Three Gorges scenic area of the Yellow River

Three Gorges scenic area of the Yellow River

The Three Gorges scenic area of the Yellow River is a national AAAA tourist attraction, the hometown of dinosaurs, painted pottery, flowers and Nuo culture in China.

The Three Gorges scenic spot of the Yellow River is located in the southwest of central Gansu Province and Yongjing County in the north of Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture. It is 44 kilometers away from Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province. It borders Qinghai in the West and Lanzhou in the northeast. It is close to the Eurasian Continental Bridge and Lanzhou Qingdao line. It is an important passage of the ancient Silk Road. It is famous for Liujiaxia hydropower station and Binglingsi grottoes. The Yellow River flows through the county 107 kilometers in the shape of "s", forming three gorge landscapes of Bingling gorge, Liujia gorge and Yanguo gorge, constituting the Three Gorges scenic spot of the Yellow River, with a total area of 214 square kilometers. It is a tourist attraction with rich connotation and distinctive characteristics, with beautiful natural scenery, scattered places of interest, and ancient and modern cultures.

Development history

There are Bingling Temple grottoes, the national key cultural relics protection unit; Liujiaxia, Yanguoxia and Bapanxia hydropower stations, which are known as the "Pearl of the Yellow River", are the cradle of China's hydropower industry. In 2004, Liujiaxia hydropower station was listed as the national industrial tourism demonstration site; Bingling lake, Taiji Lake and MaoGong lake are the largest artificial freshwater lakes in Northwest China, with a water area of 158 square kilometers, accounting for 50% of the scenic area Taiji island is the largest constructed wetland in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River, where more than 20000 rare birds of 26 species, such as grey crane, white crane and glazed crane, inhabit In 2001, the Ministry of land and Resources approved it as Liujiaxia Dinosaur National Geopark; on both sides of the Yellow River, there are rich and splendid Yangshao culture, Qijia culture and Xindian culture, known as the "hometown of painted pottery", and the unearthed "king of painted pottery" is now stored in the Chinese Museum of history. In the scenic spot, the folk customs and arts such as Hua'er, Nuo dance, Xianxiao and treasure God are colorful, simple and unique, and are listed as "Linxia Hua'er collection place" by the UN intangible heritage protection organization.

The Three Gorges scenic spot of the Yellow River is located in Yongjing County, which is composed of Bingling Gorge Scenic Spot, Liujia Gorge Scenic Spot and Yanguo Gorge Scenic spot. The scenic area is rich in cultural landscape and beautiful in natural scenery.

Main attractions

Bingling lake of Liujiaxia reservoir is one of the largest plateau man-made lakes in China, with wide water surface and excellent water quality. The vast lake water, like endless green silk rippling in the mountains, painted boats full of laughter, white sails floating fishing songs, the scenery set Jiangnan beautiful and high yuan majestic in one, is a tourist attraction. Bingling lake is not only the largest aquaculture base with the best water quality in Longyuan, but also an ideal training ground for water sports. Bingling lake has been designated as the training base for the national Canoeing Team. In Bingling Lake scenic area, many tourist attractions are scattered. The Baita temple on the North Bank of the lake area is a famous Buddhist holy land. The white tower, which is rich in the charm of Tibetan culture, stands in the background of blue water and blue sky. Bami mountain, about 5 kilometers up the Taohe River, has many mountains, forests, springs and charming flowers. Here are the Golden Flower Fairy temple in bamishan built in the Chenghua period of Ming Dynasty and the beautiful legend about the golden flower girl. Adjacent to the pine tree Xian, stands the hundred foot green pine made of the "burning stick" of the golden flower girl. Together with the deep winding path and the Baolong mountain full of pavilions, it forms another scenic spot. Crossing Taohekou, the magnificent Liujiaxia dam is in front of us. The total installed capacity of Liujiaxia hydropower station is 1.225 million KW. It is a large-scale one million KW hydropower station designed, constructed, manufactured, installed and managed by China. The hydropower station is mainly for power generation, with comprehensive benefits of flood control, irrigation, ice control, aquaculture, water transportation and tourism. The dam is 147 meters high, like a 40 story building, towering over the Yellow River. The factory building is under the dam and in the mountains. The five generator sets sing day and night. The whole factory building is like a magic palace in a fairy tale. In case of flood discharge from the dam of the power station, standing on the Liujiaxia Yellow River Bridge, you will see a magnificent artificial waterfall. The water of the Yellow River is pouring down from the spillway, as if from the sky, and the waves are striking the bank. In May 1995, Liujiaxia hydropower station was named as the patriotic education base of Gansu Province by the CPC Gansu Provincial Committee; in July 2004, it was listed as the first batch of industrial tourism demonstration sites in China by the National Tourism Administration. Longhuishan is undoubtedly another bright spot of the Three Gorges scenic spot of the Yellow River. Here, the mountains are like waves, the new pines are green, and the pavilions and buildings are indistinct. "Reader forest", the landmark project of "protecting mother river", is in the mountains. Surrounded by mountains, the Yellow River and Taoshui meet, hydropower stations and dams depend on each other, and Bingling lake is full of blue waves. Visitors here are all impressed.

