Yinchuan or Lanzhou?

Yinchuan and Lanzhou are both western cities, but each has its own characteristics. Now is not the best tourist season in these two cities, so it is better to go after May. Xixia City, the main scenic spot in Yinchuan, was originally named "hublot Fort". It is located in lingwu city on the east bank of the Yellow River, near Yinchuan Yellow River Bridge, only 8 kilometers away from Yinchuan. Originally a garrison camp in the Ming Dynasty, it was the former site of "the ancient capital of Hengcheng", one of the eight scenic spots in the East in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It has a history of more than 500 years. According to historical records, Emperor Kangxi personally crossed the river here.

Visit Xixia Imperial City, enjoy Xixia music and dance, enjoy a beautiful banquet in Xixia and watch the sunset of the Yellow River ... Outside the city wall, it is still a scene of modern civilization. After crossing the city gate, you entered the "Xixia Imperial City" 800 years ago. The thick walls are completely isolated from the noise of the world, and the high watchtowers make people feel inexplicable awe. Especially when the sunset falls on the thick brick wall, as long as you close your eyes a little, it seems that time and space are reversed, and mysterious symbols such as Li Yuanhao, Thangka, Tibetan scriptures and Buddhist paintings quickly flash through your mind.

Western Xia imperial tombs

Emperor Xixia's mausoleum is located at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain in Xixia District. With the change of topography, there are 9 imperial tombs of Xixia Kingdom, more than 200 tombs of princes, Buddhist temple ruins 10 and Xixia brick kilns 10, which constitute a complete architectural group. It is one of the largest existing royal cemeteries in China, and it is also the best preserved ground relic. Xixia Mausoleum has unique architectural style, large area and concentrated tombs. The scenic spot covers more than 50 square kilometers, among which the mausoleum is tall and majestic, and is known as the "Pyramid of China".

Xixia Museum is the first museum in China that truly and vividly shows the history of the rise and fall of Xixia Kingdom with the background of Xixia Mausoleum. The whole museum covers an area of 5,300 square meters. The Xixia Pagoda has a unique style with dense eaves-style architecture, which not only has the momentum of modern architecture, but also echoes the mausoleum site, forming a strong national architectural style.

Zhenbeibao western cinema

Located in Zhenbeibao Town, Xixia District, the original site was the Ming and Qing frontier fortress. Zhang Xianliang, a famous writer, discovered it and introduced it to the film industry in the early 1980s. Up to now, more than 60 film and television dramas that have won international and domestic awards have been filmed here, such as Shepherd, Red Sorghum, Yellow River Ballad, Yellow River Lovelorn, A Chinese Odyssey, Xinlongmen Inn, etc. The western studio of Zhenbeibao is characterized by simplicity, primitiveness, roughness and desolation among many studios in China. There are many films made here, many rising stars, and many international and domestic film and television awards, all of which are the best in China Film and Television City, and are known as "a must in China". Because of its special contribution to China's film industry, it enjoys the reputation of "China film goes to the world from here".

Rock paintings of Helan Mountain

Located at Helankou, the eastern foot of Helan Mountain in Xixia District, 60 kilometers away from Yinchuan City. There are more than a thousand rock paintings in the mountain pass, which are distributed on cliffs and stone walls stretching for more than 600 meters on both sides of the valley. Rock paintings dominated by portraits account for more than half of the total number of rock paintings, followed by cattle, horses, sheep, donkeys, deer, birds, wolves and other animals. In addition, there are carved patterns of hunting and sacrificial scenes, as well as dates, months, stars, mornings, hands, feet and Xixia characters. It provides us with extremely precious physical materials to understand and study the history, culture, economic situation and religious beliefs of ancient nomadic people, and it can be called a precious national art gallery.

Suyukou National Forest Park

Suyukou National Forest Park is located in Helanshan National Nature Reserve, Xixia District, with rich natural landscape and unique human landscape. In the range of nearly 10,000 hectares, there are many towering trees such as Pinus tabulaeformis, juniper and spruce. Rare shrubs such as red cherry, lilac and pink Mongolian almond are all over the valley and gully. Layers of forests are colorful and changeable, which is amazing.

Sanguankou Great Wall in Ming Dynasty

Located at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain in Xixia District, it is the main road from Ningxia to Alashan Zuo Qi in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Ming government built the Great Wall (called the side wall in the Ming Dynasty) for border defense safety, and set up the three customs, which became one of the "four dangers" in Ningxia at that time. After several renovations and additions, the city wall stretches over the top of the mountain, and the mountain is high and steep, which is quite a trend of "one person guards it and ten thousand people can't force it". The Great Wall, which spans the three passes, is connected with the trestle and beacon tower, which is in danger of controlling the western desert and choking the throat.

Haibaota

Commonly known as the North Tower, it is located in Haibaota Temple in the north of xingqing district. When this pagoda was built is unknown. According to the Ming Dynasty's "New Records of Wanli Shuofang", it was rebuilt by Helian Bobo, king of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It is a square 9-story 1 1 level pavilion-style brick tower with a total height of 53.9 meters. When climbing the tower, Yinchuan was surrounded by Jiangnan. It was listed as one of the eight scenic spots in Ningxia in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and was called "Lingxiao Ancient Pagoda". Temple trees, pavilions and beautiful scenery. Every year on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, the temple holds the "Magnolia" temple fair, which has continued to this day.

drum tower

Located at the intersection of Jiefang East Street and Gulou North and South Street in xingqing district. The Bell and Drum Tower was built in the first year of Qing Daoguang (A.D. 182 1), with a total height of 36 meters. It consists of platforms, pavilions and turrets. The whole drum, carved beams and painted buildings, is magnificent.

