Why Changzhi is the Range Rover of Taihang scenery in China?

Changzhi is called the Range Rover of Taihang Mountain scenery in China because it has 800 miles of Taihang Mountain scenery. The most beautiful scenery is displayed in Changzhi, the highest backbone stands upright in Changzhi, and the heaviest culture is precipitated in Changzhi.

Changzhi is the most magnificent section of the 800-mile Taihang Mountain, with Baquan Gorge, one of the "Ten Most Beautiful Gorges in China", and many natural scenic spots such as Banshan, Tiantong Gorge, Taihang Water Town, Taihang Cave and Tianji Mountain. The dramatic geological changes have created three wonders of Taihang Mountain, namely pagoda peak, canyon and long cliff, making Taihang Mountain a rare geological park in the world.

The multi-level cliff stone wall of red sandstone in the middle of Taihang Mountain is one of the three major sandstone landforms in China. As a branch of Taihang Mountain, Taiyue Mountain has different scenery at different altitudes. In low altitude areas, there are lush vegetation and rich pasture, and in medium altitude areas, there are subalpine meadows that are rare on the flower slopes in North China.

At high altitude, there are virgin forests such as Platycladus orientalis and Pinus tabulaeformis, and there is the largest larch forest in North China, which is on a par with Saihanba. There are also rich species such as brown eared pheasant and leopard living here.

The ancient rhyme Taihang shines brightly:

Entering Changzhi, we are looking for an ancient building, touching the long civilization memory of Taihang Mountain and feeling the profound Chinese civilization on Taihang Mountain. Many ancient buildings, like bright pearls, show the memory of ancient civilization and tell the vicissitudes of history with unique ancient charm.

Changzhi civilization started with a long history. Shennong, the ancient Yan emperor, once "tasted a hundred herbs, got five grains, and taught the people to plow the fields". Many prehistoric myths and legends, such as Jingwei's reclamation, Goddess's mending the sky, Nine-Day War, and Gong Yu's One Mountain, all originated from this place, and are known as the "hometown of myths in China".

Changzhi has a history of more than 2,300 years since Shangdang County was established in Qin Dynasty, and is known as the "Museum of Ancient Chinese Culture and Ancient Buildings". 70% of the ancient buildings before Song and Yuan Dynasties in China are in Shanxi and 50% in Changzhi, which is the area with the largest number, the most concentrated distribution and the most complete system in China.

Some of them are hidden in the market towns and villages on both sides of the Zhanghe River, and some are embedded in the cliffs deep in Taihang Mountain. They silently enrich their treasures with wind, frost, rain and snow, and silently accumulate their own values with the changes of time.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Changzhi City