sand lake

Shahu, located in Pingluo County, about 50 kilometers northwest of Yinchuan City, is an eco-tourism scenic spot integrating Jiangnan Water Town and desert scenery. Shahu scenic area is composed of the lake area in the north and the desert area in the south. In the desert area, there is a lake on one side and an artificial canal on the other, which is not connected with the land. You must buy a cruise ticket to go to the desert area.

Shahu is also a good place for bird watching. There are spot billed Duck, red billed Duck and Heron breeding in the lake area. In addition, there are a large number of migratory birds, mainly in April to May and September to October each year. During the period of migratory birds, there are a hundred birds contending here. When the birds fly, it is very spectacular to block out the sky and the sun. In winter, there are ice sculptures and ski resorts in Shahu.

sand lake

Shahu scenic spot in Shizuishan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region is located in Pingluo County, Shizuishan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. It is a national AAAAA level scenic spot with natural landscape as the main body and the organic combination of sand, water, reed, bird and mountain,

It is known as a "rare cultural tourist resort in the world".

Shahu eco-tourism area in Ningxia is a tourism pearl on the "Silk Road Post station" which integrates the beauty of Jiangnan Water Town and the power of northern desert. The main scenic spots are Shahu international sand sculpture garden, Bird Island (hundred birds Paradise), Hudong wetland (bird observation station), Xinmen District Square, Shahu inscription stone and other redundant landscapes.

In 2000, it was designated as "national civilized tourism scenic spot" by the central office of spiritual civilization, the Ministry of construction and the National Tourism Administration

In 2018 China Yellow River Tourism Conference, it was rated as "50 scenic spots of China Yellow River"

The best ecotourism destination of China National Tourism in 2018.

Development history

Shahu scenic spot used to be a dish shaped depression in Xidatan of Yinchuan plain. It had been cultivated and garrisoned as early as 407 ad, and was developed on a large scale in the early Qing Dynasty.

In 1952, 5804 officers and men of the first agricultural construction division of the Chinese people's Liberation Army established a state-owned Qianjin farm, which was one of the earliest state-owned farms.

In 1977, the farm began to use the Shahu wetland to raise fish.

In 1986, the leading group of nature reserve regionalization of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region made an investigation on the birds in Shahu Lake, which was listed in the "plan of nature reserve regionalization of Ningxia". The people's Government of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region approved the plan by Ning Zheng fa (1986) No.57 document. A total of 39 conservation areas were zoned in the plan, among which Shahu Lake (Qianjin Lake) was listed as a no hunting area.

In 1990, it was named Shahu.

In 1994, it was rated as "one of the 35 trump tourist attractions in China" by the National Tourism Administration.

On January 27, 1997, the people's Government of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region approved the establishment of Ningxia Shahu nature reserve.

In 2001, Shahu was rated as one of the first 4A eco-tourism areas in China by the National Tourism Administration.

In 2007, it was rated as the first batch of 5A scenic spots in China by the National Tourism Administration.

In 2013, it won the title of "China's top ten charming wetlands" of CCTV.

geographical environment

geographical position

Shahu is located between Shizuishan City and Pingluo County, 26 kilometers away from Shizuishan City and 56 kilometers away from Yinchuan, the capital. The national highway and Baotou Lanzhou railway pass by the lake, and the Beijing Tibet Expressway goes directly to Shahu. The total area of the scenic spot is 80.10 square kilometers, including 22.44 square kilometers of water area and 22.52 square kilometers of desert area. It is located at N38 ° 39 ′ 27.97 ″ N and E104 ° 04 ′ 58.66 ″ E.

topographic features

The bedrock stratum of Shahu Lake belongs to Cenozoic quaternary Holocene Series. The geomorphic unit belongs to Yinchuan plain beach land (Xidatan dished depression). The central part of the lake is the lake, the South Bank of the lake is the mobile sand dune, the east side of the lake is mainly saline alkali depression, and the West and north sides are mainly farmland. The reserve is adjacent to the flood plain of Helan Mountain in the west, and the terrain is high in the West and low in the East. The front edge of the flood plain is a low-lying area, that is, the second farm canal belongs to the West Beach of the East 1st branch canal to the third drainage canal and the East survey Bayi branch canal. Because of the low-lying terrain, high groundwater level and large evaporation, it is mostly low-lying saline alkali wetland.

