Yinchuan Travel Guide: Best One-Day Tour Routes

Yinchuan is the smallest provincial capital city in the country. There are many unique attractions worth visiting when traveling to Yinchuan, such as Shuidonggou Cultural Site, Zhenbeibao West Film and Television City, Xixia Mausoleum, etc. They are all must-visit places, so how to spend a day in Yinchuan?

Recommended routes

Helan Mountain Rock Paintings-Xixia Mausoleum-Zhenbeibao Western Cinema

(1) Helan Mountain Rock Paintings

Location: Yinchuan City Northwest of Helan Mountain National Nature Reserve in Helan County

Opening hours: 08:00-18:30

Ticket: RMB 70 for adults.

Recommended tour: about 2 hours

Reason for recommendation:

Helan Mountain rock paintings are paintings carved on rocks by ancient northern minorities, which express their desire for a better life. The yearning reproduces the aesthetics, social customs and taste of life at that time. Famous anti-gold warriors in the Song Dynasty: Yue Fei's famous poem "The River is Red" - the shame of Jingkang is still over. When do courtiers get annoyed? Driving a long car, riding on Helan Mountain. Let Helan Mountain be known to the world. The Rock Art Museum introduces rock art from all over the world in detail and systematically. Although the rock paintings outside are not easy to observe, they are indeed rare in the country.

(2) Xixia Mausoleum

Location: East side of Helan Mountain, Xixia District, Yinchuan City

Opening hours: 08:00-17:30

Ticket price: 85 yuan for adults

Recommended tour time: 2-3 hours

Reason for recommendation:

There are 9 tombs of Xixia emperors, depending on the terrain There are more than 200 tombs. It is one of the largest imperial tombs in China with the most complete above-ground ruins. Currently, only Tomb No. 1, Tomb No. 2 and Tomb No. 3 are open in the entire mausoleum area. Tomb No. 3 has the most prominent location and the largest scale. It should be the Tailing Tomb of Li Yuanhao, the founding emperor of Xixia.

(3) Zhenbeibao Western Cinema

Location: East side of Zhenbeibao 110 Road, Xixia District, Yinchuan City

Opening hours: 08:00-18 :00

Ticket price: 80 yuan for adults

Recommended tour: 3-5 hours

Reason for recommendation:

Go to Yinchuan, Zhenbeibao West Cinema is a must-see. The characteristics of the Western studio are its simplicity, primitiveness, roughness, desolation and folk. The main attractions are the film and television shooting landscapes of Mingcheng, Qingcheng and Old Yinchuan Street. The most familiar movies include "Zhu Yuanzhang", "Westward Journey", "Red Sorghum", "New Dragon Gate Inn", "Westward Journey: The Moonlight Box", "Westward Journey: The Marriage of the Monkey King", "Westward Journey 3", etc. Being in a movie theater is like traveling through a movie or TV show.

Warm reminder: Due to limited time for one-day tours, ticket information and strategies are for reference only. Please refer to the actual situation during the holidays.