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Beautiful red river, ask for from the high mountain ridges on mountain in Shangluo and wind circuitously, is cherishing the attachment to mountain, run to Xichuan county of Henan Province, Hubei Province, Shan juncture slowly. The red river storehouse is the first largest artificial reservoir of Asia, established in 1958, completed in 1973, 84,000 hectares of coverage of water area, the total amount of water storage reaches 8,100 million cubic meters. The reservoir area is located in in the surrouding mountains, the climate is suitable here, the air is fresh, Rizhao amount is the highest. Water quality is transparent, the surface of water is wide, calm, make the reservoir have preventing flood, generate electricity, irrigates, shipping, cultivating. Comprehensive benefit of travelling etc.. The canal head of the large-scale project of South-North Water Diversion of the national key item, within the territory of value the township nine times in Xichuan countying.
Its all is built up, with the flow of 50O cubic meter per second, will send water in river of red Chinese two to Central China, North China. The natural scene of the red river storehouse is the best destination that travels, there are eight leather courses of Stone on the river surface, there are highways establishing one s own system in the reservoir area. It is closed to very open Qin Sichuan that the chaste tree is purple from the west of here, going down south can reach Jingchu, entering in the east can enter the earth of Central Plains. Bluish waves a thousand incline the red river, the sky and water is monochromatic, if the mountain is blue and green and bright and beautiful, beautiful to draw, the strange mountain different stone, have appearance color alone. The yacht fish s boat ripples above the green wave, people revolve round water, the mountain is moved with people, if people draw Bank of China, the mountain is like water and float. Make vast god of heart lift, full of endless joy.
The wild goose mouth of the reservoir has narrow and long river surface of several 5 kilometers, insert the bank grotesque peak and confront each other, the cliff is steep, the wild rattan is hung upside down, the mountain surrounds water to wind, this is a famous red river small Sanxia (the intersection of cloud and the intersection of mountain range and gorge and large gorge, the intersection of wild goose and the intersection of mouth and gorge) ,Can match in excellence or beauty with Yangtse River Gorges. There is a natural stone Buddha on Lion Rock wall, up to 15 meters, faces the river surface, looks straight ahead in the front, the expression is sedate, straighten one s clothes and sit properly, there is majestic appearance in Leshan Big Buddhism. Its kindly face is dignified and solemn, two hands shut the palm on the front, seem to be giving the visitors taking the light boat, swinging the boat a blessing.
Among beautiful scenery of lakes and mountains in the red river tourist zone, the interspersing of a large number of cultural relics and historic sites, give an added grace to what is already beautiful especially for the excursion district, make its cautious and conscientious strength heighten. In this is large-scale The crystal museum China, is collecting west corridor of Henan Province Old history. 22.5 kilometers of the reservoir area are arranged on open Sichuan, the scenic spot tongue leather of historic site, it is the origin of Chu Culture, it is the blending ground of Chu Culture and Central Plains culture. The internal organs ground flooded in reservoir area is the red male genital of ancient capital in the State of Chu. Qu Yuan write down a lot of poem in here banish, clear red fight of north Qin that describe take place here in the the sadness among them. There is ancient tomb group in period in the Spring and Autumn and the Warring states at the reservoir bank, unearthed over 7000 precious historical relics record that obey the prosperity in the past in open Sichuan in the seat clear tomb of ancient Chinese chime with 12 bells of unearthed relics explored, unearthed ancient Chinese chime with 12 bells the intersection of China and unearthed ancient Chinese chime with 12 bells on blue and green the intersection of quality and best first in the tomb. Copper that he determined the jade as the country is prohibited, the office arranges the historical relic such as being desolate, reflect long history and civilization grand occasion here several thousand years ago. These historical relics are in U.S.A., Japan, France. Britain and other places exhibits, has produced the enormous sensational effect.
Red the intersection of river and a magnificent pearl at four major ancient fragrant tight temples that stopped of Henan Province inlay for the excursion district also on the bank, the grand ancient buildings, it is latent in the green tree of ancient cypress to go from hill-side to the foot of the hill, quiet and tastefully laid out and mysterious, it is excellent to hide everywhere. There is a view of over 20 historical relics in about 4 kilometers along the red river, the dragon on the lower island of mountain of the card puts down the temple. It was once great scholar Ouyang Xiu s reading place in Song Dynasty. Make the intersection of hillock and the intersection of the Neolithic Age and the intersection of river and ancient tomb, red Zhu, the intersection of gulf and the intersection of cave and the intersection of snake and mountain, the intersection of tortoise and mountain, open and upright mountain,etc. Du Yang, girl of site, Wang still. Numerous cultural relics and historic sites and natural landscape are merged together, make the red river more mysterious and more magnificent. The domestic ridge hill rises and falls in Xichuan county, criss-cross, the river is interweaved, the terrain is very complicated, the Northwest connects Qinling Mountains my pulse, the north connects ox s foot of a mountain of dog days, is poaching the chain of mountains of four peaks sideways in the southwest, the hills and mountains are unbroken, the grotesque peak is green, fight for the brightness in the clear pool. Nature and ancient create a unique scenic spot for Xichuan, leave descendant endless fun and spirit to enjoy. In ancient times, Xichuan has been the strategic point where a military commander has fought for all the time, leave a lot of precious historical relics, especially the accomplishment of the red river storehouse of the beginning of the seventies, with the specially unique natural scene, this Xichuan has added the splendor. The scenic spots and historical sites along the red river, connect into a natural excursion district, the red river upstream Jing Zi closes the ancient town. The ancient street is more than 2.5 kilometers, builds the surface on the stone, the building was kept intact in more than 700 periods of Qing Dynasty, sincere in ancient fragrant ancient, Athens, book the open site from the Wu s of the places of 2 kilometers of towns, legend; the old bag settles down openly Just here.
There are over ten ancient buildings such as association, flat wave palace, Yu Royal Palace, Longevity Hill palace of Shan on the street. Famous poet Li Bai, Du Fu have set foot in here too in the Tang Dynasty, had roamed and poured out one s heart. Monkey mountains and large temples are one of eight major wonderful scenery Xichuan. The monkey mountain had a huge stone that is like monkeys because of the mountaintop, there is an ancient cypress nearby, very as if the monkey climbed the tree, the mountains connect the mountain peak spread and look like the monkey that runs one by one and gain the name again at the same time. It is said Sun Wukong crosses the goblin in this town. The large temple is located in the peak the monkey mountain. In addition, there are ancient sites and ancient tombs of gulf of temples, the intersection of tiger and mountain range, dual the intersection of river and town, little Sanxia, lay the intersection of temple and Tallin, fragrant the intersection of rock and temple, large the intersection of spring and the intersection of temple, Longshan, Guandi Temple,etc. and 35 main scenic spots and historical sites and tourist spot.