lush southern-type fields north of the great wall(sāi shàng jiāng nán)

lush southern-type fields north of the great wall

Saishangjiangnan, originally known as "saibeijiangnan", first refers to the Yellow River Hedong irrigation area in northern Ningxia, that is, the Yellow River irrigation area in Ningxia. Today, it generally refers to the Yellow River Plain in Ningxia, including Yinchuan City, Wuzhong City, Shizuishan City and Zhongwei City in the north of Ningxia. Since ancient times, canals were built in the Qin and Han Dynasties to irrigate with the water from the Yellow River. With developed agriculture and animal husbandry, numerous lakes, continuous wetlands and beautiful scenery, it is better than the south of the Yangtze River. There are national 5A scenic spots such as Shahu and Shapotou, represented by natural scenery, Shuidonggou, Xixia mausoleum and zhenbeibao film and Television City, represented by history and culture, and many tourist attractions such as Helan Mountain, Zhonghua Huixiang Cultural Park, Mingcui lake, huanghe tower and Huanghe altar.

"Taiping Yulan" records that "(SUI langmao)" tujing ": in the second year of Zhou xuanzheng (should be the first year of Zhou xuanzheng, 578), he broke Chen general Wu Mingche and moved to Lingzhou." Lang Mao pointed out: "the people on the left side of the Yangtze River worship rites and are eager to learn. They have different customs, so they are called" the north and the south of the Yangtze River. ". This is the origin of "the north and the South". Lingzhou, which used to be a place where the customs of Qiang and Rong were mixed, had a great change in its fashion. It brought in water to grow rice, mulberry, silkworm, willow, plum and peach, and became the north and south of the Great Wall. Later, the water conservancy and irrigation of the Yellow River was further developed from Hedong irrigation area, making the whole Ningxia plain "the south of the Great Wall".

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Its name is saishangjiangnan, formerly known as saibeijiangnan. Later, it generally refers to the Yellow River Plain in Ningxia and other rich places outside the Great Wall. It is the same as "the north and the South". (1) Taiping Yulan quoted the book "tujing" of langmao of Sui Dynasty as "the northern part of the great wall and the southern part of the Yangtze River". 2. Tang Wei Chan's poem "send the book of Lupan to Lingwu" reads: "orchards at the foot of Helan Mountain have become famous in the north and the south of the Yangtze River.". (3) Ye Shengtao's a day on the dam: "this time we visit, we often hear the saying of" south of the Yangtze River on the Great Wall "and often see the words of" south of the Yangtze River on the Great Wall. " used as an object or attribute; used in northern places

Geography

Ningxia is rich in resources. The annual flow of the Yellow River is 32.5 billion cubic meters, which is suitable for gravity irrigation and lift irrigation. There are 39.38 million mu of grassland, 70% of which are of high quality. It is one of the top ten pastoral areas in China. Non metallic mineral resources are abundant. Gypsum ore reserves rank first in China. Coal reserves rank fifth in China. There are abundant oil and natural gas reserves, diverse biological resources, more than 500 kinds of medicinal plants and 46 kinds of rare birds. Tourism resources are colorful, such as Shuidonggou site, Helan Mountain rock paintings, Xixia mausoleum, Ming Great Wall, Xumishan grottoes, Shahu, Shapotou, laolongtan at the source of Jinghe River, Huaxia western film and Television City, etc., which reflect the brilliant track of ancient and modern cultural exchanges and modern consciousness interpretation of nature. beside the high mountains and deserts in Northwest China, although it is located in a semi-arid area, there is also fertile land like the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, which is the famous "south of the Yangtze River on the Great Wall". The contrast here is strong. You can not only appreciate the desert Jinsha, loess hills, green rice and green flowers in the water town, but you will also be surprised to find that the combination of these two different landscapes is so ingenious, interweaving a colorful picture of "beautiful painting in the south of the Yangtze River on the Great Wall". All the tourists to Ningxia praised and said, "Ningxia is just like a girl whose veil has just been lifted. It's so beautiful that the inner beauty and the outer beauty are integrated together." In agriculture, Ningxia Plain is one of the most concentrated rice producing areas in China, with many rivers and lakes, which is similar to the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, so it is called the south of the Yangtze River. Ningxia on the silk road has an average temperature of 21 ℃ and a minimum temperature of 10 ℃ in August. It is an ideal summer resort. "Jiuqu Yellow River, only a set of rich", Shanghai travel agency's Ningxia western style Shuangfei tourism line, including the northern Hetao Plain and the main scenic spots of Helan Mountains. It is unforgettable to see the beautiful south of the Yangtze River, the majestic desert Yellow River, the mysterious Xixia mausoleum, the winding Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, and the wonderful lakes in the sand.