Shahu Lake is an ancient channel type lake, which is formed by the ancient channel depression of the Yellow River, which is eroded by mountain torrents, overflowed and collected by groundwater, and recharged by atmospheric precipitation and surface water. Its characteristics are: the shape of the lake is controlled by the shape of the depression, which is irregular; the depth of the lake is mostly 2-3 meters. Because of the low-lying terrain around the lake and the shallow groundwater table, the soil salinization and gleying are serious. Sand dunes are divided into mobile dune, crescent dune, honeycomb dune, ridge dune, fixed dune, semi fixed dune and flat dune according to their morphological characteristics and activity degree. Fixed and semi fixed dunes are mainly grass dunes, about 1-2 meters high, with flat sand distributed between them, and the terrain is relatively gentle. The mobile dunes are undulating, 3-5 meters high and some 10-20 meters high, without vegetation growth. Because the sandy land around the lake is widely distributed, it is named Shahu.

climate

The northwest inland plateau of Shahu is a typical continental semi humid and semi-arid climate. The rainy season is mainly from June to September. It is characterized by long winter cold, short summer heat, few rain and snow, dry climate, strong wind and sand, cold in the South and warm in the north. Because the elevation of Shahu Lake is more than 1000 meters, there is no intense heat in summer; the average temperature in January is below - 8 ℃, and the extreme low temperature is below - 22 ℃.

The most significant characteristics of the climate in Shahu Lake are large diurnal temperature difference, long sunshine duration and strong solar radiation. The diurnal temperature difference in most areas can reach 12-15 ℃. May to October is the best tourist season.

Main attractions

International sand sculpture garden

The international sand sculpture park was officially opened on August 11, 2002. It is the venue for the previous sand sculpture competitions. Sand sculpture experts from the United States, France, Russia and other countries compete here. Up to 2018, Sand Lake has successfully held several sand sculpture competitions.

Photo gallery of Chairman Mao

Located in the South Beach, the Museum of Mao Zedong's portraits displays 200000 fine Mao Zedong's portraits collected by Yang Weifu, and more than 30 kinds of gold, silver, copper, iron, aluminum, wood, as well as series and special portraits made in 29 provinces, cities and autonomous regions during the "Cultural Revolution".

State farms Museum

In August 2008, as the Beijing Olympic Games and the 50th birthday of Ningxia, Ningxia Agricultural Reclamation Museum, which was opened to the public, is the first autonomous region level industry Museum in Ningxia.

The exhibition hall covers an area of 1800 square meters, with more than 2000 pieces of real objects. It contains all kinds of real objects and materials from the initial stage of Ningxia Agricultural Reclamation to the current reform and development, with a time span of half a century.

Wetland Museum

Ningxia Wetland Museum opened on October 29, 2010, with the main content of popularizing wetland knowledge and bird Expo, wetland as the main exhibition line, Shahu Lake as the focus, and the theme of harmony and unity of nature, society and people.

With reed, bird, water and sand as the design elements, Ningxia Wetland Museum adopts the main shape of "sand dune" and combines sound, light, electricity, image and other scientific and technological technologies to organically combine wetland knowledge, wetland biology, wetland culture, relationship between wetland and human beings, scientific research, collection and exhibition, entertainment and tourism services.

Sand Lake and Bird Island

Bird island is located in the core area of Shahu bird reserve, also known as hundred bird paradise. It is one of the bird watching places with the closest distance to birds and the largest number of bird species in China.

There are 17 orders, 44 families, 178 species and more than 1.5 million birds in the bird island, including 5 species of national first-class protected birds, such as great bustard, Chinese merganser, black stork, white tailed sea eagle and golden eagle, 21 species of national second-class protected birds, such as great swan, Little Swan and mandarin duck, and 24 species of key protected animals in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

In 2013, Shahu scenic area reconstructed and expanded the bird watching platform on the east side of bird island.

Shahu inscription stone

On June 19, 1991, Comrade Jiang Zemin, then president of the state, came to Ningxia to inspect his work and inscribed the word "Shahu" in his own handwriting when visiting Shahu.

On September 13, 2010, Comrade Wu Bangguo, then member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, visited the Shahu Lake during his investigation in Ningxia. After fully affirming the characteristic landscape of sand and water, he personally wrote "water around sand dunes is unique in the world".

Features of scenic spots

Performing Arts

Bird tea art of Sichuan Opera

There are bird spirits from South America, Singapore, Sichuan and other places in the sand lake bird show, and there are also local birds in the Sand Lake. The cultural elements of the Sand Lake are integrated into the show. Through the plot, the show shows the harmony between man and nature.

Sea lion show

Humorous sea lion performances include heading, shooting, saluting, shyness, one handed handstand, jumping disco, balancing the ball on the bar, sit ups, playing clarinet and so on.

Home wedding

The original Hui Hua'er folk drama "wedding at home" artistically reproduces the unique marriage habits of the Hui nationality with the lyrics of Hua'er as the rhythm, the music of Hua'er as the main melody, and the combination of life scenes and song and dance of Hua'er as the form of expression

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