Qingtongxia tourist attractions

Qingtongxia tourist attractions include: Qingtongxia Yellow River Railway Bridge, Bronze Ancient Town, Jiuqu Square, Qingtongxia Water Conservancy Expo Hall and Qingtongxia Water Conservancy Project.

1, Qingtongxia Yellow River Railway Bridge

Qingtongxia Yellow River Railway Bridge is located at the entrance of Qingtongxia Yellow River Grand Canyon Scenic Area. It is the first Yellow River Bridge in Ningxia. July 1959 was officially completed and opened to traffic, which was mainly used for Qingtongxia water control project and material transportation on both sides of the Yellow River. It is the throat of Qingtongxia Station on Baolan Line.

The bridge is a semi-permanent bridge with a length of 292.3 meters. The bridge body consists of a seven-hole folding flower beam and a folding bridge. The pier is a one-way structure with wooden stakes and wire cages. The entire iron bridge was installed with 35,000 rivets. Many rusty steel beams of the railway bridge are plated with eight-nation characters and production year marks, such as English and French, which are called "Eight-nation Bridge".

2. Bronze ancient town

The ancient bronze town is located in the north of the Grand Canyon Scenic Area, west of the Qin and Han Canal. It covers an area of 22 1 mu, with a building area of 2 1 10,000 square meters. Among them, there are characteristic dining areas and commercial service centers imitating Ming and Qing styles. They were completed in June 2000 (165438+1October). They are the key construction projects along the Yellow River urban belt in Ningxia, and they are one of the landmark buildings of the Yellow River Gold Coast.

Relying on the intangible cultural heritage of the ancient canal of Qin and Han Dynasties in Qingtongxia City and the superior ecological environment resources of the Yellow River system, with the brand of "Bronze Ancient Town and Water Town", it has become a unique cultural eco-tourism town along the Yellow River and its surrounding areas in Ningxia with the leading functions of Yellow River cultural experience, ancient canal sightseeing and special leisure reception.

3. Jiuqu Square

Jiuqu Square, which is composed of nine dragons playing beads and nine dragons totem poles, is a landmark building at the entrance of the Yellow River Grand Canyon scenic spot. They are all related to the number 9. In Taoism, nine is the largest number, which can only be used by the royal family, and the former Kowloon Pearl and Kowloon Totem Column have also been given new connotations.

Because Qingtongxia has nine main canals, the nine main canals of the Yellow River can be compared to Huanglong, which represents the unity and enterprising of the people of Hui and Han, represents the development of agriculture and the revitalization of the economy by diverting water from the Yellow River, and represents the beautiful scenery of Ningxia bordering the south of the Yangtze River.

4. Qingtongxia Water Conservancy Exhibition Hall

The Water Conservancy Expo is located in the Yellow River Grand Canyon Scenic Area of Qingtongxia, with a total construction area of 4,086 square meters and an exhibition area of 2,850 square meters. The exhibition hall truly reflects the close relationship between Ningxia's economy, society and water conservancy development, comprehensively shows the development history of irrigation from the Yellow River in Ningxia for more than 2,000 years, and explains the true meaning of Ningxia in Huang Hefu.

5. Qingtongxia Water Control Project

Qingtongxia Hydropower Station, known as the "Pearl on the Wall", is located at the exit of the Yellow River Grand Canyon in Qingtongxia, Ningxia. The whole site is 687.3 meters, and the dam is 42.7 meters high and 46.7 meters wide. Built in 1958, the average annual power generation is13.5 billion kwh.

Qingtongxia water control project is the earliest pier hydropower station in the upper reaches of the Yellow River in China. It is a comprehensive water control project focusing on irrigation and power generation, taking into account various benefits such as flood control and ice prevention.

Reference to the above contents: Qingtongxia Municipal People's Government-Qingtongxia Scenic Area Overview