Two of the most beautiful scenic spots in Panzhihua

Two of the most beautiful scenic spots in Panzhihua: Ertan National Forest Park and Guezala Eco-tourism Zone.

Ertan National Forest Park 1

Ertan National Forest Park is located on the tourist hotline of Chengdu-Emei Mountain-Xichang-Kunming. It has beautiful natural scenery, such as mountains, canyons, lakes and forests, as well as spectacular man-made buildings, Ertan Hydropower Station. The scenic spot is mountainous and canyon, and the traffic is not very convenient. It is recommended to travel by car.

2.Guezala Ecotourism Zone

Guezala eco-tourism area is famous for its beautiful natural scenery and rich biodiversity. There are towering peaks, dense vegetation and rich wildlife, especially ten thousand mu of rhododendron, pine bamboo forest, alpine meadow and Yi customs, which constitute the unique scenery of the Rift Valley, as well as magnificent geological wonders and ancient cultural heritage, such as Yi villages and ancient legends.

Geographical characteristics of Guezala

Guezala eco-tourism area covers an area of 594.23KM and belongs to the western edge of Panxi Rift Valley. The basic process of geological structure evolution in Panxi Rift Valley is: the formation of dome in late Paleozoic, the intrusion of basic and ultrabasic layered rocks and small annular alkaline complexes; Late Permian continental crust broke, Emei basalt erupted on a large scale, and then alkaline A-type annular complex invaded or erupted. In the late Triassic, faults occurred on both sides of the rift zone and huge thickness of grinding and pulling accumulated.

In the Jurassic-Cretaceous comprehensive depression, red sandstone and mudstone of river and lake facies were widely deposited, and the rift valley contracted from late Cretaceous to early Tertiary, and sandstone, mudstone and marl with gypsum salt were deposited in the limited lake basin. At the end of early Tertiary, the intense Himalayan orogeny squeezed from west to east, and the rift valley closed and disappeared. Due to the differential ascending and descending activities of Quaternary neotectonic movement, steep cliffs of tens of kilometers long have been formed along the rock mouth-horizontal spiral in this area, which divides this area into two geomorphic units.

Refer to the above contents: Baidu Encyclopedia-Ertan National Forest Park and Baidu Encyclopedia-Guezala Eco-tourism Zone.