hukou waterfall

is the largest yellow waterfall in the world.

The Yellow River flows through the Loess Plateau and flows into the Qinjin Gorge

A river bed nearly 500 meters wide

Suddenly shrank to 40 to 50 meters

The endless flow of Yellow River water

It's like being put in a narrow spout.

It is difficult to know the true face of the Yellow River without looking at the Hukou Waterfall

1000 cubic meters per second of Yellow River water

Pour it down from a cliff more than 20 meters high

He has the spirit of harvesting thousands of miles of Yellow River in one pot

Witness with your own eyes the majesty of the Yellow River

The heart of the mother river brings tears to people's eyes

Huge currents

It can even set off a light rain on the shore

Looking at the roaring river water

Suddenly I realized that sentence

The water of the Yellow River rises from the sky and runs to the sea forever

What kind of shock is it

Yellow River water is here

There was a roar and a struggle

Everything around it becomes small

Coupled with a desolate and tragic temperament

Exactly what the lyrics of the Yellow River Cantata describe

The wind is roaring, the horse is roaring

The Yellow River is roaring, the Yellow River is roaring…

Hukou Waterfall is built on both sides of the Yellow River

One east and one west, Shanxi and Shaanxi respectively

Right at the junction of the two provinces

It is bounded by Yan 'an, Shaanxi Province in the west and Linfen, Shanxi Province in the east

Starting south, 350 kilometers away is Xi'an, Shaanxi

Starting north, 387 kilometers away is Taiyuan, Shanxi

People say that Hukou has beautiful scenery

Point with the left hand is Shaanxi, point with the right hand is Shanxi

01

Yucha Grand Canyon

(Yan 'an, Shaanxi)

About 3 hours drive from Hukou Waterfall

There is another such miracle in Yan 'an

You don't have to go to Arizona, USA

You can check in the same scenery as "Antelope Valley"

The lines on the surface of the rock flow naturally

It seems like a wave from thousands of years ago, frozen here

Sunlight pours down from above the canyon

Conjure ambiguous colors in the canyon

Yucha Grand Canyon

In Yucha Village, Ganquan County, Yan 'an, Shaanxi Province

It is a natural spectacle on the Loess Plateau

It is also known as the Chinese version of Antelope Valley

A powerful earthquake hundreds of millions of years ago

Divide the surface of the earth

Then came millions of years of wind and rain

Each stroke and painting left his mark here

Create this wonderful world

The uneven canyon walls

The texture is as smooth as silk

The most amazing thing is that the hard rock

There is also a charm with beautiful lines

Yucha Grand Canyon has seven canyons in total

But there are only four canyons you can find so far

Huashugou, Nanhe Mudan Gully, Longbagou, Huachabao

The most beautiful one is Birch Gully

it should be noted

These canyons are not centralized

It's about half an hour's drive between them

02

the Terracotta Warriors and horses

(Xi'an, Shaanxi)

Xi'an is not only an Internet celebrity city today

Also more than 2,000 years ago

The location of the Afang Palace, the first palace in the world in the Qin Dynasty

Here are artificial miracles that shock the world

the Terracotta Warriors and horses

The Terracotta Warriors, unknown underground for more than 2,000 years

Sealed the glory of our ancient civilization

Qin Shihuang's domineering attitude towards unifying the Central Plains

and the unshakable majesty of feudal kingship

Ancient kings were first buried with living people

Due to extreme brutality and cruelty

Only then was it gradually changed to be buried with pottery and wood figurines

The Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses are the peak of the latter

Whether it is the huge scale or the fine workmanship of the pottery figurines

have reached unprecedented heights

Pit 1 alone contains more than 8000 terracotta warriors

And the costumes and demeanor of each pottery figure

is unique

03

Pingyao ancient city

(Shanxi·Jinzhong)

This is the most complete ancient county town in China

It is 2700 years old

The style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties has been preserved to this day

The layout of the entire ancient city is very regular

All the streets are intertwined horizontally and horizontally, and arranged in the right way

Fourth Street, Eighth Street

Seventy-two winding alleys crisscross

The history of Shanxi merchants is ubiquitous in the ancient city

Ticket number, escort agency, county government, Confucian temple...

Every household is full of retro atmosphere

A street in the Ming and Qing Dynasties located on the central axis of the ancient city

Many ancient shop remains are also preserved

Ticket number, bank, pawnshop, pharmacy...

Butcher shop, cigarette shop, grocery store, satin shop...

You can buy a famous Pingyao beef

You can also visit Rishengchang, China's first bank

This ancient city of Pingyao is more mature than the authentic Shanxi

It must be more interesting

04

Wang family courtyard

(Shanxi·Jinzhong)

Qiao's courtyard is a commercial residence

The Wang family compound is an official residence

The Wang family grew from farmers to merchants, and from merchants to officials

The family business is getting bigger, the family assets are getting thicker, and the reputation is getting higher

It gradually declined from the late Qing Dynasty

The Wang Family Courtyard is also known as the folk Forbidden City

The Wang Family Courtyard is built on the mountain

It's a completely enclosed castle

Including Fifth Lane and Liubao Street

45000 square meters of floor area

It's ten times bigger than the Qiao's compound

The layout of the five forts is also known as the five auspicious beasts

Dragon, phoenix, turtle, lin, tiger

It conveys an auspicious and beautiful meaning

and expectations for future generations.

There is also the architectural layout of the Wang Family Courtyard

Inherited the architectural style of the front hall and the back bedroom

Anyone with a hall must have couplets

If there is a door, there must be a plaque

Fully demonstrates the regular traditional etiquette

and the majestic majesty of official family

No wonder there is a saying circulating among the people

The Wang family returned without visiting the hospital

05

Wannian Ice Cave

(Shanxi·Xinzhou)

This is the largest ice cave discovered so far in my country

It is also a rare large ice cave in the world

Formed during the Cenozoic Quaternary Glacial Period

It is 3 million years old

That's why it was called the Ten Thousand Year Ice Cave

What makes it unique is that

Judging from the climate conditions outside the cave, there is no way to freeze.

However, the icicles in the cave do not melt all year round

The deeper you go, the thicker the ice becomes

Generally speaking, only at extremely high latitudes and extremely cold places

Such as the North and South Poles, Siberia or some snowy mountains

to discover ice holes.

And the number is small and the scale is small

But in Ningwu County, Shanxi Province, where there are four distinct seasons

How can there be such an ice cave that never melts all year round?

even more amazing is

Less than 200 meters away from the ice cave

There is also a fire that has lasted for thousands of years

Locals call it a thousand-year-old volcano

One ice and one fire originally resisted each other

but wonderfully coexist on the same mountain

06

xuankong temple

(Datong, Shanxi)

The seemingly crumbling Xuankong Temple

Built in a depression in the cliff

Named by Time Magazine

One of the top ten buildings in the world at risk

Like a Xuankong Temple in the abyss

It ranks first among the eighteen scenic spots in Hengshan

There has always been a slang saying circulating among the people

Xuankong Temple, half a day high, hanging from the sky with three horsetails

This ancient building has gone through countless

Landslides, earthquakes, rainwater erosion

But it has remained strong for more than 1500 years

October has arrived

Hukou Waterfall is also about to usher

Best viewing period every autumn

However, Hukou is not the only beautiful scenery

Every Shaanxi and a mountain are also full of treasures