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Introduction to attractions in Ningxia Shahu Tourist Area

Introduction to the attractions of Ningxia Shahu Tourist Area

Shahu Tourist Area is located in Xidatan in Pingluo County, 56 kilometers northwest of Yinchuan City. Developed and constructed in 1990, it receives about 500,000 tourists every year. It has become a prestigious tourist hotspot in the northwest region of the motherland. It has been selected as one of the 35 top attractions in the country because of its unique and beautiful natural landscape. On May 8, 2007, Shizuishan City's Shahu Tourist Attraction was officially approved by the National Tourism Administration as a national 5A-level tourist attraction. Shahu has 10,000 acres of water, 5,000 acres of sand dunes, 2,000 acres of reeds, and 1,000 acres of lotus ponds. It is rich in fish and birds. It is home to more than a dozen rare and exotic birds such as white cranes, black cranes, and swans. You can watch the birds playing in the distance from the bird-watching tower. There are countless bird nests among the reed poles by the water and at the bottom of the reed bushes. Every spring, colorful bird eggs are scattered among them, which is a wonder.

In addition to a wide variety of birds, Shahu is also rich in various fish. In the aquarium on the south bank of the lake, you can see dozens of rare fish, including the rare Wuchang fish and giant salamander in the north ( Giant salamander) and a giant soft-shell turtle with a body size of more than 1 meter. Around the west side of the lake, there are recreational facilities such as sandboarding, camel riding, horseback riding, swimming, fishing, gliding, beach volleyball, and football, as well as tourist planes and aerial sightseeing programs. Shahu, Nansha and North Lake. This is a paradise for birds, a world for fish, and a paradise for tourists. The vast sandy lake with thousands of acres of water is like a huge silver brocade. In early summer, the new reeds are like a lush forest of bamboos, lush and green, or like a harbor branch, or a street, or a canopy, or a barrier. The breeze blows, and the green shadows sway. Graceful and graceful.

Shahu is rich in fish and birds. Visitors can watch the birds playing in the distance from the bird watching tower. Tens of thousands of dozens of species of birds, including white cranes, black storks, and swans, live here. Sometimes they hover like moving dark clouds in the sky, blocking out the sun. Their nests are built among the reed poles and at the bottom of the reeds by the water. Every spring, bird eggs of various colors are scattered among them, which can be called a wonder in nature.

The fish and birds in Shahu Lake are two links that depend on each other in the natural biological chain. Small fish are delicacies for birds, bird droppings are good bait, and plump reed roots and aquatic plants and abundant plankton are food for fish and birds alike. There are more than ten kinds of fish growing in the lake all year round, including not only carp, silver carp, bighead carp, catfish, and crucian carp, but also Wuchang fish, giant salamander (giant salamander) that are rare in the north, and giant soft-shell turtles with a body size of more than 1 meter. In the aquarium on the south bank of the lake, you can also see dozens of rare fish.

Due to the abundance of fish, restaurants in Shahu have special fish banquets to cook live fish produced in Shahu. Every guest will be served a bighead carp weighing 20 to 30 kilograms just out of the water. It is fresh and delicious, which is a feast for the mouth and eyes. If tourists are interested, they can also fish and catch fish themselves. To the south of the sand lake is a desert covering an area of ??30,000 acres. It and the lake of 10,000 acres seem to be a match made in heaven, nestling against each other and complementing each other. The lake has rippling blue waves and the sand sea has undulating golden waves.

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