Taxus Grand Canyon

Taxus Grand Canyon

Taxus Grand Canyon is located in ShuangDi village, Magedang Township, Lingchuan County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province, China. The scenic spot has beautiful scenery, including heimaogou, Baijing ancient road, 72guai stone steps, Taxus group, etc.

The Grand Canyon is deep and dangerous, about 32 kilometers long. The natural scenery in the gorge is beautiful, the cliffs on both sides are cut, and the valley is warm and humid.

Taxus Grand Canyon is located in ShuangDi village, Magedang Township, Southeast of Lingchuan County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province, in the south of Taihang Mountain. The canyon is deep and full of water, with beautiful scenic spots, including heimaogou, Baijing ancient road, the site of dongshuangnao hydropower station, seventy-two Guai stone steps, rare Taxus chinensis trees, etc. ShuangDi village has set up 12 Nongjiale hotels using tourism resources to receive tourists from all over the country.

The gorge is about 32 kilometers long, deep and dangerous, with 25 turns within 20 kilometers. Walking into this grand canyon, you will feel a different momentum. It is not the same as an ordinary canyon. It has beautiful natural scenery, rich primitive flavor, reflecting the scenery of lakes and mountains. On both sides of the river, the cliffs are cut, the rocks are towering, and the shape is peculiar. At the bottom of the river, there are three steps, one spring, five steps, one stream, and ten steps, one pool Calm as a lake. It's like you've fallen into a paradise. It's poetic and picturesque that you can't find a place in winter. The climate of the gorge is warm and humid. Tens of thousands of first-class national protected Taxus species grow on both sides of the gorge. The branches, leaves, roots, stems and fruits of the taxus species can extract the anticancer drug paclitaxel, which is worth more than US $5 million per kilogram. At the same time, the natural landscape of geological relics in Taxus Grand Canyon is rich and colorful, mainly including: geological structure trace, erosion Valley terrace profile, Cambrian and Ordovician sedimentary natural landscape and paleontological fossils. Hongdoucunninghamia lanceolata has a growth history of more than 65 million years. It is a rare plant of the Tertiary period in the world. It is called "living fossil" in the world.

Address: ShuangDi village, Magedang Township, Lingchuan County, Jincheng City

Longitude: 113.44683

Latitude: 35.604806

Chinese PinYin : Hong Dou Shan Da Xia Gu