Many tourists who are keen on traveling in the surrounding areas of Ningxia come to Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia, regardless of the season, but most of them may not know that Yinchuan is known as the Seventy-two Lakes in history. People who have been to Yinchuan know that this is a lake city full of lakes and waves. The beautiful lake and water complement the scenery of the Northland. Although it is not Jiangnan, it is better than Jiangnan. On the east side of the Tang Canal, if there is a lot of water, it becomes a lake, which is connected to each other and is called Lianhu. Let’s realize the old dream of the seventy-two lakes with the people of Yinchuan. In this land, the lake water is like the tears that the Yellow River gave to the Yinchuan Plain. We have no way of knowing the changes in the old dream of the lakes in the long time, but what is certain is that Yinchuan is now The development is changing with each passing day, and the continuous water gathers here. The magnificent beauty of the seventy-two lakes in the old days will definitely come back.
The Yellow River crosses mountains and gorge from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau all the way. After entering Ningxia, the Yellow River changed its surging momentum and moved northward slowly, writing a big "ji" on the land of China. The Yinchuan Plain is hidden in the arms of the "ji". inside the bend.
The big river is moist, and the fertile fields are thousands of miles away. The mother of the Yellow River generously embellishes the pearl-agate-like lakes on the emerald green dress of Yinchuan, and Helan Mountain uses her body to shield her from the wind and sand, blocking the invasion of the Tengger Desert and the Ulan Buhe Desert. The moistening of the Yellow River, coupled with the floods and springs in the valleys of Helan Mountain, has left many lakes and marsh wetlands in the alluvial fan area along the banks of the Yellow River in Yinchuan and the eastern foot of Helan Mountain.
There are many beautiful lakes in Yinchuan. Aiyi South starts from Tanglai Canal and Yongjia Lake Retreat Sluice. As the main channel for Yinchuan people to return to the lake city, it finally submerges into the Yellow River. It runs through the land for 158 kilometers. The water in the ditch connects the famous lakes in Yinchuan, such as Seventy-two Lake, Huayan Lake, Beita Lake, West Lake, and Yuehai, and finally flows into the Shahu Lake tens of kilometers downstream. The wide and unimpeded water surface constitutes a breathing channel for the beautiful Yinchuan. Every drop of water flows from the Yellow River 80 kilometers away. It has irrigated different rice fields along different canals. It re-converged into this vast water area, making the beautiful scenery of Ningxia's tourist attractions extraordinarily brilliant, and the seventy-two lakes reunited the old dream.
Baohu Lake is located in Baofuqiao Village, Liangtian Town, Jinfeng District, Yinchuan City. It is a national wetland park. It covers an area of nearly 1,000 mu, including more than 500 mu of water surface. It is the lake in the city of Yinchuan City, which is connected with the West Lake and West Lake. It is adjacent to Tanglai Canal in the east, Zhengyuan South Street in the west, Yinxin Railway Line in the north, and Baoqing West Road in the south. Hence the name, it is oval in shape. Baohu Lake has a wide surface, deep lake water, the deepest is more than 2 meters, and the water color is light blue. The lake and the island are surrounded by reeds, and the reeds are connected. When people in Yinchuan are free, they all love to come here for bird watching and fishing. There are two origins of the name of Baohu: one is that the lake looks like a big silver ingot, so it is named "Baohu"; The most precious one in Lianhu, so it is called "Treasure Lake".
Yinchuan Mingcui Lake National Wetland Park is located in Zhangzheng Town, Xingqing District, Yinchuan City, Ningxia, 9 kilometers away from Yinchuan City and 3 kilometers away from the Yellow River. It is the third national wetland park named by the State Forestry Administration after Qinhu Lake in Jiangsu and Xixi National Wetland Park in Hangzhou. It is also the first national wetland park in the Yellow River Basin and the western region. It enjoys the reputation of "one of the six most beautiful wetland parks in China". This is the Yellow River Basin and the first national wetland park in the western region. The scenic spot integrates the Loess Plateau, the Yellow River, lakes, reeds, wetlands and other landscapes. When you come here to play, you will have a feeling that it is not like the Northwest, but more like somewhere in the south of the Yangtze River. Yinchuan is worthy of being on top of the south of the Yangtze River. The lake in the park is clear, with the scenery of Jiangnan water town.
Mingcui Lake is the historical relic of the west edge of the Ordos platform where the ancient road of the Yellow River moved eastward, and it is the hinterland of the Changhu Lake in the Ming Dynasty. Visitors come here, boating on reeds, winding paths leading to seclusion, watching birds in the labyrinth, enjoying themselves and forgetting to return, stretching as far as the eye can see, like poetry and picturesque. Going to the Mingcui Lake Wetland to watch birds and quietly hear the sounds of nature where all the birds sing together can be said to be one of the great pleasures in life.
The lake is named "Hongshan Lake" because it is located in the Hongshan area. "Hongshan Lake" is also formed by accumulating water from the side ditches. During the wet season, the lake surface can extend eastward in the canyon for more than 2 kilometers. There are often hawks and cranes flying in the sky, and there are mandarin ducks and wild ducks swimming on the water surface. The wild grass in the mountains is green. , the scenery is very beautiful. Originally, according to the plan, we were going to build a plank road about one kilometer between the cliffs on the south bank of Hongshan Lake for tourists to walk across Hongshan Lake for sightseeing. However, after investigation by geological experts, it was found that the cliffs facing the water were quite soft due to the long-term erosion of the lake, and cracks appeared in several sections of the cliffs, which tended to sink and were in danger of collapsing at any time. At present, we are preparing a plan according to the opinions of experts, integrating development and protection.
Yuanyang Lake
This lake has a beautiful name, Yuanyang Lake. The water surface is nearly 100,000 square meters, and the water depth is 3 to 4 meters. It is a saltwater lake formed by the constant trickle of Shuidonggou all year round, carrying the salt on the surface, but the salt content in the water is not too high. Coming here, we are in the depths of the desert among the lakes and mountains. The rough desert, the distant peaks, the majestic Great Wall, and the sparkling lake constitute a peaceful, soft, unified and harmonious beauty. Here, what we deeply appreciate is the majestic spirit of "the desert is solitary, the long river is full of sun", and the "Pinghu Lake is like a mirror with clear water, and the mountains are emerald and the sky is bright and blue". At the turn of spring and summer, there are often many kinds of water birds cruising on the lake, and the most seen are mandarin ducks in pairs, so people call this lake "Mandarin Duck Lake". In recent years, more and more snow-white swans have been seen on the lake, adding a great beauty to Yuanyang Lake.
There are many beautiful and interesting lakes in Ningxia, such as Shahu Lake, Yuanyang Lake in Shuidonggou Scenic Area, Hongshan Lake, Crescent Lake in Huangsha Ancient Ferry, Mingcui Lake, Baohu Lake, Haizi Lake, etc., with beautiful scenery and beautiful scenery. .
To visit Shahu Lake, Shuidonggou, and Huangsha Ancient Ferry, it is recommended to go to Ningxia tourist attractions through trains. The staff all wear yellow vests. The little yellow people are hospitable and hospitable. Crescent Square in the city, convenient accommodation nearby, there are many hotels, and convenient transportation. It is not far from the civil aviation bus, and it is very convenient whether it is by train or plane. The through train for the scenic spot has opened direct trains from the urban area to Shahu, Huangsha Ancient Ferry, Shapotou, Shuidonggou, Zhenbeibao Western Film and Television City, Western Xia Royal Tomb, Helan Mountain Rock Painting and other scenic spots around Yinchuan, which is super convenient.
