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The most fun time of Hukou Waterfall

The best time for Hukou Waterfall: Yan 'an is in a warm temperate zone with a high terrain, with an average elevation of 1 1,000 m. Due to the high altitude, Yan 'an has a large temperature difference between day and night, and the climate is slightly dry, with an average annual temperature of 9.3℃.

Summer is a good time to go to Yan 'an, where the temperature is relatively low because of the terrain, while the traditional caves in Yan 'an are warm in winter and cool in summer, which is a great place to live.

In addition, every year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Yan 'an area will hold large-scale Yangko Festival and other tourism festivals. If you want to experience the mellow folk customs in northern Shaanxi, it is also a good choice to go to Yan' an on the fifteenth day of the first month. Therefore, July 7 165438+ 10 and around the Lunar New Year are the best time for Yan 'an tourism.

Hukou Waterfall of the Yellow River is located 48 kilometers east of Yichuan County, and it is the only big waterfall on the Yellow River. The mountains on both sides of Hukou face each other, and the Yellow River flows through the Qin Jin Grand Canyon. When it reached the mouth of the lake, the riverbed, about 400 meters wide, suddenly contracted to 40 to 50 meters wide, forming a very large horseshoe waterfall. The main waterfall is more than 40 meters wide with a drop of nearly 50 meters. The rushing Yellow River flows down from the hukou.

Li Bai's "Yellow River Water Out of Heaven, Into the Sea, Never to Return" depicts the spectacular scene of Hukou Waterfall on the Yellow River. In recent years, with the success of a series of flying yellow feats by Ke Shouliang and others, Hukou Waterfall has attracted more and more attention from tourists.

Hukou Waterfall is located at the junction of Shanxi and Shaanxi, 220km away from Yan 'an. It is the most magnificent waterfall on the Yellow River and the second largest waterfall in China after Huangguoshu Waterfall. The mountains on both sides of Hukou rise into the sky. When the Yellow River flows through here from the upper reaches, the riverbed suddenly shrinks from 200 to 300 meters wide to tens of meters wide, and finally falls into the narrow valley of Hukou with a drop of more than 50 meters, forming a huge horseshoe-shaped waterfall group. Hukou Waterfall has different landscapes all year round, and there is plenty of water in summer. It freezes in winter, but summer is the best tourist season.

Only by standing at the hukou, facing the waterfall, witnessing the beauty rolling and hearing the sound of the waves, can we truly appreciate the majestic momentum of the Yellow River rushing and roaring, and in the sense of returning to nature, we will have the reverie of man and nature, the courage and strength to overcome everything, and add a strong sense of national pride.

When people call the Yellow River the cradle of the Chinese nation, they regard Hukou Waterfall as the soul of the cradle and a symbol of indomitable, brave and tenacious national spirit.

The Yellow River, the Loess Plateau, Qin Jin Canyon and Hukou Waterfall, as well as the surrounding Shililong Trough (unique geological landscape), Mengmen Mountain (an island in the middle of the Yellow River), Gezhen Beach Wanglongshan (ancient crossing of the Yellow River) and Shi Baozhai (plateau village custom) constitute a spectacular scene of nature, which has attracted the attention of China people for a long time and formed a profound and rich cultural and historical precipitation here. 1988 was identified as a national key scenic spot, and it was also rated as "Forty Best Tourist Attractions in China".