Introduction to one-day tour of Hukou Waterfall

One-day tour of Hukou Waterfall is recommended to visit Hukou Waterfall on Shaanxi side.

Hukou Waterfall on Shaanxi side looks at the front of the waterfall and feels the surging spirit of how the Yellow River's waters move out of heaven. With a natural observation deck, the waterfall will be more complete visually and the feeling of being there will be more profound.

Hukou Waterfall has different scenery all year round, and the better travel time is divided into two parts. First, from April to May every year, peach blossoms bloom near the waterfall, and the frozen ice on the shore begins to melt, which is called "Peach Blossom Flood in March".

Second, from September to November every year, when the rainy season has just passed, there are bursts of autumn wind blowing, often accompanied by rainbows, which are called "Hukou Autumn Wind". In spring and autumn, there is a large amount of water, and the beating sound of water is like thunder, which is more shocking than usual.

Waterfall landscape:

1. Smoke from the bottom of the water

When the Yellow River enters the "Hukou", the water mist stirred up by the rapid turbulence rises in the air, steaming clouds to meet the sky, like billowing smoke from the bottom of the water, which can be seen from more than ten miles away.

The fog at the spout is related to the season and flow rate. In winter, the river is frozen, the waterfalls are mostly ice, the incoming water from the surface is reduced, the flow at the hukou is reduced to 15-5 cubic meters per second, the water flows down, the surf is not big, and there is little water mist flying out of the trough.

In summer, the flow increases greatly, the water overflows the deep trough, the drop is very small, the waterfall disappears, and it is not easy to form dense water mist rising into the sky; In spring and autumn, the flow is moderate, the temperature is not high, the waterfall falls more than 2 meters, and the rapids splash, forming a fog that diffuses in the air, that is, the scene of "underwater smoking".

2. Sailing on dry land

Hukou Waterfall has a great drop, and the deep trough under the waterfall is long, narrow and deep, and the water is fast, which brings great difficulties to the passage of ships on the water. Ships going down the river from the upper reaches of Hukou have to stop at Longwangtun above Hukou first, and all the goods will be disembarked, and they will be carried by people and animals along the river bank to the downstream wharf.

At the same time, pull the empty boat out of the water by manpower, lay round wooden bars under the boat, roll it along the river bank with the empty boat, reach the lower reaches of Hukou where the water flow is slow, then put the boat into the water, load the goods, and continue to descend. It takes a lot of effort to tug the boat by manpower on the shore, and often hundreds of people need to pull the fiber desperately.

Although there are some round wooden poles rolling under the boat, the stone banks are still scratched by nails at the bottom of the boat. Under the conditions at that time, "sailing on dry land" may be the best choice for water transportation across Hukou Waterfall, which is suitable for the relatively gentle stone banks above and below Hukou Waterfall.

due to the rapid extension of highways and railways, and the construction of the Yellow River Bridge near Hukou, water shipping across Hukou has been blocked for many years. Sailing in dry land can only see the traces left by sailing in the past.

above content reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Hukou Waterfall