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Traveling in Henan, where is the fun without climbing mountains?

1. Huangdi's hometown

The scenic spot of Huangdi's hometown is located in Xuanyuan Road, xinzheng city. The hometown of the Yellow Emperor is a sacred place for Chinese people at home and abroad to seek roots and worship their ancestors, and it is also the venue for the ancestor worship ceremony of the 18th World Hakka Congress and the ancestor worship ceremony of the Yellow Emperor's hometown over the years. The ancestor worship ceremony in Xinzheng Huangdi's hometown is the first batch of national intangible cultural protection heritage. The scenic spot of Huangdi's hometown is divided into five parts. The layout of the whole scenic spot highlights the theme of "Roots of China". The beauty in Qianmen, the deity in Ancestral Hall, the bear in Dingtan, the life in Xuanyuanqiu and the interest in Huangdi Culture and Art Park are all colorful displays of Huangdi culture. In recent years, the People's Government of xinzheng city has expanded the scenic spot of Huangdi's hometown. After the expansion, the Yellow Emperor's hometown scenic spot is divided into five areas: square area, hometown temple area, Dingtan area, Yiyuan area and Xuanyuanqiu area. In the square in front of the shrine, the shade of a thousand-year-old jujube tree and locust tree, a hundred-year-old ginkgo tree, pine and cypress ginseng, and the "Gankun embossed disc" stand in the middle road, and the water under Xuanyuan Bridge can gurgle, and the "Xuanyuan Huangdi Monument" stands on its right side.

2. Sanmenxia

Located at the junction of Henan and Shaanxi provinces in the Central Plains, it is an important town in western Henan, bordering Luoyang, the Millennium Imperial Capital in the east, Nanyang in the south, Chang 'an Ancient City in the west, and Sanjin in the north across the Yellow River. Historically, it is the economic and cultural center at the junction of the three provinces. Sanmenxia has a long history and is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese nation. Sanmenxia has unique tourism resources. The ancient civilization of China, the present scenic spots of the motherland, the lakes and mountains in southern Xinjiang and the magnificent rivers and mountains in northern China are ingeniously displayed here. There are Yangshao Cultural Site in Neolithic Age, Guoche Makeng Group from the late Western Zhou Dynasty to the early Spring and Autumn Period, Huangdi Mausoleum in Jingshan Xuanyuan, Qinzhao Mengtai in the Warring States Period, Hanguguan where Laozi wrote the Tao Te Ching, and Baolun Temple Pagoda, one of the four ancient echoing buildings in China. There are also the former site of the Eighth Route Army Mianchi Military Station, the cave folk tourist area in western Henan, the Yellow River tourist area surrounded by water on three sides, Wuyafeng Scenic Area, Shanxian Gam San Forest Park, the refuge hot spring scenic area, the mainstay standing in the surging Yellow River and the world-famous Yellow River Dam.

3. Peak Tower

Wenfeng Tower in Luoyang is located at the east end of Donghe Lane in the southeast corner of Luoyang Old Town. Founded in the Song Dynasty, it was destroyed by war in the late Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in the early Qing Dynasty. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there was a lake and a temple nearby (now destroyed). Towers, lakes and temples complement each other, forming a famous cultural landscape in Fucheng, Henan Province at that time.