Yinchuan Hui ethnic customs

Yinchuan is adjacent to Helan Mountain in the West and the Yellow River in the East. The vertical and horizontal irrigation canals of the Yellow River and paddy fields are really the south of the Yangtze River. The streets of Yinchuan city are full of male and female believers wearing small white hats or wearing white square scarves. The five high pitched worships of the previous day of the mosque, the hygiene and prohibition customs, and the halal flavor of oil (oil cake), lamb, hand grasping mutton, mutton kneading noodles, and babaogaiwan tea make up the most impressive Islamic cultural landscape of the Hui nationality. In the city, there are not only the Nanguan mosque with Arabic style, but also the Yuhuang pavilion built in the Ming Dynasty. Built in Xixia, Chengtian temple tower is Ningxia Museum.

Playing in the desert

Shahu ecotourism area is 50 kilometers north of Yinchuan. The 45 square kilometers of water with green reeds and egrets and the 22 square kilometers of desert yellow sand coexist together, making people feel that the world is really wonderful. It's like going back to Shajiabang by boat.

Reminiscence of Xixia Mausoleum

Along the eastern foot of Helan Mountain, the rock paintings, Xixia mausoleum, zhenbeibao film and Television City, Huaxia rare art city, Suyukou National Forest Park, gunzhongkou, sanguanming great wall and baikou Temple form Xixia Mausoleum scenic spot, which is only 50 kilometers away from Yinchuan. the tombs of Xixia kings are one of the largest extant Imperial Mausoleums with the most intact ground relics in China. In the Piedmont wilderness with a radius of 40 square kilometers, nine imperial tombs are arranged in an orderly way, and 253 accompanying tombs are dotted with grand momentum. The Xixia Museum on the east side of the mausoleum shows the rise and fall of Xixia kingdom. Zhenbeibao film and Television City, which is close to zhenbeibao film and Television City, was originally the site of frontier fortress in Ming and Qing Dynasties, but now it is a film and television shooting base. It is characterized by simplicity, primitive, rough and desolate. It has shot many famous award-winning films, such as "red Sorghum", "New Dragon Gate Inn" and "the last love of the Yellow River". self help tourists can enjoy the rock paintings of Helan mountain nearby after visiting Shahu Lake. Helan Mountain rock painting is known as the "silent history book", with a total of more than 2000 groups. It is preparing to apply for world heritage. On the way back to Yinchuan, through Suyukou National Forest Park, you can see running red deer and jumping blue sheep in the vast forest. Occasionally, you can see "Helan clear snow" in midsummer. Gunzhongkou, 35 kilometers away from Yinchuan, used to be the summer resort of Ningxia warlord Ma Hongkui. With steep rocks and lush trees, the temple is close to the mountain. It is the most famous summer resort in Ningxia. You can live in it.

Desert Yellow River

Take a bus from Yinchuan to Zhongwei. On the way, you can visit the 108 pagodas of Qingtongxia. Shapotou tourist area, a world-famous desertification control project, 20 kilometers west of Zhongwei City, is located on the edge of Tengger Desert and close to the Yellow River. There is a big turning of the Yellow River, and the big desert lies on the Bank of the Yellow River, forming a big sand slope with a width of 2000 meters, a height of 200 meters and a slope of 60 degrees. The desert is vast, the river is choppy, the sand mountain is steep, the sand sea oasis, the scenery is vast and magnificent. Visitors can skate in the sand field, roam the Tengger Desert by camel, drift on the Yellow River by sheep skin raft, the oldest means of transportation on the Yellow River, or take a sand bath. On the way back, on the Bank of the Yellow River, you can see the huge old waterwheel still creaking. Such a view of the Yellow River makes people linger.

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