Travel Notes丨Hello, Ningxia

It was already past 7 o'clock when I visited the Chinese Yellow River Tower. It was also the fourth attraction in the day. The attractions in Ningxia are very grand, so the number of steps must be firmly in the top ten. It gets dark very late in Ningxia, so we are trying hard to catch up with the sun. We just want to stand on the Yellow River Tower and see the whole of Ningxia. In front of the Yellow River Tower, there is a 36-meter-tall bronze statue of Mother. She holds an ear of wheat in one hand and a scroll in the other. Her eyes are looking into the distance, watching the Chinese people in the Yellow River Basin. The afterglow of the setting sun shone on her body, feeling like she was exuding the brilliance of her mother.

After checking in at the Mother Statue, we hurried up to the Yellow River Tower. Fortunately, there was still sunset light. From the highest floor, we could overlook the panoramic view of Ningxia and count the nine twists and turns of the Yellow River. I will wait for you in the Yellow River. Standing on it quietly waiting for the sunset. Then go down the stairs. The Yellow River Tower also houses the Yellow River Chinese History and Culture Exhibition Hall, the Yellow River Ningxia History and Culture Exhibition Hall, the Yellow River Impression Exhibition Hall, the Yellow River Cultural Performance Hall, etc. I didn’t have time to savor it carefully, so I just took a quick look and finished the whole journey laughing and joking. The Yellow River Tower is not the famous Yellow Crane Tower that you know. The Yellow River Tower was built in recent years, mainly to develop Ningxia's tourism industry. It is still worth a visit here. After all, there is a museum that comprehensively displays the five thousand years of splendid civilization of the Yellow River. It is an important hub of Yellow River culture in Ningxia. carrier.

Tonghu Grassland is located in the hinterland of the Tengger Desert in Alxa Left Banner. Thinking of Alxa, everyone wanted to come here to see if the trees they planted in the Ant Forest were real, but the place we visited was still far away from the place where the trees were planted. Tonghu Grassland is located at the junction of Ningxia and Inner Mongolia. When you come here, you will feel like Mongolia, with horns, colorful flags, deserts, salt lake wetland grasslands, sand springs, oasis, pastoral villages, rock paintings and other natural and cultural landscapes. Tonghu Grassland is a grassland, but it is very different from the Inner Mongolia prairie. The grass here looks green from a distance, but only dimly lit up close.

I don’t come here to see the scenery, but mainly to have fun, including camel riding, horseback riding, desert speeding, desert motorcycles, and sand and grass skiing. In my mind, this was the first time I rode a camel. I sat between two humps, feeling crazy. My camel seemed disobedient and always followed the camel’s butt in front of me, causing my feet to rub all the time. The most exciting thing is the desert speed car. It's close to a right-angle slope and you can fly down it in one stride. It's super exciting. The same goes for desert motorcycles. Driving a motorcycle in the desert and sandboarding are also very interesting. However, the board is too heavy and it takes half the effort to pull it up, which makes me not want to go down. The scenery at the slope is still very beautiful.

Shapotou, a 5A scenic spot, is also one of the five most beautiful deserts in China, the Tengger Desert. It is a national nature reserve, has China's largest natural sand slide field, and has the "No. 1 Yellow River Cable in the World" across the Yellow River. , there is the ancient waterwheel representing the Yellow River culture, and the sheepskin raft, the oldest means of transportation on the Yellow River. We did not take the sheepskin raft, but chose the speedboat for 5 people. It was super value for money. We traveled all the way to the deepest point on both sides of the strait. Both sides of the strait were surrounded by mountains. It felt like the mountains on both sides of the strait were getting farther and farther away, and the speedboat had passed the Ten Thousand Mountains.

It was a super cold day when I went to the 108 Tower. First I walked across a dam and then took a cruise to the 108 Tower. The towers were built in steps according to the rock formations of the mountain. They are divided into twelve stepped platforms, starting from the bottom. The upper floors increase in height, forming a huge group of towers with a triangular shape in the overall plane. There are a total of 108 towers, so they are named after the number of towers. It is a rare large-scale tower array in the world and is famous for its unique architectural pattern, mysterious Xixia history and profound Buddhist culture. After traveling a lot, it’s amazing to always think about the thoughts and behaviors of the ancients.

Known as one of the "hundred most significant archaeological discoveries of Chinese civilization", the national AAAAA-level scenic spot - [Shuidonggou], follow the guide and listen to the story of human beings thriving here 30,000 years ago, and then walk through What comes into view in the reed swamp is Hongshan Lake. After arriving at the dock, you can take a battery boat and wander between the lakes. Then you can take a donkey cart to the Tibetan Soldier Cave. There is an open-air zoo on the way, where ostriches look at you.

It was wonderful to sing and laugh all the way, and then let the grandpa driving the donkey cart hum a few northwest folk songs. The Hidden Soldier Cave, as you can tell from its name, is a place where weapons are hidden. It is a deep hole dug in the mountain to hide weapons. There are also some anti-theft checkpoints and hidden weapons inside. There were no lights before, so it was not easy to dig such a long hole in the dark. It was easy, and the road there was so thin and long that I was a little short of oxygen.