckwheat flour, sugar and other cereals and fried together. Round, circular, deep fried, golden like copper coins, taste sweet and delicious.

Address: yanjiazhai, Longzhou Township, Jingbian County, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province

Longitude: 108.988389948

Latitude: 37.53154364186

Tour time: 3 hours

Traffic information: starting from Jingbian County, take 307 National Road to the south, and turn to Longzhou Township when meeting the sign of "Longzhou ancient castle ruins".

Ticket information: Free

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