Bashan Grand Canyon

Bashan Grand Canyon, formerly known as Xuanhan Baili gorge, is located in Xuanhan County, Dazhou City, Sichuan Province. It is a national AAA scenic spot (being declared as a national AAAA scenic spot), a national geopark, and a provincial nature reserve. It is also the site of Tujia's Weeding gongs and drums, a national intangible cultural heritage.

Bashan Grand Canyon is a karst landform, with Six Mountains supporting ten main peaks. The scenic area has a long history and many historic sites. There are jiangjunping, paomaliang, shuanmashi, Datong dangerous road, shizhandao and other sites left by fan Kuai's troops in the late Qin Dynasty and early Han Dynasty, and Qinglong village, Dazhaizi and other sites left by Zhang Xianzhong and bailianjiao.

Bashan Grand Canyon has unique mountains, clear rivers, numerous caves, many and precious animals, and rich and rare plants. There are ten scenic spots, namely, animal gathering, fairy rock, Guanyin cave, Nantianmen, Erlong waterfall, laohuangshan, rhinoceros moon watching, yixiantian, Panlong cave and rooster singing. They have their own characteristics and complement each other, forming a perfect and harmonious whole of 300 Lixia.

Xuanhan Baili gorge has the same name as yeshanpo Baili gorge in Hebei Province, and foreign scenic spots have registered "Baili gorge" in advance. Xuanhan Baili Gorge Scenic Spot was renamed "Bashan Grand Canyon" in September 2015.

Bashan Grand Canyon

Bashan Grand Canyon, formerly known as "Xuanhan Baili gorge", is located in Xuanhan County, Dazhou City, Sichuan Province. It is a national AAAA tourist attraction, a national geopark, and a provincial nature reserve. It is a mountain canyon type natural scenic spot composed of karst landform

It is the national intangible cultural heritage site of Tujia grass collecting gongs and drums.

Bashan Grand Canyon is a karst landform, with Six Mountains supporting ten main peaks. The scenic area has a long history and many historic sites. There are jiangjunping, paomaliang, shuanmashi, Datong dangerous road, shizhandao and other sites left by fan Kuai's troops in the late Qin Dynasty and early Han Dynasty, and Qinglong village, Dazhaizi and other sites left by Zhang Xianzhong and bailianjiao.

Bashan Grand Canyon has unique mountains, clear rivers, numerous caves, many and precious animals, and rich and rare plants. There are ten scenic spots, namely, animal gathering, fairy rock, Guanyin cave, Nantianmen, Erlong waterfall, laohuangshan, rhinoceros moon watching, yixiantian, Panlong cave and rooster singing. They have their own characteristics and complement each other, forming a perfect and harmonious whole of 300 Lixia.

Xuanhan Baili gorge has the same name as yeshanpo Baili gorge in Hebei Province, and foreign scenic spots have registered "Baili gorge" in advance. Xuanhan Baili Gorge Scenic Spot was renamed "Bashan Grand Canyon" in September 2015.

On August 28, 2018, Bashan Grand Canyon opened to welcome guests.

In July 2018, Bashan Grand Canyon was established as a national 5A scenic spot, which passed the provincial landscape quality evaluation.

Features of scenic spots

Bashan Grand Canyon Scenic Area is a karst landform, with Six Mountains supporting ten main peaks, with an average altitude of more than 2200 meters. It is covered with clouds and fog all the year round, as if it were a fairy mountain. Laohuangshan mountain rises in the middle of Bashan Grand Canyon, with an altitude of 2184m. Although it is not the highest peak, it has a broad vision. When you climb to the top of the mountain, you can really see the small mountains. The mountains are continuous, rippling and relaxed. On the top of the mountain, there is a huge stone beam called sifangshi, which is less than 1 m thick, 30 m high and 50 m wide. The stone is covered with green pines and cypresses in various forms. Climbing the ape, the pebbles and river sand of 270 million years ago can be found on the boulder. There is a place called stalagmite ditch in the middle of the mountain top, where huge stalagmites plunge into the sky. Hanging rock side welcome guests, pine fluttering in the wind, pine waves bursts. There are more than 10000 mu of virgin forest in jiangjunping. At the turn of spring and summer, exotic flowers and plants vie with each other, and wild fruits are fragrant. In winter, silver is wrapped in plain clothes, icicles are hanging on rocks, and clouds are wrapped around the mountainside, which is like a fairyland. The most amazing thing is that there are three small peaks in the middle of the mountain, like crabs, frogs and snails, and they all face the top of the peak, lifelike. It is said that they often live by the patio and are favored by the Jade Emperor. When the immortal and the Jade Emperor leave, they forget to take them away. They refuse to leave at the same place. They always hope that the Jade Emperor will come back one day and become a stone peak after a long time.

Main attractions

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There are animal gathering, fairy rock, Guanyin cave, Nantianmen, Erlong waterfall, laohuangshan, rhinoceros, Tujia hanging coffin, compass sea of clouds, Taoxi fairyland.

