Luliang colorful sand forest

Luliang colorful sand forest

Luliang colorful sand forest is a national AAAA tourist area, 18 kilometers away from Luliang County. It has 108 named scenic spots, distributed in the "Y" shaped Canyon, with a total area of 180 hectares. The sand forest is formed by weathering and denudation, and is in the shape of mountains and peaks. It is also a famous geological tourism landscape because its main colors are red, yellow and white, mixed with green, blue, black and gray, and different seasons, climate, sunshine and viewing angles produce colorful colors.

In April 2018, the quality rating committee of Yunnan tourist attractions decided to give Luliang colorful sand forest a serious warning and set a deadline of 3 months for rectification.

Description of scenic spots

The national AAAA level tourist area, colorful sand forest, covers an area of 25 square kilometers and the reserve area of 52.8 square kilometers. It is an important scenic spot on the excellent tourist routes in Yunnan. It is 40 kilometers away from Shilin and 130 kilometers away from Kunming. It has superior location advantages and convenient access conditions. It is a rare natural spectacle in the world, which was formed 340 million years ago and has high tourism value and geographical research value. It is a desert in an oasis and a colorful dream world. It is the largest theme park of colored sand sculpture in the world. Luliang is the largest dam in Yunnan Guizhou Plateau. According to legend, it is the hometown of Meng Huo, the leader of Southern Ethnic Minorities in the Three Kingdoms period. The Cuan culture centered on the Cuan family originated here in the southern and Northern Dynasties. It is a rare natural wonder in the world, which was formed 340 million years ago and has high tourism value and geographical research value. Its unique geographical structure, after thousands of years of wind and rain erosion, has formed a colorful and varied dream world - colorful sand forest.

The scenic spot is located 15 kilometers southeast of Luliang County. It covers an area of 25 square kilometers. In 2000, it was awarded the national "AAA" tourist scenic spot. In 2003, it became the national "AAAA" tourist scenic spot. Formed 340 million years ago in the underwater world, its unique geographical structure after thousands of years of wind and rain erosion has become a colorful, thousands of years

The dream world of various postures. In the scenic area, there are mysterious and deep national virgin forest park, efficient and solemn ancient battlefield ruins, ten thousand mu Grass Mountain with wind blowing grass and cattle and sheep in sight, clear and sweet spring, Xichong lake with mirror like water surface, Cuan Longyan stele (national first-class cultural relic), romance of the Three Kingdoms, journey to the West and Yanhuang ancestor 》More than 20 large-scale film and television dramas have left many permanent classical architectural scenes here, as well as the marvellous spectacle and fantastic rehearsal of sesalin and the long-standing cuanman culture and Three Kingdoms culture that it carries

Here, you can ride a horse, take a sedan chair, take a chariot, drive a speedboat, listen to Cuan's ancient music, enjoy folk songs and dances, eat meals of officers and soldiers in the ancient battlefield, participate in a variety of entertainment activities, and experience other interesting browsing pleasure.

Colorful sand forest is full of the primitive savagery of human beings and the harmonious coexistence of human and nature, which makes more people know about it, enter it and enjoy it

The sand forest is formed by weathering and denudation,

It is in the shape of mountain ranges and peaks; the sand peaks of sand cliffs and sand pillars show golden yellow, white, red and gray as the main tone, with black, green, blue and other colors intermingled. It is full of colorful colors. With different seasons, climate, sunshine and viewing angles, it produces gorgeous colors. Especially at the beginning of the light rain, when the clouds open and the sun rises, it is even more magnificent. From a distance, there are colorful clouds all over the mountain, so the local people call it colorful sand forest. According to folklore, the colorful sand forest was originally the incarnation of a black dragon. The black dragon was killed by the evil dragon for saving the common people. The red sand is the flesh and blood of the dragon, the white sand is the skin of the dragon, the black sand is the scale of the dragon, and the jagged cliff stone is the skeleton of the dragon. In memory of the black dragon who died for justice, the people call it heipo.

The gate built by Shalin based on the principles of the book of changes, the largest relief of Cuan history in China, and the gate and palace of Menghuo village left by CCTV shooting the romance of the three kingdoms are of great ornamental value. Near the colorful sand forest, there are also the famous Cuan Longyan stele, the world's ancient geographical indications "Niutoushan ancient land" and "xuandigong" temple, and Wufengshan national virgin forest. The colorful sand forest is connected with the national highway, next to the Luliang station of Nanning Kunming Railway under construction, so the traffic is very convenient. Luliang colorful sand forest is 120 kilometers away from Kunming. There are buses to Kunming bus stations, passing Shizong and Luoping.

