What scenic spots are there in Ningxia?

Brief introduction of Yinchuan scenic spots and historical sites

Rock paintings at Helankou of Helan Mountain

National key cultural relics protection unit of Helankou rock paintings. Located at Helankou, Helan Mountain, Jinshan Township, Helan County, more than 50 kilometers northwest of Yinchuan City. There are more than 1000 rock paintings on the rock walls more than 600 meters on both sides of the valley. The picture is rough and vigorous, and the composition is simple. Most of them are human heads, accounting for more than half, followed by cattle, horses, sheep, donkeys, deer, wolves, birds and other animals. In addition, there are hunting and sacrificial scenes, as well as the sun, moon, stars, morning, hands, footprints, Xixia characters and so on. The rock paintings at Helankou were carved successively in different periods, most of which were carved by northern nomads during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which reflected the natural ecological environment of ancient Helan Mountain and the living customs, economic conditions and religious beliefs of northern nomads, and were precious ancient cultural relics. ?

Haibaota

Sea Pagoda is a national key cultural relic protection unit. Haibaota Temple in the northern suburb of Yinchuan. 53.9 meters high, it is a square 9-story pavilion-style brick tower. According to legend, King Helian Bobo of Daxia (407-427 AD) was rebuilt. In the forty-eighth year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (1709), the upper four floors collapsed and were restored in the fifty-first year of Kangxi. In the third year of Qianlong (1738), the seismic tower was destroyed and rebuilt in the forty-third year of Qianlong. The tower is built on a 5.7-meter-high square pedestal with a ticket door, a small mansion at the top of the ticket shed in front of the door, and left and right conduits behind the ticket door to board the tower foundation. This tower is 4.2 meters high. The plane of the tower is square, and there is a ticket gate in the middle of both sides, which protrudes slightly outward. There is a niche on both sides of the ticket gate, which has the same shape as the ticket gate. Each floor of the tower is separated by horny bricks and overlapping brick eaves. The upper part of the tower is a quadrangular top with a green peach-shaped tower gate on the top. The tower room is square, and there are arched ticket channels on all sides connected with the ticket gate. Each floor is separated by wooden boards, and a wooden ladder spirals up to each floor. In the Ming Dynasty, Haita Temple was listed as one of the eight scenic spots in Ningxia. Haibaota Temple, where Haibaota is located, is one of the earliest Buddhist monasteries in China. There are Mountain Gate, Heavenly King Hall, Ursa Major Hall, Wei Tuo Hall and Sleeping Buddha Hall. This is an important tourist attraction. ?

Shuidonggou Site/Great Wall

Shuidonggou site is a national key cultural relics protection unit. Located 30 kilometers southeast of Yinchuan City, at the southern foot of lingwu city, the Great Wall of Mount Hengshan Baoming. It faces the Great Wall in the north and the East-West River in the south. 1923 French paleontologist de jinri discovered and excavated it. 1960, 1963 and 1980 Shuidonggou sites were investigated and excavated successively. Shuidonggou site belongs to the late Paleolithic remains. Dolomite is the main raw material for making stone tools, followed by quartzite and flint. Most of the large stone tools are pointed scraper, end scraper and crescent scraper. The striking method is mainly hammering. In addition to stone tools, composite tools and ashes from human fires, grindstones, arrows and decorations were also found. Shuidonggou culture is a very important link in the development sequence of ancient culture in China, which is of great significance for studying the origin of ancient culture in China and Northeast Asia. ?

