The famous spots and historical remains

Sand  Lake

  Tour area in the sand lake, is located in Datan Qianjin  farm in Pingluo County. Developed and constructed in 1990. There is sand, water, abound  fishes  in  Sand  Lake,like Li,Lian, Yong, Huan, Ji,and unusual Wuchang,doll fish(big Ni)big terrapin more than 1 meter.In the aquarium of Hunan shore, we can see thousands  of  kinds of precious fishes. It is also  the  heaven of bird: white crane, black crane, swan...etc. more  than ten kinds of precious birds living there. We  can see the scene of bird playing on view bird  tower. The bird's nests are among water reeds. In spring, motley bird eggs are dispersed there, which is a specta-cular sight. Around the West Lake,there is slippery sand, ride camel, ride horse, swim, fish, glide, beach volley-ball, football etc. And  we can make sightseeing trip by airplane in the sky.It has become a touring spot in north-west China with great reputa-tion,and has been chosen as one of 35 most beauti-ful spots in China. 


Sand Lake 

Yuhuangge


Yuhuangge 

 Yuhuangge is located in Pingluo County.The builan ancient cooking vessels are set up during Yongle in Ming Dynasty-with a history of more than more than 580 years. The whole builan ancient cooking vessel body is special,the scale is great and the structure is careful and the craft is elega-nt. High builan ancient cooking vessel vehemence grandios-ity, the small pavilion is refined, competitively match in excellence;Builan ancient cooking vessel pavilion is prof-ound; the brim cape rises to blue sky, like lanneret exhi-bition going to fly; All palaces inside the pavilion have carved girder, such as flower, monster, birds, or colored landscape  and  persons. They  are  the biggest of ancient architectures In Ningxia Hui Nationality Autonomy, and one of the Taoism temples in northwest region. 

Zhonggu builan ancient cooking vessel 

   The Zhonggu builan ancient cooking vessel is located in Pingluo  County  center, set  up  during  Jia  Jing inMing Dynasty. And it is ruined in the third  year  of  Qianlong (1739) in an heavy earthquake, rebuild in Qianlong fourth year. In the  third  year of Xuantong Qing Dynasty (1911), it is ruined in  a  fire;  In  Republic  of China (1913), wealthy   gentlemen and  experts  together  designed and builded it. The Zhonggu builan ancient cooking vessel sets up at the 13 meters wide square, having 3 floors outside, while  2  floors  actually. The  bottom  layer is Dongbin palace, upper layer is Caishen palace. It is named as"four clear eight dark" for its  special  style  of upper layer. This pavilion has 36 capes,72 posts, meaning 36 days gods, 72 ground evils. 


Zhonggu builan ancient cooking vessel 

Travel scenic area of Dashui Ditch 


Travel scenic area of Dashui Ditch 

   It is  located  at the mouth of Dashui Ditch in Helan Mountain, Shangmiao Town, Pingluo County. Dashui Ditch is ruins of the biggest place in Xixia. At the right side of ditch  mounth, there  is  a  soil flat roof with 66-meter height  and  133  meter width, which is called "Assigning Stage of Mu Guiying” bu common people.It is temple ruins of  Li  Yuanhao  in  Xixia Period.. Under the ruins, many Xixia brick and tile...etc. are explored. At 1,000 meters from the mounth of mountain,there is well preserved Great Wall of pass contain Ming  Dynasty. And there are ancient temples ruins at three  kilometers  away which is called "top temple",around which many rock paintings left by the ancient horde remain. Ditch mountain spring flows contin-uously.  Mountain  on  both  sides are sheer, the wood is luxuriantly green, the air  is delightfully fresh, is the good whereabouts  for  outing and mountain climbing. Many famous spots and historical remains are in Pingluo County. They  have  special  charm. Besides  them, there are also ancient Great Wall Site,  Kangxi  Yinma Lake, Sufang Lake, Helan Shang rock paintings, West  Lake, Beiwudang Temple, etc. 
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