Climate conditions

Qujing belongs to the subtropical plateau monsoon climate. Due to the influence of terrain and micro topography, the climate types are diverse. Huize, Xuanwei, Fuyuan and other counties in the north of Qujing have a warm temperate climate, while other places have a subtropical climate. The average temperature in the hottest July is 19 ℃, and the average temperature in the coldest January is 14 ℃.

natural landscape

Colorful sand forest, located 18 kilometers southeast of Luliang County, is a distinctive tourist attraction. She is a treasure offered by nature to human beings. She can make visitors feel satisfied, admire and forget to return.

The scenic area covers an area of 6 square kilometers, adjacent to Cuan Longyan tablet, Zhongnan mountain and Wufeng mountain. It is the result of the evolution of nature for thousands of years; it is a geomorphic spectacle gradually formed by earthquake impact, magma ejection, crustal movement and wind and rain erosion; it is a collection of sand pillars, sand peaks, sand screens and sand wrinkles condensed by colorful sand. The sand peaks stand alone or are connected with each other. They are uneven. From a distance, they become forests. From a near view, they become peaks, with a height of more than 30 meters. The two walls of the valley present clusters of screens, peaks, peaks, cliffs and various shapes.

Because it is a three-dimensional shape, sand forest in the morning, evening, rain, sunny, spring, summer, autumn, winter, with the intensity of light, different angles of sunlight, will produce different colors of landscape. The wonderful "Danqing traditional Chinese painting" with various colors, including red, purple, blue, black, green, gray, green, orange and yellow, is rare in the world. The strange shape, colorful color and rich landscape constitute the scenery of Shalin multifunctional tourist area.

The geological geomorphology of Shalin is of great scientific value. It is the formation of hundreds of millions of years of crustal movement, the cutting, arch lifting and decline of earth force, forming its complex geological landforms. It is a rare specimen of ancient geology and geomorphology. It has been listed as one of the world heritage sites to be protected by WWF. Visitors here can not only acquire living natural knowledge, but also reflect on the past, the changes of the world and the natural laws of the vicissitudes.

Spring, in the sand forest is the most unique, many springs in the forest infiltration, gurgling water, add to the sand forest of smart. When it's sunny, it's Sandy but not gray; when it's dry but not dry; when it's rainy, it's wet but not muddy; when it's rainy, it's not difficult. At the outlet of the spring, the water pressure flushes the sand, and the water is billowing and evaporating. It looks like a curl of cooking smoke. If you go out to sea, the sand spring is clear and transparent, and the water quality is very good.

Sand is unique here. In the sand forest, you can take sand bath and sand therapy, build sand and slide sand, hunt in sand, run horse, play volleyball and play football in sand. The content is rich and colorful. Walking barefoot in the sand forest is the most comfortable. Standing between the sand streams, the sand at the foot is slowly washed away by the stream water, which forms the friction between the sand and the skin of the foot board. I feel very special. The quartz sand here is good in quality, high in purity, and of all thickness. It contains 97.8% quartz sand, gold, silver, copper, iron, zinc, iodine, silicon and other elements.

Sarin, there are many wild animals and plants. There are mainly colorful snakes (green, yellow, flower, white, black, red, green); colorful frogs (green, black, flower, red, green, brown, yellow); colorful butterflies (red, yellow, white, flower, black, green, purple); and otters, muntjacs, foxes, pangolins, rabbits, weasels, squirrels, owls, woodpeckers, Jingji, pheasants, turtledoves, starlings, swallows, yellow ducks, kingfisher, etc. The plants are characterized by orchid, Michelia, Rhododendron, camellia, Tricholoma matsutake and Millettia bovis.

The scenic area is rich in water resources. Xichong lake has a water capacity of 1.39 million cubic meters and a surface area of more than 2000 mu. Surrounded by mountains on three sides, green pines, clear water and secluded environment, you can play on the beach, follow the wind by speedboat, take a day bath on the levee and have a picnic on the island. The fishing center can let the fishing enthusiasts show their skills, and the clear shallow river can make you full of fun. Sand forest, natural landscape strange, rich cultural landscape. The uncanny workmanship of nature carved more than 100 lifelike and lifelike natural shapes here, such as "Cuan King's expedition", "scholar's watch list", "Cuan female Wangfu", "mushroom leaping into the clouds", "bamboo shoots springing up", "Eight Immortals crossing the sea", "goddess embracing the sun" and "Taoyuan Jieyi". These vivid shapes will make you daydream and marvel.

places of historic figures and cultural heritage

In addition, there are many human landscapes integrating science and history in Shalin, which are mainly composed of 34 caves, such as "cave resort", "thirty six cave relief", "cave dance hall", "sand racecourse", "ancient plank road", "fenghuotai", "ancient castle", "Cuan history" relief "," Cuan mansion Xuanmen "and" four treasures of the study (stone pen, graphite, stone) "Inkstone, stone paper", "forest of Steles", "fossil gate", "nanmanqianmen", "yijiazhaimen", "menghuozhaimen", "menghuowangfu", "sand sculpture"

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