Shapotou travel guide

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Shapotou Tourist Area is located in the west of Ningxia Zhongwei 16km, which is the first batch of 5A-level tourist attractions in China. It is the junction of Ningxia, Mongolia and Gansu provinces. The Yellow River enters the estuary first, which is the only place for the Eurasian Passage and the ancient Silk Road. It is bordered by the majestic Fragrant Hills of Qilian Mountain in the south and the Tengger Desert, which is covered with Sha Feng and stretches in Wan Li in the north. The Yellow River passes through the middle, between the sand and the river, and it is a lush and colorful ancient garden-Tongjiayuan. The tourist area starts from Shapotou Dam in the east and reaches the junction of Ningxia and Gansu in Heishanxia in the west, with the mountains and rivers on both sides of Shapotou Yellow River and Tengger Desert in the north as the core. The incompatible sand and river are ingeniously combined by nature at Shapotou. The sand embankment is towering, the river is running, the sand is the bone of the river, and the river is the soul of the sand. The two are interdependent. In a harmonious place, sand, mountains, rivers and gardens complement each other and are picturesque. The vast Tengger Desert, the beautiful Yellow River, the Fragrant Hills across the south bank, the world cultural heritage Qin Changcheng, Qin Changcheng, the pottery kiln sites of the Qin Dynasty, the Neolithic sites, the prehistoric rock paintings on both sides of the Yellow River, and the colorful river garden meet here, composing a magnificent symphony of nature, forming a unique S-shaped geographical feature of Shapotou, which is very similar to China's Yin and Yang Taiji map. It was once famous for National Geographic. This undoubtedly adds a mysterious stroke to Shapotou, which is already magical, making it more like old wine and tea, with endless charm.

Shapotou is a mountain that worships me, ranking first among the three western classics in Shan Hai Jing. The mountain that worships me is a sacred mountain where the Huangdi clan thrives, gathers and hunts, and worships totems. Zhong Ling has been beautiful since ancient times.

"The history of the Ming dynasty. Geography "carries the central defender" and there are sand mountains in the west, with millions of piles. The river is in the south. " According to the Records of Reading Historical Records, Zhongwei is "fifty miles to the west, which is made up of sand and sand, or a cloud is a pile of thousands of welcome. Shapotou, Dashashan Mountain has always been famous. In history, it has a very loud reputation, called Mingsha Mountain. "Reading Historical Records Minutes" quoted the records in Historical Records of the Yuan Dynasty as saying: "From Lanzhou to the east, across Beibudu, Daming Shahe, across Yingli Prefecture, to Ningxia Road to the east. Mingsha River is the South Yellow River in Mingsha Mountain, Zhongwei, Ningxia. "The' Mingsha Mountain' mentioned here is Shapotou today. Shapotou is a mysterious place, and even the Yellow River flowing through it can radiate mysterious brilliance. Now few people know that this section of the Yellow River carrying vagrants has a mysterious name in history, called "Mingsha River." "Reading Historical Records Minutes" quoted the historical records of the Yuan Dynasty as saying: "Mingsha River is the South Yellow River in Mingsha Mountain, Ningxia Zhongwei. "

Zhou Muwang rode eight horses in Hetao, where he visited the Kunlun Mountain in the west, hosted a banquet for the Queen Mother in the west, and sang songs about Yaochi, which were handed down from generation to generation. The pit of chariots and horses in the Western Zhou Dynasty unearthed in the south of the Yellow River in Zhongwei confirmed that Zhou Muwang's voyage to the West was by no means a myth.

Shapotou is a collection of sacred mountains, deserts, the Yellow River, oases and grasslands. It integrates Changshui Paleolithic Site, Mengjiawan Neolithic Site, Qin Kiln Site, Han Dynasty River Weir, Silk Road Post Station and Xixia Royal Garden. It combines the Great Wall culture, Silk Road culture, nomadic culture, farming culture and modern sand control achievements. Its diverse and integrated history is full of brilliance, and its unique landscape makes people linger. Rich and unique tourism resources, long and heavy history and culture, and world-renowned achievements in sand control have established Shapotou's unique position in tourism in China and even the world. Since the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the "Shapo Bell" written by Shibu Jueshu has become a unique scene in space, forming an unparalleled, world-class and unrepeatable spectacle. Known by experts and scholars at home and abroad as "world monopoly tourism resources", it has become a model of harmonious coexistence between man and nature in the world.