Western Xia imperial tombs

National key cultural relics protection unit of Xixia mausoleum. Located at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain, 35km west of Yinchuan. The mausoleum covers an area of about 50 square kilometers. In the meantime, there are nine royal cemeteries, such as Yuling of Emperor Taizong of Xixia, Jialing of Emperor Taizong, Tailing of Jing Zong and Kangling of Zong Yi, and more than 200 tombs buried with ministers and nobles. The Xixia Mausoleum was built in 165438+ before the founding of Xixia in 1930s, and the first seven emperors of Xixia and two generations of emperors who pursued their death were buried. When Xixia perished, the mausoleum area was severely damaged, and all the wooden buildings on the ground were burned down, leaving only the buildings such as Lingtai, Shen Qiang and Quetai which were rammed by loess. Each mausoleum is a complete architectural group with roughly the same shape, covering an area of more than 654.38+10,000 square meters, consisting of a corner pavilion, a magpie terrace, a sacred wall, a tablet pavilion, an outer city, a door pavilion, an inner city, a shrine and a mausoleum terrace. The excavated Tomb No.6 consists of a pyramid-shaped mound, a tunnel and a tomb. The tomb has a middle room and two rooms of the same size. Unearthed artifacts include all kinds of gold ornaments, gold-plated silver ornaments, silver ornaments, bamboo carvings, nail plates, and copper ornaments inlaid with precious stones. Unearthed large-scale building components, stone carvings, such as glazed kisses, carved dragon columns, lotus column foundations, portrait tablets and a large number of Xixia and Chinese tablets, are extremely precious physical materials. ?

Chengtiansi pagoda

Chengtian Temple Tower is a cultural relic protection unit in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Chengtian Temple, located in the southwest of Yinchuan, is commonly known as the West Tower. It is an octagonal 1 1 storey pavilion-style brick tower with a height of 64.5 meters. The entrance of the tower faces east and enters the tower room through the ticket passage. The indoor structure is a wooden floor structure, and there are wooden ladders that can spiral up to all floors. According to historical records, Xixia? After the death of Yuan Hao (1050), the first emperor of Xixia, Empress Dowager Cixi spent five years building this stupa and temple in order to protect her one-year-old son Zong Yi. Three years of Qing Qianlong (1738), tower destruction and reconstruction, and twenty-five years of Jiaqing (1820). ?

Huang Yu Pavilion

Cultural relics protection unit of Yuhuangge in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Located at the intersection of Jiefang East Street and Yuhuangge North Street in Yinchuan City. As a building complex built on a rectangular abutment, the abutment is 37.6 meters long from east to west, 28 meters wide from north to south and 8 meters high. There is a north-south arch at the lower part of the abutment, which can pass. The main building on the abutment is a tall and majestic two-story hall with double eaves and nine ridges, five rooms wide and two rooms deep. Starting from the bottom of the main hall, there are five main halls on the roof of the ticket shed facing south, and a small and exquisite ticket shed roof is connected forward in the middle of the main hall and protrudes from the platform. On the east and west sides of the main hall are symmetrical two-story double-eaved pavilion bell and drum tower. The whole building is like a Dapeng with wings spread, showing the trend of flying in the air. Jade Emperor Pavilion was built in an unknown era. Judging from the Ming Dynasty's Map of Hongzhi Ningxia New Town, today's Huangyuting is the Drum Tower of Ningxia City in the Ming Dynasty. After maintenance, it was renamed the Jade Emperor Pavilion in the Qing Dynasty, offering a bronze statue of the Jade Emperor. ?

Sanguankou Great Wall in Ming Dynasty

Sanguankouming Great Wall is located at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain, more than 40 kilometers west of Yinchuan. Sanguankou is the main road between Yinchuan and Alashan Zuo Qi in Inner Mongolia, and it has been a dangerous place for Yinchuan city defense since ancient times. On the north side of the mountain pass, the Great Wall extends northward along the ridge. The wall is made of stone, and the wall and pier have been damaged. On the south side of the mountain pass, the Great Wall extending to the southeast is rammed with loess and well preserved. The wall is about 7 meters high, 6.5 meters wide at the base and 3.5 meters wide at the top. There are female walls on both sides of the wall top. Sanguankou Great Wall was built in the 10th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (153 1), and was leveled by sandstorm. In the 19th year of Jiajing (1540), the old side wall was rebuilt and the Great Wall was added to the north of the three passes. ?

