introduce

Yanzhi Gorge is located on the east side of Yangcao Village, Huanghua Township, 8 kilometers northeast of Jingyuan County. It faces Kongtong Mountain in the east, Liupan Mountain in the west, and Laolongtan in the south. The gorge is 45 kilometers long and was formed 800 million years ago. of the Ordovician. The name "Rouge" evolved from the ethnic minority "Yanzhi" and "Yanzhi" tribes who multiplied and lived here in the Spring and Autumn Period.

A long time ago, Yanzhi Gorge and its surrounding areas were lush with lush vegetation and bright red everywhere. It was not only a good place for people to herd and farm, but also a resort for collecting rouge, so this mountain was named Yanzhi Mountain. The ethnic minorities living here wear rouge clothes, use rouge powder, eat rouge flowers, and are inseparable from rouge flowers and plants for basic necessities of life. They are called "Yanzhi" and "Yanshi" by other ethnic groups around them. The meaning of "red" agrees with the modern "rouge".

Yanzhi Gorge not only has a poetic and pleasant name, but also has rich cultural heritage. Wonderful and lifelike, Yanzhixia Shifeng takes strange rocks, cliffs and cliffs as the landscape content, and the overall structure is characterized by "seclusion, mystery, strangeness and danger".

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