What is there to do in Xinzhou?

1. Mount Wutai

Mount Wutai is located in the northeastern corner of Wutai County, Xinzhou District, northeastern Shanxi Province. It is one of the four famous Buddhist mountains in my country, together with Mount Emei in Sichuan and Mount Putuo in Zhejiang. It is as famous as Mount Jiuhua in Anhui and is longed for by people at home and abroad.

Mount Wutai is located on the "Roof of North China", with a maximum altitude of 3,058 meters. Here, there are continuous peaks and crisscrossing mountains, shaped like a tiger crouching and powerful like a dragon and a pan, with a total area of ??2837 square kilometers. Wutai Mountain is surrounded by five peaks. The five peaks stand tall and high above the clouds. There are no trees on the top, and they are flat and wide, like a platform made of earth, hence the name Wutai.

2. Yanmen Pass

Yanmen Pass, also known as Xixing Pass, is located in Yanmen Mountain about 20 kilometers north of Dai County, Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province, China. It is an important pass on the Great Wall. Together with Ningwuguan and Pianguan, it is called the "Three Outer Passes". In 2001, Yanmen Pass was announced by the People's Republic of China and the State Council as one of the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Pianguan is located on the edge of the Yellow River in Pianguan County. It governs four border walls with a total length of hundreds of kilometers. Thirty kilometers of it are still well preserved, all covered with bricks and towering over the river bank, which is very spectacular. "The pass is a powerful pass with Ding Ningyan, a mountain chain and a long purple fortress, the territory controls the north of the Yellow River, and the golden city of Gongjin is strong." This is the praise of Pianguan by the ancients.

3. Luya Mountain Scenic Area

Luya Mountain is the main peak of Guanchuan Mountain. The picture shows Guanchuan Mountain Tianchi. It, together with Changbai Mountain Tianchi and Tianshan Tianchi, is known as the three largest in China. Tianchi. Regardless of altitude, area, landscape, or fame, Guanluishan Tianchi is not as famous as Changbai Mountain Tianchi and Tianshan Tianchi. So what is the reason that makes it one of the three major Tianchis in China?

Guanjuan Mountain Tianchi has a glorious history unparalleled by any Tianchi in China. You would not have thought that 16 emperors had visited Tianchi for summer hunting in history; nor would you have thought that such a peaceful little place The small lake will actually be the source of living water for two huge rivers, Fenhe River and Sanggan River. In addition, there is a kind of carp in Tianchi. Because there is a red line on its back, it is commonly known as "red line fish". It was a high-quality tribute in ancient times, and the common people naturally did not taste it.

4. Yuwangdong National Forest Park

Yuwangdong National Forest Park is located in the Xizhou Mountains in Xinzhou City. The park is 60 kilometers away from the provincial capital Taiyuan and 14 kilometers north of Xinzhou. The total area is 110,000 acres, the forest area is 23,000 acres, and the highest altitude is 1,800 meters. The mountain is mainly composed of limestone. The mountain is majestic and majestic, the rocks are rugged and weird, and there are many karst caves, especially Yuwang Cave, which is the largest and has a unique landscape. It is known as the No. 1 cave in North China.

The forest park is rich in animal and plant resources, with 248 species of flowers, plants and trees. In spring, peaches, apricots, and lilacs bloom; in summer, roses and lilies bloom red and green; in autumn, wild chrysanthemums compete with each other, and frost leaves cover the mountains; in winter, pine trees stand proud of the snow, and the beautiful fruits never fall.

5. Wannian Ice Cave

The Wannian Ice Cave is located in Madigou Village, Chunjingwa Township, 50 kilometers west of Ningwu County, next to the tourist line, at an altitude of 2,300 meters. According to on-site inspections by cave experts from the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, this cave was formed during the Quaternary Ice Age of the Cenozoic Era, about three million years ago, hence the name Wannian Ice Cave. What's unique about it is that based on the local climate conditions, it is impossible to form a freezing environment, but the cave is frozen all year round.

Even in the scorching summer, outside the cave is green grass and flowers are blooming, but inside the cave is freezing cold and the ice is carved with jade. The ice becomes thicker as you go deeper into the ground, and the temperature gets colder and colder as you go deeper. The high conventional geological conditions form a strong contrast. Experts say the ice cave ranks first among only nine ice caves among more than 10,000 caves in the country.