Nanmenlou

Yinchuan cultural relics protection unit south gate building. Located at the southern end of Zhongshan South Street, Yinchuan City. The date of construction is to be inspected. Nanmenlou is the south gate tower of Yinchuan ancient city, also known as Nanxun Tower. Qingganlong lasted for three years (1738), collapsed during the earthquake and was rebuilt in the fifth year. Xuantong was destroyed by war in the third year (19 1 1), and the existing south gate building was rebuilt in the sixth year of the Republic of China (19 17). The south gate building is 20.9 meters high and the abutment is 7.5 meters high. The abutment was originally connected with the city wall. 1953, the city walls on both sides of the abutment were demolished, and stairs were built on both sides of the doorway on the north side of the abutment. There is a two-story building on the abutment, which rests on the top of the mountain with double eaves. There are wooden ladders and corridors around the stairs. South of the building is Nanmen Square, which is a place for large-scale mass gatherings in Yinchuan. ?

drum tower

Cultural relics protection units of Gulou in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Located at the intersection of Jiefang East Street and Gulou North and South Street in Yinchuan City. Built in the first year of Qing Daoguang (182 1), it was presided over by Zhao, the magistrate of Ningxia. In the 14th year of Guangxu (1888), local gentry businessmen donated money for reconstruction, but it was stopped due to lack of funds. It was not until the 6th year of the Republic of China (19 17) that Yu Dingming, the county magistrate of Ningxia, successfully completed it and built a corner square at the four corners. The Drum Tower was built on a square abutment with a side length of 24 meters and a height of 8.3 meters. The abutment is provided with a cross arch hole, which is connected with the surrounding roads. There is a ticket gate on both sides of Dongmen Cave, and there is a back passage at the ticket gate in the north, which can climb to the abutment along the stone steps. In the center of the platform, there are two pavilions with double eaves across the rest peak, and there are wooden ladders for climbing. Drum Tower is also a revolutionary site. During the period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party from 65438 to 0926, the "Ningxia Special Branch of the Communist Party of China" and the Kuomintang County Party Department were located in the northeast corner of the Drum Tower. ?

Xixia tomb scenic spot

Xixia Mausoleum Scenic Area is a national scenic spot. Located in the eastern part of Helan Mountain in the western suburb of Yinchuan City, the total scenic area is 86.34 square kilometers. The main scenic spots in the scenic spot are Xixia Mausoleum, Gunzhongkou Scenic Spot, Baisikou Twin Towers, Helankou Rock Painting, Suyukou Forest Park, and Huaxia Western Film and Television City. Gunzhongkou Scenic Area is located at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain, 25 kilometers away from the urban area. The ditch is densely forested and lush, and the climate is refreshing and pleasant. There are mainly Helan Temple, Laojuntang, Tian Xiaodong, Xinglong Temple, Mosque, Late Cuige, Guandi Temple, Yingbin Building, Yuwangtai, Riyue Temple, Bell Tower, Sandishui, Wanghai Pavilion, Monk Pagoda, Champion Pagoda and Lama Pagoda. "Snow Clearing in Helan" is one of the eight scenic spots in ancient Ningxia.

Zhenbeibao Huaxia Western Movie and Television City

Zhenbeibao Huaxia Western Film and Television City Zhenbeibao Huaxia Western Film and Television City is located in the wilderness in front of Helan Mountain. It used to be the site of two castles stationed in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Nanbian Castle Site was built in the 13th year of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty (1500), with a length of175m from east to west and a width of160m from north to south. The castle in the north was built in Qingganlong for five years (1740). The east-west length of the castle is170m, and the north-south width is150m. It sits in the west, with a door in the middle of the east wall and a half-moon urn outside. 1985 was announced as a cultural relics protection unit in Yinchuan. The desolate natural scenery around the castle has attracted the attention of film artists. Red Sorghum, Yellow River Ballad, Walking and Singing, Five Women and A Rope have all been filmed in the castle. 1993, Huaxia Western Film and Television City was formally established in the castle, which restored some scenes of films such as Red Sorghum and Ballad of the Yellow River, and attracted a large number of film and television art works such as A Chinese Odyssey, Action Bruto, Little Three Girls and Her Lovers, Belling in the Western Regions and New Fang Shiyu to be filmed here. There is also a film archive and a screening hall in the castle. Cinema has become an important film and television shooting base and a popular tourist attraction for Chinese and foreign tourists. ?

