A Survey of 5a Scenic Spots in Ningxia

Husha Lake, Shuidonggou Cultural Site, Shapotou, etc.

1, Husha Lake: Husha Lake is located in Pingluo County, Ningxia, 56 kilometers away from Yinchuan City, and is one of the 35 ace scenic spots in China. Husha Lake has 10000 mu of water surface, 5000 mu of sand dunes, 2000 mu of reeds and 1000 mu of lotus ponds, which are rich in fish and birds. There are more than a dozen rare birds such as cranes, Hei He and swans. From the bird-watching tower, you can see birds playing in the distance. There are countless nests between reeds and reeds at the water's edge. Every spring, colorful eggs are scattered among them, which is a spectacle.

2. Shuidonggou cultural site: Shuidonggou cultural site is the earliest paleolithic cultural site discovered in China. 1988 was declared as "National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit" by the State Council, and was praised as "the birthplace of prehistoric archaeology in China". The witness of cultural exchange between the East and the West is "cosmopolitan", "unique" and "educational". Shuidonggou site records the historical witness of ancient human beings' prosperity and struggle with nature, and contains rich and precious prehistoric materials. Shuidonggou Cultural Site shows people the picture of ancient human existence 30,000 years ago. It is the only Paleolithic site officially excavated in the Yellow River area of China so far.

3. Shapotou: Shapotou is located on the southern edge of Tengger Desert, 20 kilometers west of Zhongwei County, and on the north bank of the Yellow River. During the Qianlong period, Shapotou was named because a large sandbar with a width of 2000 meters and a height of about 100 meters was formed on the river bank. The 100-meter sand slope is inclined at 60 degrees, the weather is fine and the temperature rises. When people slide down the sand slope, there is a kind of "hum-hum-"roar in the sand slope, just like the bell in the golden bell jar, so it is called "the bell on the sand slope" and is one of the four big ringing sands in China.

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, referred to as "Ning" for short, is a provincial administrative region in People's Republic of China (PRC), with Yinchuan as its capital, and is one of the five minority autonomous regions in China. Located in the northwest inland of China, it is adjacent to Shaanxi Province in the east, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the west and north, and Gansu Province in the south. The terrain is high in the south and low in the north, showing a ladder-like decline. The whole region belongs to temperate continental arid and semi-arid climate; Jurisdiction over 5 prefecture-level cities with a total area of 66,400 square kilometers; By the end of 2022, the permanent population of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region was 7.28 million.