Wuling Rift Valley

Wuling Mountain Rift Valley

synonym

Wuling Rift Valley generally refers to Wuling Mountain rift valley

Wuling Mountain Rift Valley is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the south central section of Wuling Mountain Tourist Resort about 40 km southeast of Fuling District, Chongqing. It is a national 4A tourist attraction.

Wuling Rift Valley is a human wonder formed by karst landform. The Great Rift Valley Scenic area covers an area of nearly 9 square kilometers. The mountain peaks, terraces and valleys in the scenic area are scattered, with rich levels. The altitude ranges from 600 meters to 1980 meters. The mountains are magnificent and magnificent.

The forest coverage rate of the scenic spot is more than 92.7%, and there are more than 2000 species of animals and plants, including camphor, Phoebe, Taxus chinensis, metasequoia, Ginkgo biloba, Liriodendron, leopard, clouded leopard, red pheasant, Agkistrodon acutus, forest musk deer, rhesus monkey, muntjac, hedgehog, wild pig, giant salamander, echinoderm frog, bitter and evil bird, etc. The content of negative oxygen ions in the scenic spot is more than 3000 per cubic centimeter, which is praised as "natural oxygen bar" by tourists, and is an excellent holy land for leisure and vacation.

The core area of the Great Rift Valley is a 10 km long karst ecological canyon. All around the gorge, there are many mountains, steep walls and layers, which hold the Great Rift Valley tightly in their arms. In the gorge, there are mountains, gorges, forests, springs, waterfalls, cliffs, caves, pools, streams, pits and crevices. All year round, waterfalls splash, streams flow, green grass and flowers bloom!

brief introduction

The scenic spot is known as the oldest "Scar" on the earth - the cliff crack caused by violent crustal movement, and has the reputation of "the first dynamic Canyon in China". The scenic spot has a natural drop of 1380m, a karst landform of 10km and an original ecological rift valley. The forest coverage rate of the scenic spot is more than 92.7%. The average temperature in summer is as low as 22 ℃, and the content of negative oxygen ions is more than 3000 per cubic centimeter. Wuling Mountain Rift Valley is located in the lower reaches of Wujiang River. Shuanghe township of Wulong County in the East, Baitao street of Fuling District, Wuling National Forest Park, damuhua Valley and other scenic spots in the Northeast constitute Fuling Wuling Mountain tourist resort.

Overview of scenic spots

Wuling Mountain rift valley scenic area is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, about 40 km southeast of Fuling District, Chongqing. It belongs to the northwest section of the famous Wuling mountains and is famous for its cliffs, peaks and ground fissures.

The scenic area covers an area of 30 square kilometers. The mountains, terraces, valleys and other landscapes in the scenic area are high and low, with rich levels. The altitude ranges from 600 meters to 1980 meters, and the gap between the valley bottom and the peak is more than 700 meters. The mountains are magnificent.

The core area of the scenic spot is a 10 km long karst ecological rift valley. The whole Rift Valley is magnificent and majestic. There are many mountains and cliffs on both sides of the valley. The waterfalls are straight up and down the mountain. The river valley is circuitous and deep, and the bottom of the valley is full of rocks and streams.

The scenic spot integrates mountains, gorges, forests, springs, waterfalls, cliffs, caves, pools, streams, pits and fissures. In particular, the cliff like stone peak, which is as thin as a knife and stretches for thousands of meters, is rare in China. A section of Rift Valley with a length of about 1500 meters dominates the world. On the green main road, there are many wonders: five stone peaks, which are as thin as paper wings, rise abruptly and are called bodaoling; the cliffs are opposite each other, with only a few feet of narrow cracks. The plank road is embedded in the wall, and the Bitan is filled with the bottom, which is called shijiamen; the walls are standing thousands of feet, and the cracks on the rock surface are lined up, which looks like volumes and thousands of words; the hundred feet of huge stones are inserted between the cliffs, which looks like a warrior in armor, As well as the general head of the Tathagata God palm, copper wall and iron wall, peacock Kaiping, five monkeys going down the mountain, male and female giant scarlet, one pillar lifting the sky, crocodile coming out of the water, Ba general, Laojun cliff, crystal lake, lamppost stone, lover's Valley, Sheshen cliff, yixiantian, wanzhangkeng, etc. Along the way, there are many unique caves, changing scenery, countless, dizzying, beautiful.

The forest coverage rate of the scenic spot is more than 92.7%. The forest is a combination of sub primitive coniferous forest and broad-leaved forest, showing a beautiful forest form with seasonal changes, and the ecological environment is excellent. There are more than 2000 species of plants, including Taxus chinensis var. mairei, Metasequoia glyptostroboides and other rare species. In the dense jungle, there are dozens of rare birds and animals, including macaques, muntjacs, hedgehogs, wild boars, and Caragana. There are three high mountain springs in the scenic area. The water quality is clear and pure. The daily flow is more than 200 tons, and it flows continuously for many years.