Zhongshan park

Zhongshan Park is located in the northwest corner of Yinchuan City. It covers an area of about 488,000 square meters, of which the water surface is 710.7 million square meters. As early as the Xixia period, it was a part of the "Yuanhao Palace". During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty (1522 ~ 1566), it was a military camp in the town. During the Qing Dynasty, it was a military horse farm in green camp. Ji Hongchang, who was in charge of Ningxia from 65438 to 0926, built a park here to commemorate the second anniversary of Sun Yat-sen's death and named it "Zhongshan Park". Later, it was occupied by Ma Hongkui, a warlord in Ningxia, and was garrisoned, so it was also commonly known as "Ximaying". After 1949, Zhongshan Park has been expanded many times, including fountain pool, rockery, jade belt bridge, waterside pavilion pier, octagonal pavilion and fish watching pool. There are 65438+ such as Zhao Qian Tingxi, Lotus Pond Red, Tieniu Linchi, Shuixie Boating, Quqiao Ada, Yinhu Jiangbo, Zhongming asking for the moon and Ebony Poetry Monument. There are 70 species and more than 500 species of rare birds and animals on display in the zoo in the park. Children's playground facilities are relatively complete. There are lush trees and flowers in the park, and pavilions and pavilions are hidden among the green trees, which are colorful. It has become a sightseeing and entertainment place for the broad masses of people and guests at home and abroad. ?

Sand lake

Husha Lake is located in Qianjin Farm, 56 kilometers north of Yinchuan City. Commonly known as Yuanbao Lake. The lake covers an area of 667 hectares. There are many reeds in the lake, inhabited by a large group of migratory birds, and there are many bait and fat fish in the water. On the west bank of the lake is a desert stretching tens of thousands of acres. Since the development of Husha Lake in 1987, the main landscapes are: Range Rover Tower, Reed Labyrinth, boating on the lake, Bihu Fishing, Aquatic Exhibition Hall, Jiangnan Water Town, Huizhou Style Garden, Xixia Palace, etc. Husha Lake will also build desert oasis, African Range Rover, bird paradise, lotus reflecting the sun and other attractions, and build an international tourist resort in the fortress. The unique natural scenery of Husha Lake attracts tourists from all over the world and is known as the "tourist pearl". ?

West Lake

West Lake is located in the north of Yinchuan High-tech Industrial Development Zone. It is a scenic amusement park developed and built in recent years. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were 72 lakes around Yinchuan, which were called "Seventy-two Lian Lakes". There are many reeds on the lake, fish jump and birds live, and boats are like a shuttle, which is a scene in the south of the Yangtze River. "Lotus Lake Fishing Song" became one of the eight scenic spots in Ningxia in Qing Dynasty. Today, West Lake is one of the connected lakes. The water surface of the West Lake is 1 13.3 hectares, with waterfront pier, aquatic world, island in the middle of the lake and fishing area. Water World covers an area of 3 hectares, with swimming pool, water slide, standard competition pool and 4 platforms of 3m, 5m, 7m and10m. In the middle of the lake, there are new buildings with antique gardens, including teahouses, dance halls, tall roller coasters and other amusement facilities. It is a large-scale amusement place integrating the water color in the south of the Yangtze River, the scenery in the north, Xixia culture and Muslim customs. ?

