There is a poignant legend about Shahu Lake. According to legend, there was a beautiful Mongolian girl named He Lan, who was good at riding and shooting. One day, she admired the rock paintings of Tianshan Mountain and started looking for them. By chance, she met a handsome young man of the Dangxiang tribe, Mohan. The two fell in love at first sight and made a private decision for life.

But God's will tricks people, the leader Genghis Khan takes a fancy to He Lan and wants to take her as a concubine, and the Emperor Xixia also wants to recruit Mohan as his son-in-law. The two swore to the death and eloped on the night of the full moon, and then both took the elixir. Helan turned into a spring lake, and Mohan turned into a desert. They stayed together and never separated.

He Lan's personal maid also turned into a reed, and the horse He Lan was riding on also turned into He Lan Mountain. Many years later, Genghis Khan "became a beauty in anger", sent troops to Xixia, and slaughtered the city with swords and blood. Since then, the Dangxiang clan has disappeared from history, leaving only the majestic and majestic royal tombs and the unique sand lake.

Legend has it that Shahu Lake has been covered with a mysterious veil. When the veil is gently lifted, what is presented to the world is a breathtaking and peerless elegance.

If you don't go to see Shahu Lake, you won't go to Shizuishan in vain. The Shahu Ecotourism Area is one of the first batch of 5A-level scenic spots in the country and one of the top ten charming wetlands in China. With its unique organic combination of lake water, sand hills, reeds, flying birds, and swimming fish, it has become a unique tourist attraction in China. Resort. "The scenery is wonderful, and the mountains and rivers are magnificent; there is no outside world, and there is a special view of the sand lake." Yang Wei's "Ode to Sand Lake" is full of praise for it.

Thousands of miles long and empty, the mountains and green waters express our sincere feelings. In the Bainiao Paradise Scenic Area, millions of birds breed and inhabit here, forming a wonderful scene of Shahu Lake. Occasionally, if there is a slight noise, a pool of flying birds will be startled, covering the sky and covering the sun, and the clear singing will resound through the sky.

Shahu Lake is a paradise for birds. There are 198 species of birds and more than 1 million birds, accounting for 36.14% of the total number of birds in Ningxia. The main types of birds are white cranes, swans, and red-crowned cranes. There are 4 kinds of national first-class protected animals such as black crane, 21 kinds of national second-class protected animals such as giant salamander, and 24 species of key protected animals in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

Tourists who arrive at the railway station by train can stay in the hotel in the tourist distribution center, and take a bus at the "Ningxia Tourist Scenic Spot Through Train", which is very convenient.

From March to May every year, the Shahu International Bird Watching Festival will continue to be held here. Among the birds in Shahu Lake, migratory birds are the most numerous, with more than 1 million migrating birds every year. Whenever migratory birds fly south and return north, chaffinches fly, birds contend, fly in the air, hover low and hover, bring sunshine and white clouds, and rippling with the reeds.

The lotus leaves in the sky are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers are red in the sun. The 10,000-mu Lotus Garden in Shahu Lake is located on the east side of Shahu Lake. In midsummer, the lotus flowers compete to bloom first, competing for splendor, graceful and flawless. The breeze blows, sending bursts of fragrance of lotus and lotus seeds, refreshing. In spring and summer, you can see flowers, red leaves and green leaves everywhere, and in autumn and winter, you can also stay in the lotus to listen to the sound of rain.

Thirteen years of wind, sand, frost and snow, the city and the mountains and rivers are thousands of years old. The Silk Road Wonders Scenic Spot in the Desert has added a few ancient lines to the pearl of Shahu Lake. The camel bells of Zhang Qian's team are still echoing over the desert. Poets throughout the ages have chanted about the Silk Road, melting into every handful of fine sand. The Great Wall of the Beacon Flames, the Great Pass that is impossible to open, the Mogao Grottoes, the Cave of Thousand Buddhas, the blond Persia, and the land of Xuanzang's westward journey to Tianzhu, the desert culture has a long history.

Time is like quicksand, passing without knowing it. However, the International Sand Sculpture Garden in Shahu has turned quicksand into left sand. Skilled craftsmen use this flowing sand to create lifelike sculptures. Pyramids and sphinxes blend the exotic culture on the banks of the Nile into the fine sand beside the Milky Way in the sand lake, which has a different style.

"The Prophet of Plumbing Birds in Shahu Lake is when the silver carp is fat and tender." When you come to Shahu Lake, of course you have to eat fish. The silver carp, bighead carp, carp, grass carp, river crab and lotus root of the "Shahu" brand have obtained the A-level green food certification from China Green Food Certification Center. The big fish head in Shahu is also a good product for state banquets, and it is called natural "brain gold". The entrance is fresh but not fishy, ​​tender but not scattered, fat but not greasy, awakening every taste bud cell of diners.

There are also many entertainment projects in Shahu. Sandboarding, desert karting, cableway and other sand equipment allow tourists to experience the majestic desert; water games such as parasailing, flying fish, and jet skis can also experience the tropical island style in the northwest inland; Performing arts activities such as Sichuan opera bird tea ceremony, sea lion performance and Hui nationality flower style drama "Homecoming Wedding" satisfy every visual nerve of tourists.

Everyone who came to Shahu was reluctant to leave. Immersed in the desert sand like snow, reveling in the autumn water and the sky, lingering in the flying kites and fishes, the scenery is beautiful. You go, it does not send you. You come, no matter how much wind and rain, it is waiting for you in place.