Yinchuan City in Ningxia is known as "Seventy-two Lakes" in history. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, water conservancy projects such as the Qin Canal, the Han Canal, and the Tang Canal have been built. natural environment. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, lake landscapes such as "Moon Lake Sunset", "Hanqu Spring Rise", "Lianhu Fisherman's Song", and "Nantang Yuji" became the most prosperous scenes in Northwest China at that time. Yinchuan is dotted with lakes and rippling waves; criss-cross ditches and criss-crossing rice fields; the fragrance of rice is overflowing, and fishes and birds are singing. The beautiful lake scenery blends into the rough northern scenery, not Jiangnan, but better than Jiangnan.
Decades ago, Yinchuan City was surrounded by dense river networks and many lakes. There were more than 300 large and small lakes distributed around the city. So there is a theory of seventy-two connected lakes.
Yinchuan wetland is located in the arid region of the upper reaches of the Yellow River in western China. Yinchuan wetland has remarkable wetland ecological characteristics and ecological processes, complete wetland landscape and rich biodiversity; it is also an important transfer station for bird migration in East Asia-Australia and western my country. The wetland is located in the Yinchuan Plain of Ningxia, surrounded by various landscapes and landforms such as the Yellow River, the Loess Plateau, the Ordos Platform, and wind-eroded deserts. wetlands, paddy fields and other types of wetlands, the types of wetlands are rich and diverse, and have a relatively complete wetland ecosystem structure; as a wetland in an arid area, it has a long-term and stable source of water supply; Yinchuan wetland carries the ancient yellow irrigation culture, and has unique and rich Wetland cultural tourism resources.
Yinchuan -- West to the Helan Mountains, east to drink the water of the Yellow River, an ancient city with a long history and beautiful scenery in the west of China. The vast Yinchuan Plain benefits from the self-flowing irrigation of the Yellow River. There are many ditches and natural lakes. The wetlands are not only large in number, but also widely distributed, showing the characteristics of lake groups, which is rare in the arid regions of the west. According to preliminary surveys, the city currently has more than 32,000 hectares of wetlands, accounting for nearly 10% of the land area of Yinchuan City.
Yuehai Park has beautiful scenery and beautiful scenery. It starts from Aiyi Hebei Jing Road Wharf in the south, passes through West Lake Amusement Park, and leads to Yuehai, the largest wetland in Yinchuan City, in the north. The scenery is changing and the weather is myriad. It enjoys the reputation of "the kidney of Yinchuan" and "the green lung of the city". The water area of the park is vast, with meandering river courses, nestled against mountains and bridges, and crossing streets and alleys. Visitors here can not only enjoy the landscape bridge, cable-stayed bridge, Kangju engineering building and other architectural complexes that condense modern civilization, listen to the beautiful legend of the Aiyi River told by the tour guide, but also appreciate the beautiful scenery of the West Lake with pavilions, towers and pavilions, misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River. Every spring and summer, hundreds of thousands of birds breed and inhabit here. There are also fish, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and a large number of insects and aquatic biological resources in the wetland. There are many winter entertainment options here.
Shahu Tourist Scenic Spot, Shizuishan City, Ningxia, is located in Pingluo County, Shizuishan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. It is a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction with natural landscapes as the main body, and the organic combination of five major scenic spots: sand, water, reeds, birds, and mountains. The "Pearl on the Fortress", which combines the beauty of the south of the Yangtze River with the magnificent scenery outside the Great Wall, has the majesty of the Gobi Desert and the beauty of the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River. It is known as a "rare in the world" cultural tourist attraction. The main scenic spots include Shahu International Sand Sculpture Garden, Bird Island, Hudong Wetland, Xinmen District Square, Shahu Inscription Stone and other redundant landscapes.
In spring, the birds lay all kinds of eggs, and fluffy chicks can be seen everywhere. Spring and autumn are the best seasons for bird watching. A slight noise will startle tens of thousands of birds, and the black masses will hover in the sky, covering the sky and the sun, and singing endlessly. Shahu Bird Island is one of the best places for bird watching in my country.
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 types of birds here mainly include white cranes, black cranes, swans, gray storks, big ducks, red-crowned cranes, and Chinese wild ducks. There are 4 kinds of national first-class protected animals, black crane, Chinese merganser, white-tailed sea eagle, and great bustard, and national second-class protected animals, giant salamander (salamander), white spoonbill, white-fronted goose, whooper swan, cygnet, mandarin duck, kite, There are 21 species of goshawk and 24 species of key protected animals in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Shahu is the largest breeding ground for herons in Ningxia, and there are flocks of wild ducks. There are more than tens of thousands of spot-billed ducks and red-billed ducks breeding in the lake area alone. Among the birds in Shahu Lake, migratory birds are the most numerous, with more than 1 million migrating birds every year. And the time is mainly concentrated in two periods of April-May and September-October each year. At the turn of spring and summer, migratory birds come from the south, storks sing and cranes dance, swans fly and gather, and a hundred birds compete to sing, and the sound is heard for miles. When the birds fly, the sound is like light thunder, circling and turning, covering the sky and the sun; the places where the birds land are like clouds, and the branches and water are countless.
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, you can choose the local professional tourist transportation Ningxia Tourist Scenic Spot Through Train. The staff wear yellow vests, and the little yellow people are hospitable. There are two Xincheng Railway Stations at the bus point. The tourist distribution center, the Crescent Square in the old city, is convenient for accommodation nearby, there are many hotels, and the transportation is convenient. It is not far from the civil aviation bus, and it is very convenient whether it is by train or plane. Scenic through trains have opened the line from the urban area to Shahu, Huangsha Ancient Ferry, Shuidonggou, Zhenbeibao Western Film and Television City, Western Xia Royal Tomb, Helan Mountain Rock Painting, Shapotou and other scenic spots around Yinchuan, which is very convenient.