Ningyuan

Ningyuan, located between Drum Tower and Huangyuting in Yinchuan City, is a small urban garden with antique buildings as the main body. Covering area 1. 15 hectares. It consists of entrance area, ancient scenic area and bonsai area. There is a T-shaped antique building in the entrance area, next to a group of big rockeries, surrounded by flower ponds and vines. The ancient scenic spot is the main part of Ningyuan Garden. In the zigzag stele gallery connected with the quadrangular double eaves pavilion and the hexagonal pavilion, there are calligraphy art inscriptions created by famous domestic calligraphers, which mainly praise the scenery of Ningxia. Through the stele gallery, it is Xingqing Hall. The large-scale mural "West Xia Fengyun" with a width of 25 meters and a height of 2.5 meters artistically reproduces the social life scene of Xixia Kingdom more than 900 years ago. There is a "Dragon Pool" in front of Xingqing Temple, white marble carvings in the rippling water, and Helan bluestone beside the pool. There are 16 varieties in the bonsai area, and more than 240 pots of water stones and root carvings are available for viewing. There are more than 50 kinds of trees planted in the whole park, 1000. The whole garden building is patchwork and dense, with small bridges and flowing water winding, and beautiful trees and flowers are mixed. Although it is located in the downtown area, it is also quiet and comfortable, so it is named "Ningyuan".

Top ten scenic spots in Ningxia

Ningxia has a long history and many cultural relics. Famous are:

1, Yinchuan Sea Pagoda (also known as North Pagoda, Black Pagoda and Heta Pagoda)

Legend has it that it was built in the 5th century and rebuilt in Helian Bobo in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It is a national key cultural relics protection unit. The tower is rectangular, with a height of 54 meters, an external surface of 1 1 floor, and 9 internal floors. Lingxiao Ancient Pagoda is one of the eight scenic spots in Ningxia.

2. Chengtian Temple Tower in Yinchuan

Commonly known as the West Pagoda, it was built at 1050, and it is the only Xixia ancient pagoda with a construction date in China. The tower is octagonal, 64.5 meters high, with 13 floors outside and 1 1 floor inside.

3. Xumishan Grottoes

One of the earliest excavated grottoes in China is a national key cultural relic protection unit. Located at the eastern foot of Sumi Mountain, 55 kilometers northwest of Guyuan County, there are 22 caves with statues, of which the statues in the Northern Zhou Dynasty are the most exquisite.

4. Shikongshan Grottoes

Located in Shuanglong Mountain, Shikong Township, Zhongning County, it is a cave group.

5. Shuidonggou Site in Lingwu County

It is the site of human activities in the Paleolithic Age.

6. Xixia Mausoleum

Located at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain, about 30 kilometers west of Yinchuan City, it is the location of the imperial tomb of Xixia Dynasty and is known as the "Pyramid of China".

7. One hundred and eight towers

It is the only large tower group in the ancient tower buildings in China, and it belongs to the national key protected cultural relics. Located on the steep hillside east of the west bank of the Yellow River in Xiakoushan, Qingtongxia City. The tower is built on the mountain, with White Pagoda 108.

8. Tongxin Mosque

In the southwest of Tongxin County, it is said that it was built in the Ming Dynasty, which embodies the architectural style of the blending of Hui and Han nationalities' arts and is of great scale.

9, Helan Mountain small rolling bell mouth

It is 25 kilometers away from Yinchuan and surrounded by mountains on three sides. There are many ancient buildings on the mountain, and the natural scenery is beautiful. "Helan Clear Snow" is listed as one of the eight scenic spots in Ningxia.

10, Zhongwei Gaomiao

Founded in the orthodox period of the Ming Dynasty, it has been rebuilt through the ages. The Qing Dynasty was divided into two parts: Baoan Temple and Gaomiao Temple. It is a temple integrating Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and is called "the same origin of the three religions". The temple has magnificent buildings and exquisite brick carvings.