What's the secret in Enshi 10 km long rift valley?

20 13 stayed in Enshi for one night when he came back from Tibet by car. I felt that Enshi was still a small town at that time, unlike the current prosperity. Due to the fatigue of more than a month's journey, I didn't enter the Grand Canyon, which also added a little impulse to this Enshi trip.

Waterfalls in the rift valley flow like cool underground palaces.

At night in Enshi, I stayed at daughter village Hotel in Enshi Grand Canyon Tourist Reception Center. Not far ahead is the famous Yunlong ground fissure. The friends haven't arrived yet. Let's take an aerial photo first. The steep cliffs in the canyon, the roaring single mountains, the uneven virgin forests and ancient villages, and the winding cracks that stretch for miles are like falling stars in the night sky.

This canyon seam connects the upstream reservoir, meandering 10 kilometers, with a visual width of about 10 meters and a depth of 70-80 meters. The width is different at different stages. There is a plank road along the seam cliff near the bottom of the valley, which is undulating. The cracks are full of strange stones, ancient trees are green, and the crimson cliffs are covered with green vegetation. It was easy to move. Several waterfalls flew down and collided with the rocks on the cliff to create beautiful "sparks", and the roaring water echoed in the valley.

Continue down to the depths, colorful Huanglong Waterfall, Rainbow Waterfall and Yunlong Waterfall. Counting, there are seven or eight waterfalls in this narrow crack. The waterfall falls into a flowing light green stream and finally flows into the Qingjiang River. Walking on the plank road and passing through these waterfalls feels like a light rain. It's a little cold to wear short sleeves. People often forget to move their feet and block the pedestrians behind them. Enshi is a subtropical humid climate in mid-latitude, with no severe cold in winter and no heat in summer. The annual average temperature in the city is about 65438 06℃. Will you take your family and friends to drill a ground fissure in July and August?

Miss Enshi said that this is the only ground fissure of different geological ages on both sides of the Taiwan Strait in the world. The Triassic stratum formed 65.438+0.8-2.3 billion years ago on the right bank and the Permian stratum formed 25-2.8 billion years ago on the left bank. Due to the faulting in the early crustal movement, the Triassic strata are in fault contact with the Permian strata. Yunlong ground fissure used to be the undercurrent section of Yunlong River, and it sank and slept in the form of underground river for 20 to 30 million years. Later, due to the strong scouring of water, the top of the underground river collapsed and ground fissures appeared, which became a great spectacle of Enshi Grand Canyon.

Looking at the rift valley waterfall in the sky, it is like the fall of the Milky Way, reflecting the dream between heaven and earth.

Strange peaks and rocks are like Tujia mountain village.

The ground fissure is near the cable car station, and the cable car passes through the ground fissure to reach the first peak. The Tujia Diaojiao Building below is surrounded by a green shade, with upturned cornices and wooden doors and windows, which gives people a wonderful feeling like a paradise with its unique form and charm. Tujia Diaojiao Building is both beautiful and practical, with hanging feet at the bottom and high-rise residence. In Enshi mountainous area, you can often see rows of diaojiao buildings, which are randomly built on gentle slopes, like streets and market towns. The sound of chickens and dogs is endless, and hundreds of kitchens are smoky, which arouses people's nostalgia for their hometown.

Qixingzhai is not a stockade, but a world with dense stone forests and strange peaks. Altitude 1500- 1900 meters, there are about 4-5 continuous mountains. Looking around, dozens of limestone peaks are undulating and densely distributed, forming a vast forest of stone pillars. We should go up at least three mountains and down three mountains, and walk all the way to the end without looking back. If Yunlong Rift Valley is a palace hidden underground, then Qixingzhai is a stone forest castle on the cloud.

Looking at the valley from a distance, there are layers of peaks and peaks, which are almost perpendicular to the cliffs of the Grand Canyon. The vegetation is green, the uneven houses are surrounded by white clouds, and the sinkholes, cracks and caves are like a beautiful scenic corridor, which is praised by China people as the Colorado of the East.

The plank road in Qixingzhai is built on a steep mountain wall, and it twists and turns with the terrain, as if a gentle and graceful Tujia girl is waving to us.

This mountain is called "Mountains and Rivers", and the thinnest on the left is called "Yubi Peak" and "Lovers Peak". At first glance, it is a thin mountain peak, which can be regarded as a jade pen. At first glance, it can be divided into two peaks. The one on the right is slightly taller and stronger, symbolizing the husband, and the one on the left is slightly shorter and thinner, with a head and a waist, which seems to lean on the husband and linger, symbolizing the wife. The middle one is called "Jade Girl Mountain", like a Tujia woman carrying a basket, but the one on the right is not called "peak", it is tall and wide, and it becomes a screen. The three mountains stand side by side, forming a very unbalanced "Sichuan" word.

Welcome pine is almost a must-see attraction of famous mountains, and it is also a kind of intention of local people to welcome guests. Enshi Grand Canyon is inevitable. This tree only sticks out from behind the rock wall, just like a shy little wife.

A wick of incense has become the treasure of the Grand Canyon. It is a rare single Triassic limestone pillar on the earth. The data show that the height is 150m, the diameter of the column bottom is 6m, and the minimum diameter is only 4m. The wind can't blow down, and the rain can't beat down. It has stood proudly among the peaks for thousands of years, guarding this mysterious land, which is really rare. According to legend, this stone pillar is a difficult fragrance given by the gods to the local people. If it is lit by a disaster, the gods will come down to help the poor when they see a little smoke. The fragrance is long and thin. When the sky is clear in Wan Li, if a white cloud is stacked on the top of the mountain, it looks like a fairyland from a distance. In rainy weather, a layer of mist rises like a wisp of green yarn, looming and charming.

It is said that Qixingzhai was built and stationed by a black toast in Enshi that year. The complex terrain can't be stormed by ten thousand people, and one person guards it. It is also said that during the Republic of China, a dozen Tujia youths came here to escape the crisis. Looking from the mountain, the view is wide, and Tujia village in the valley below is unobstructed.

Some Tujia people in Enshi are descendants of Cubans, and some say they moved from Guizhou in ancient times. Historically, Tujia marriage was relatively free. In Shi Yao and Dashan, Enshi, there is a custom of "Daughter Meeting". Every year on the 12th day of the seventh lunar month, young men and women sing and dance, get to know each other and fall in love, and become lifelong companions.

In the evening, I went to the Grand Canyon Theatre to watch Enshi's famous "Dragon Boat Tune" performance and listened for a long time. It originally originated here, and it has been included in the world's excellent folk songs. Tujia people have a folk singing form with colorful dragon boats as props, which has a history of more than 300 years. This song vividly depicts the picture of a lively and beautiful young woman passing the ferry when she returns to her parents' home and asking the ferryman to ferry across the river. Very lyrical and infectious, it is said that she will cry for you!