Historical allusions

When the Yellow River comes out of Liujiaxia, it turns to the West and forms a man-made lake in front of the Yanguoxia dam. Because it looks like Taiji, it is called Taiji lake. Taiji lake is a famous bird island in Gansu Province. There are 9 islands, large and small, with lush reeds, 38 species of Swan, grey goose and more than 20000 migratory birds. This is the largest natural wetland in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. It was listed as the Yellow River Three Gorges Wetland Nature Reserve in Gansu Province in January 1995. Taiji island has a total area of 4000 mu, and there are thousands of Mu reed marshes on the island. Taiji island is a beautiful picture with clear water like a mirror, reed flowers like weaving, lotus leaf fields, jujube forest lush, rice and Shu waves, silver carp leaping waves, and red gulls. Luojia cave, a famous Buddhist temple, is located on the South Bank of the Yellow River, which is cut on the high cliff. It is said that in the early Ming Dynasty, Nepalese princes came to China to practice and become Buddhists. Ganggou temple on the southwest Bank of Taiji lake has dense trees and magnificent mountains. Every year on the 2nd and 3rd of April in the lunar calendar, there is not only a flourishing fragrance, but also a "Hua'er" Song Festival, which attracts people from the four townships to visit. Along the Taiji lake, Yanguoxia Hydropower Station, another pearl in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, is showing its outstanding style. Together with Liujiaxia hydropower station, it has become a landmark landscape of modern civilization in the Three Gorges of the Yellow River. The Yanguoxia Hydropower Station was built in September 1958 with a total design installed capacity of 352000 kW. In November 1961, the first unit generated electricity. In Laohukou, adjacent to the upstream of Yanguoxia Hydropower Station, there are rare large-scale dinosaur footprints in the world. These dinosaur footprints were formed in the Jurassic or early Cretaceous, and have a history of more than 170 million years. They are rare in the world for their large scale, many species, well preserved, high definition, strong three-dimensional sense and multi-level appearance. Some of them are the largest dinosaur footprints found in the world. The environmental conditions for the formation of dinosaur footprints are special, and the morphology, arrangement and combination of dinosaur footprints can truly reflect a considerable part of the physiological characteristics and living habits of dinosaurs. According to the remains of dinosaur footprints fossil group in Liujiaxia, experts believe that the environment at that time should have been exposed on the surface of the lake, which contained a certain amount of sediment. Because it was exposed on the surface, it gradually dehydrated and was in a semi wet and semi dry state. When dinosaurs walked, the footprints left could be formed. The dinosaurs that left these footprints belong to giant sauropod dinosaurs, small sauropod dinosaurs and Xugu dinosaurs. There are three types of dinosaur footprints. The first kind of footprints are oval in shape with obvious footprints. The largest group of footprints is 150 cm in length, 120 cm in width, 375 cm in stride length and 345 cm in lateral space. At that time, it was almost certain that it was the largest group of dinosaur footprints found in the world. In the second type, the posterior foot is truncated, 76 × 60 cm in size, and the anterior foot is semicircular, 49 × 40 cm in size. The third kind of footprints is three toed, the middle toe is the longest, about 25 cm, about 6 cm wide, and the opening angle between the toes is between 30 ° and 40 °. The heel is round, about 10 cm in diameter, and the toe tip is pointed, which may belong to the footprints of carnivorous dinosaurs. Liujiaxia dinosaur footprints fossil is of great scientific research and popular science value, and is also a very rare and precious natural landscape. In November 2001, it was approved by Gansu provincial government to establish "Liujiaxia Cretaceous dinosaur footprint group provincial nature reserve". It was listed as the second batch of national geoparks on February 28, 2002. In October 2005, the monument of Liujiaxia Dinosaur National Geopark was opened. Dinosaur footprints have added infinite charm to the Three Gorges of the Yellow River. The Three Gorges of the Yellow River has not only unlimited scenery, but also rich and colorful cultural relics. The long history and unique geographical environment have created the profound and profound cultural deposits of the Three Gorges of the Yellow River. Yangshao culture, Qijia culture and Majiayao culture sites are all over the Yellow River. The ancient city of Han and Tang Dynasties is well-known in history. The Great Wall, beacon towers and ancient ferries still reflect the waves of the Yellow River. Nuo dance, known as the "living fossil" of drama, is a unique folk song "Hua'er" in the western plateau, as well as popular folk art such as Yangko song and Xianxiao. In March 2004, it was listed as the United Nations folk song inspection base. Due to the mutual influence and integration of the agricultural culture of the Central Plains, the animal husbandry culture of the plateau, and the Buddhist culture of the western regions, there are more cultural attitudes here

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