The ten scenic spots of moon, a line of sky, Panlong cave and rooster singing sky have their own characteristics and form a perfect and harmonious whole of 300 Li gorge. Jiangkou lake covers an area of 20 square kilometers, including yunwuzhai, jiwoshi, sandouxia, Puguang temple, Huangshi white crane forest and other scenic spots. Bashan Grand Canyon Scenic Area has a long history, including jiangjunping, paomaliang, shuanmashi, Datong dangerous road, shizhandao and other sites left by fan Kuai's troops in the late Qin Dynasty and early Han Dynasty, and Qinglong village, Dazhaizi and other sites left by Zhang Xianzhong and bailianjiao. The road in the gorge is relatively flat, with 8 cable bridges built to connect the two sides of the river.

Bashan Grand Canyon in Xuanhan is famous for its magnificence, danger, strangeness, beauty and seclusion. The whole scenery is divided into four valleys, five districts, six veins, seven wonders (scenery, rock, cave, water, objects, funnel, folk custom), eight monsters (hurricane cave, water color bucket, fish on the mountain, Yanli lake, birdsong lamp, blowout color, ye Chengzi, huff and puff River), Jiuqu, Shifeng, Baidong and Qianjing. The uncanny workmanship of nature integrates mountains, water and caves, and displays a huge picture scroll of 300 square kilometers between heaven and earth.

The mountain springs of Bashan Grand Canyon are full of brilliant light. Some of them are singing quietly, some of them are vibrating around the world, some of them are hanging in the mountains, some of them are looming

There are more than 100 caves in Bashan Grand Canyon. Some of them are majestic and thin, some of them are exquisite, some of them are beautiful, some of them are like animals living in groups, some of them are unfathomable. Stalactite is more strange, beautiful. Some people praise these caves as "fairyland on earth, underground heaven".

The uncanny workmanship of more than 200 million years has left us this underground wonder. What has not yet been completed is the funnel group of large and small. They are different in depth and shape. The most amazing thing is that there is a wind tunnel with a diameter of more than 200 meters on the mountain of the second village of Longquan Township. It is full of clouds and fog all the year round, and there are many hurricanes, which make people feel creepy and dare not approach. The local people said that the hail there was vomited by monsters in the cave.

There are five funnel groups in the whole Bashan Grand Canyon Scenic Area. The local people call them spiral holes. Adults and children like to throw stones into the holes. They listen to the sound of different sounds. Many of the holes sound for several minutes, which is really unpredictable.

The unique karst landform makes Bashan gorge feel rich and colorful, including natural Millennium karst cave, Panlong cave, Jiwang cave, etc. Add a mysterious color to Bashan gorge.

Animals and plants

Bashan Grand Canyon is not only beautiful and charming, but also rich in animal and plant resources, many of which are rare species. There are tiger, bear, roe, deer, muntjac antelope, goat, hairy dog, flying tiger, badger, hedgehog, minnow, monkey, wild boar, Turkey, golden pheasant, pheasant, Benben chicken, baby chicken, bamboo chicken, guinea fowl and so on. There are many kinds of birds. There are dozens of species in the river, such as salamander and Yayu. They are active in the mountains and rivers, singing and shaking the valley. They are pleasant to the ear, with different postures and beautiful.

Bashan Grand Canyon is also a huge natural botanical garden, with more than 3000 kinds of higher plants, including 1348 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines and more than 30 kinds of rare plants. They not only add luster to the vast mountains, but also provide people with all kinds of natural fruits and vegetables, with more than 300 kinds of edible plants.

Strange, dangerous and beautiful

There are numerous scenic spots in Bashan Grand Canyon, among which the ten most characteristic scenic spots attract a large number of Chinese and foreign tourists. All kinds of animals gathering is made up of all kinds of rocks. Each statue is as lifelike as the craftsmen! The majestic fairy rock stands on the top of the peaks, overlooking the surging river. Yangguling in the river, a magical cave, named Guanyin cave. There are many beautiful myths and legends in this cave, which have been passed down to this day. If you want to know these legends, you might as well watch them yourself and ask the local people! Three hundred meters ahead of Longquan, along the Qianjiang River, you can see that at the intersection of the mountain and the blue sky, the rocks on both sides almost connect to form an overpass, which is the famous Nantianmen. Two waterfalls gush out from the two straight mountains in the South Tianmen. The spray of water makes the whole Canyon look like a sky palace surrounded by clouds. This is the Erlong waterfall! Straight up the river is the famous old Huangshan, which is no less beautiful than Huangshan in Anhui Province. There is a more magical rhinoceros moon, do not see do not know, looked startled. Although it is only a mountain, it is so active. After this period, it's a day. Speaking of this scenic spot, it's the best time to be here at noon. You don't want to see the sun. With a total length of 500 meters, you can only see a beam straight to the bottom of the river, clearly overlooking the fish and shrimp swimming in the water. Let's take a look at the Panlong cave. There are various kinds of stalactites, clear underground rivers, overpasses, bottomless caves and bridges in the cave, which make people stay in a fairyland and forget to return. In the direction of Chengkou, is Jiming mountain, a live cock singing dawn.

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