Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Travel guide - In which city is Shanxi Hukou Waterfall located? Introduction to Shanxi Hukou Waterfall.

In which city is Shanxi Hukou Waterfall located? Introduction to Shanxi Hukou Waterfall.

1. Hukou Waterfall is located in Yichuan County, Shaanxi Province and Ji County, Shanxi Province. It borders Hukou Township, Yichuan County, Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province to the west, and Hukou Waterfall in Ji County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province to the east. Kou Town is the only tourist attraction in the two provinces.

2. Hukou Waterfall is a national scenic spot and a national AAAA tourist attraction. It borders Hukou Town, Yichuan County, Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province to the west, and Hukou Town, Jixian County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province to the east. It is the only tourist attraction in the two provinces. It is 350 kilometers away from Xi'an, Shaanxi Province in the south and 387 kilometers away from Taiyuan, Shanxi Province in the north.

Hukou Waterfall is the second largest waterfall in China and the largest yellow waterfall in the world. The Yellow River flows here, with steep stone walls on both sides, and the mouth of the river is as narrow as the mouth of a Hukou, hence the name Hukou Waterfall. The water surface of the Yellow River upstream of the waterfall is 300 meters wide, and is compressed to a width of 20-30 meters in a distance of less than 500 meters. The river water of 1,000 cubic meters per second pours down from the cliff more than 20 meters high, forming the style of "a thousand miles of Yellow River harvests in one pot".

In December 2013, "Yichuan County Yellow River Hukou Water Conservancy Scenic Area" was rated as "the 13th batch of national water conservancy areas" by the Water Conservancy Scenic Area Construction and Management Leading Group of the Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of China. One of the "Scenic Spots". The award of the honor of National Yellow River Hukou Water Conservancy and Scenic Area has become the fourth national business card of Hukou Scenic Area after the National Geopark and Geological Relics Protection Area, the National Key Scenic Area, and the National 4A-level Scenic Area. It is a national water conservancy and scenic area of ??Yan'an City. It was rated as "China's 50 Yellow River Scenes" at the 2018 China Yellow River Tourism Conference.

In February 2020, in order to thank the medical staff across the country for their perseverance and dedication, from the day the epidemic dissipated to December 31, 2020, the scenic spot paid tribute to all medical staff participating in the front-line rescue work of Wuhan's "anti-epidemic" , People's Liberation Army soldiers and volunteers from various industries are open to the public free of charge. On August 10, 2020, the Hukou Waterfall Scenic Area of ??the Yellow River, which was temporarily closed due to the flood peak in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, has reopened.