Yingde Butterfly Valley

Yingde Butterfly Valley

Yingde Butterfly Valley is located in Shigutang Town, 52 kilometers west of the northwest of Yingde City, Qingyuan, Guangdong Province, at the southwest end of Shimentai provincial nature reserve. Starting from the Jintan reservoir in Shigutang Town, take a boat for about 45 minutes to enter the entrance of Butterfly Valley. It has a subtropical monsoon climate with four distinct seasons, good vegetation and rich plant species. In addition to natural vegetation, there are also economic forests and timber forests. Butterfly Valley has many mountains and clear streams. It is even known as the best place to trace rivers in Guangdong. There are a large number of butterflies here, and there are many kinds of them. They are not afraid of people. They often find groups of butterflies flying to people. Butterfly Valley is named after this. Here, between heaven and earth, the perfect combination of man and nature! In recent years, driven by the interests of local villagers and boatmen, they have bypassed the supervision of government departments and smuggled a large number of donkeys into butterfly valley, zhongkong gorge, Shimen river stream tracing and wild swimming donkeys in Shimentai National Nature Reserve of Yingde City, damaging the local ecological environment. Guangdong Shimentai National Nature Reserve has timely announced that chuanditing, Butterfly Valley and Shimen River are all within the scope of Guangdong Shimentai National Nature Reserve. Any unit or individual is not allowed to enter the core area of the nature reserve without permission. Otherwise, the management organization of the nature reserve will impose a fine of more than 100 yuan and less than 5000 yuan on violators.

natural resources

Due to the sparsely populated area, the forest vegetation of Butterfly Valley has not been destroyed, especially in the gentle and steep slope area of the cliff. Due to the lack of human access, a large area of native vegetation is still preserved. There is a clear stream in the canyon. On both sides of the stream is a paradise for all kinds of wild animals. Among them, there are many kinds of butterflies here. There are hundreds of known butterfly species, which are very beautiful. Including: Papilio, ring butterfly, spotted butterfly, clam butterfly and many other species.

Main attractions

The valley has clear streams, complex and diverse geological landforms, various kinds of peaks and valleys, and unique and beautiful ecological landscape. The nature reserve has typical karst landform characteristics. Its rich eco-tourism resources have high artistic, aesthetic, ornamental, cultural and scientific equivalent values. The natural landscape is dazzling, and it is a good place for outdoor leisure.

social customs and habits

Although there are few people in Butterfly Valley, there are Zhuang and Yao hunters who make a living by hunting. The Yao village in Zhuang township is not only beautiful in mountain, water and people, but also hospitable and unique. Zhuang and Yao Folk Customs show the traditional folk arts, customs and marriage customs of Zhuang and Guoshan Yao by singing and dancing. The specific items are: birthday star dance, turtle, deer and crane dance, wedding dance and throwing Hydrangea with Zhuang characteristics; long drum dance, lantern dance and "accompanying" and "competing on the bed" with Yao wedding with Yao characteristics with Yao characteristics, as well as wooden shoes competition with tourists.

local specialities

Fresh pig porridge

The pig porridge here is made of fresh pig porridge, and the taste is really different. No water, smooth taste, fresh meat!

Reservoir fish

The reservoir here is 227 square kilometers. There are many kinds of fish in the huge reservoir, and the size is huge. Listen to the local villagers, the biggest fish here is 102 Jin! The local fish feast is a real delicacy.

Shanshui tofu

Because of the water quality problem, the local tofu is very tender and smooth. Even the same master can't make the same taste in other places. Absolutely!

It mainly includes Qingyuan Chicken, Luokeng bamboo shoots, Lianzhou white tea, Huangjing, Hericium erinaceus, dried sweet potato, Shatian pomelo, Yingde black tea, etc. Special dishes and snacks: mainly white cut Qingyuan Chicken, daoqici, whole mushroom banquet, whole sheep banquet, whole deer banquet, etc.

Injunction

Local officials told reporters that Shimentai has been promoted to a national nature reserve. According to the existing laws and regulations, no one is allowed to enter the reserve without permission and approval. Now more and more foreign tourists spontaneously come to Shimentai to explore and play, and many safety accidents have occurred. The "entry restriction order" is also to protect the natural ecological environment and avoid causing personal safety accidents and forest fires. I hope tourists can understand it. In August 2013, 13 donkeys were missing because they broke into the zhongkong Canyon in the reserve and camped in the flood

In the end, one donkey died.

Address: Shigutang Town, Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province

Longitude: 113.056042

Latitude: 23.681801

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