The air quality of the scenic spot is extremely good, with more than 3000 negative oxygen ions per cubic centimeter. It is known as the "natural oxygen bar" by tourists. The temperature in summer is 6-8 ℃ lower than that in Fuling City. It is cool and pleasant. It is an excellent summer resort.

Main attractions

Bodaoling: it is a huge stone wall, about 1000 meters long, with an average height of about 90 meters. It belongs to the limestone of Changxing Formation in Late Permian of Paleozoic era 260 million years ago. From a close-up view, we can clearly identify the submarine relics hundreds of millions of years ago. It is a vivid classroom to experience the vicissitudes of the sea.

Qingtian gorge: located in the lower part of the gorge, it is 1500 meters long and 2-5 meters wide. It is called natural ground fissure. The cliffs on both sides of the canyon are 200-300 meters high, and the skylight is only visible when you look up. There are many strange stones in the crevice, and stalactites are in various shapes. Some places of the two cliffs are only a few feet apart, which can bring a shocking visual impact to the viewer. During the exploration, the spirit is restrained, and the sense of seclusion and antiquity is suddenly born.

Wanzhangkeng: located at the end of the ground fissure of Qingtian gorge, it is an underground river entrance with a diameter of more than 10 meters. The water of Wuling Mountain rift (Shijiagou) flows into this cave after passing through the ground fissure of Qingtian gorge. Brown, the leader of the British expedition team, came here twice and explored the cave for four days and nights without reaching the end. The waterfall formed by the underground river in the cave is 34 meters high and 30 meters wide, which is the largest one in China.

Cableway show

On April 23, 2016, the 5A upgrade project of Wuling Mountain rift valley scenic area was upgraded, and the "Wuling leader" ropeway with the steepest degree in Asia welcomed the first batch of guests. The standard climbing angle of the world's highest reciprocating ropeway is 45 degrees. At present, the slope of the ropeway has reached 42.6 degrees, the vertical drop is about 300 meters, and the inclined length is 634 meters.

When the cableway is running, it is like being in a fairyland when it is surrounded by clouds and fog on the top of the mountain. In addition, another scenic spot in the scenic spot, the "Tianmen cave" cable bridge project, has also been completed. Two horizontal and vertical cables are erected in the Wanhe mountains, forming a new line of "Tianmen strange and dangerous" in the Wuling rift valley.

Legend

Wuling Rift Valley in Fuling has been difficult to get in and out since ancient times. It is naturally closed. It can be regarded as an old mountain and wilderness, with few people. There are a lot of strange things. Some people have made up four words and eight sentences: a giant python in a ten thousand Zhang pit, and a monster hidden in a bottomless hole. White Monkey down the mountain playing rogue, boar and boar are in love.

There are two or three groups of wild monkeys in the valley. Each group has at least 20 or 30 monkeys. It's not unusual to see many people in the valley. But there is a white monkey in the group of monkeys in huanba, which is very rare. As soon as it appears, the villagers can't bear to shoot it with guns.

There are so many wild boars in the valley that they can't be separated! There is a family in the valley, and there is a sow in her youth. According to Guli people's way of raising, most of the time it is allowed to open in the mountains. Work busy also did not go to sow breeding, I do not know when, sow's stomach big, this family did not notice. When the pregnancy is over, a bunch of seven or eight pigs are born!

The above things can only be strange, not strange, because they are all real things, to remember strange, that is "the python in the pit, the monster in the bottomless pit."

The water of Wuling Rift Valley flows into a hole under Tianba after passing through the ground fissure of Qingtian gorge, which is called wanzhang pit by local people. The hole is not very big, about ten meters in diameter. Because there is no way to go down to the pit, few people have ever been to the bottom of the pit in their whole life. Because they can't understand the details of the pit, it's amazing. The local people said that there lived a boa constrictor at the bottom of the pit for many years. No one had ever seen it, but the legend has been handed down for generations. There are often cattle and sheep that fall into the pit carelessly and are bitten by boa constrictors. They moo and yell, and the sound comes out of the pit. It is said that the bottom of wanzhangkeng is connected to the Dayin river. No one knows what else is in it. The local people are very sure to tell you: there must be. Who dares to go?

At the end of last century, the secrets of wanzhangkeng and Yinhe were revealed by a group of explorers. About 2000 meters deep into the Yinhe River, the explorers did catch two "monsters". Giant salamander head, small eyes, big mouth, four feet and five claws, flat long tail. Head back black, tail belly transparent, dark red intestines vividly. Through identification, we know that this is a precious creature in the cave, which is called "batrachias". On the way back from the cave, the Explorer let the villagers on the side of the road have a look. When the explorers returned to Tianba three months later to release the salamander, they heard a frightening new anecdote: amazing! The expedition has caught the monster in the pit! Big skull, big mouth, five claws, long tail, big glass belly, so long, so big. The narrator exaggerates to extend his arms, five fingers, eyebrows and eyes. I don't know the distance between his thumb and forefinger or between his hands. He didn't know what to say, but the description was appalling.

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