Toad dam

Toad dam

Toad dam is located in wulanbutong area of Keqi at the junction of Hebei and Inner Mongolia. It is a high and gentle slope land with "ditch" or Lowland on three sides. There are many hills and mountains here, with unique landforms. In autumn, the scenery is gorgeous. The red leaves all over the mountains, the flowing gold and the elixir, the bright yellow birch leaves among the clusters of red leaves are fused together to form a natural picture.

brief introduction

Dam, as the name suggests, has many "dams", and Toad dam is one of them.

On the toad dam

Toad dam, with its original village style, is located in Huamugou forest region of Keshiketeng Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. In the eyes of photographers, it is a "treasure land" for photography creation, which is never tired of taking photos and is always new.

Toad dam is more than 20 kilometers away from Hongshan military horse farm. Along the oil road leading to Keqi, it passes through Huamugou forest farm and goes northwest into the rural road. Then it goes about three or four kilometers and slowly climbs up from low to high. A place dotted with elms, birches and other trees is toad dam.

No one can say clearly why toad dam was named. The geographical situation of North-South trend, two mountains and one ditch, a small river at the bottom of the ditch that can be crossed in one step, clear and tortuous, is the water source of cattle, sheep and other livestock. Under the hillside, in the ditch, there are dozens of thatched cottages and newly built red brick houses. The sound of chickens and dogs, the smoke of cooking, has a kind of primitive pastoral flavor.

The beauty of toad dam lies in the word "nature". The village is small and hidden in the ditch. If you don't stop, you can't find it even if you drive by the village. The slope is not steep, but the gully is vertical and horizontal, with ups and downs. The top of the mountain is birch trees. The hillside is irregular terraces. At the foot of the mountain are graceful old elm trees in twos and threes. In the gap between the trees are circular or rectangular sheepfolds and Cowpens. There is no unified planning, no deliberate arrangement, and no artist's guidance. Everything is so natural, and everything conforms to the aesthetic norms of scattered height, interspersed density, and harmonious combination. Even if the novice photographers come to Toad dam, they don't have to worry about how to compose a picture, because the photography elements here are too perfect. Just put the camera to that one and press the shutter, it's a picture! No wonder people who have been here always feel that they don't have enough film or complain that their digital cameras don't have enough storage. Due to its unique geographical structure and cultural environment, toad dam is beautiful all year round, especially in autumn and winter. In autumn, the mountains are colorful and the grains are fragrant. Toad dam, which used to be simple and unadorned, is now a bride in full dress. She is radiant and stands on the roadside and hillside of the village to welcome visitors from all directions. In winter, the snow covered toad dam is like a quiet hermit. He has been through the world, and is calm as water. It seems that he can purify his soul by looking at it from a distance. The arrival of photographers makes the little-known toad dam famous all over the world; the selfless gift of toad dam also makes many photographers win gold and silver in different film competitions at home and abroad. More than that, a dedicated person has published a picture album for Toad dam, named archives of a northern mountain village, which records the life track and historical changes of a small mountain village in northern China in the tide of reform and opening up.

Traffic information

1. Take the coach from Chifeng bus station to Keqi Jingpeng Town, and take the bus from Keqi bus station to wulanbutong Tourism Development Zone to wulanbutong scenic spot. 2. Hebei Weichang bus station and mechanical forest farm have buses to wulanbutong.

On the way to Huamugou, you will pass the toad dam.

Address: wulanbutong Township, Keshiketeng Banner, Chifeng

Longitude: 117.359166

Latitude: 42.670522

Chinese PinYin : Ha Ma Ba