Nanguan mosque

Located in Yuhuangge South Street, xingqing district, it is the largest mosque in Yinchuan. Yinchuan Muslims raised funds at 198 1 to rebuild a building complex with Arabic style and national characteristics. The Upper Temple can accommodate 1300 people to worship; The lower floor has a bathroom, a chapel, a women's chapel, an Arabic school, an imam bedroom and a reception room. In the center of the building stands a huge green dome with a crescent moon hanging high. There is a 30-meter-high "minaret" on both sides in front of the temple, and a fountain with a diameter of 15 meters is also set in the middle. The whole building has strict layout, gorgeous decoration, exquisite elegance and grandeur. Thousands of Muslims gather here to engage in ethnic and religious activities on the "main hemp day" or the annual traditional Hui festival.

Yinchuan National Wetland Park

It consists of two parts: Guangdong Sea and Cuiming Lake.

Yuehai is located in the northwest of jinfeng district, Yinchuan City, 3 kilometers away from the city center, with a total area of 2 100 hectares. Guangdong Wetland has vast waters and beautiful natural scenery. It is the largest wetland with the most intact original landform in Yinchuan. Since 2002, with the support of the state, autonomous region and Yinchuan City, projects such as returning farmland to lakes, dredging waterways, vegetation restoration, bird habitat restoration and infrastructure have been planned and implemented, and the ecological environment of Yuehai Wetland has been significantly improved, and wetland resources have been effectively protected. In June 2006, it was approved as a national wetland park by the State Forestry Administration. At present, a wetland protection management station, a wetland ecological monitoring station, the first bird ring station in Yinchuan, Ningxia, and a watchtower have been built. The Moon Sea is connected by the Aiyi River, with water supply. You can reach Guangdong Sea by boat from Beijing Road Wharf (Taoran Waterfront, west of Qinshui Street).

Cuiming Lake is located in the east of xingqing district City, Yinchuan City, 9 kilometers from the urban area in the west and 3 kilometers from the Yellow River in the east, with a total area of 667 hectares. Cuiming Lake has profound cultural background and beautiful natural landscape, which has important ecological, historical, cultural, scientific research and popular science education values. Since 2000, the state, autonomous region and Yinchuan City have attached great importance to the ecological protection of Cuiming Lake, and scientifically planned and implemented wetland protection and restoration. By returning farmland to the lake, dredging the lake, adjusting the water level and restoring vegetation, the ecological environment of Cuiming Lake wetland has been obviously improved and it has become a bright pearl in the east of Yinchuan City. In June 2006, it was approved as a national wetland park by the State Forestry Administration. At present, management facilities such as wetland protection management station, wetland ecological monitoring station and watchtower have been built, and bird pictures are displayed in the watchtower. Cuiming Lake is divided into two parts: South Lake and North Lake. South Lake is a bird sanctuary. Beihu Lake has developed wetland eco-tourism and opened up ten scenic spots. The waterwheel by the lake is a landmark building.

Yinchuan Hu Bao National Urban Wetland Park

Hu Bao is located in Tian Liang Town, jinfeng district City, Yinchuan City, with Tanglai District in the east, Hubao Road in the south, railway line in the north and Jacky Street in the west. The total area is 82.6 hectares, including 39.2 hectares of lakes and 36.5 hectares of green space. Hubao Lake is a large and typical urban lake in Yinchuan. The deepest part of the lake is about 2.2 meters, and the average water depth is about 1.4 meters. Hu Bao Wetland Park started construction on September 6th, 2003. From June to 10, 2004, the first phase of the project was completed and officially opened to the public. The main functional areas of Hu Bao Park include four parts, namely, wetland ecological area: protecting lakes and wetlands, restoring vegetation and artificial afforestation, and protecting and enriching biodiversity; Cultural park area: relying on historical and cultural relics such as the Tanglai ancient canal and combining wetland culture, carry out wetland ecological publicity and education and carry out scientific and cultural activities; Leisure fitness area: a place to provide people with leisure fitness activities such as rock climbing, fishing, chess and cards, leisure and so on; Management service area: public facilities such as management office, commercial service point, environmental protection toilet and small parking lot. On June 5438+ 10, 2007, the Ministry of Construction approved the establishment of "Yinchuan Hu Bao National Urban Wetland Park", becoming the only national urban wetland park in northwest China. At present, the wetland protection management station has been established.

Jinshuiyuan

Jinshuiyuan Tourist Area is located in lingwu city, facing the Yellow River and backed by Mu Us Sandy Land. There are many recreational items in the park, such as Yellow River cruise, motorboat, boating in the inner lake, beach sports ground, sand pool horse racing, cross-country cars and motorcycles. The World Beach Volleyball Competition was successfully held here.

Shuidonggou Site/Great Wall

Lingwu city, located on the north side of Yin Qing Expressway, is one of the late Paleolithic sites with the richest archaeological data found in China. This site was discovered by Belgian Kent in 19 19, with a history of 30,000 years. Fossils of wild donkeys, rhinoceroses, antelopes, cows and pigs and more than 1. 1000 pieces of various stone tools were found here. The excavation of "Shuidonggou Site" shows that human beings lived here as early as the Paleolithic Age more than 30,000 years ago.

Chengtiansi pagoda

Commonly known as the West Tower, it is located in Jinning South Street, xingqing district. It was founded in the Xixia period of A.D. 1050. According to records, after the death of Li Yuanhao, the founding emperor of Xixia, his son just turned one year old and ascended the throne. Empress Dowager Cixi built this temple and stupa in order to protect the "eternal life" of her son, Emperor Zong Yi, and the "eternal stability" of Xixia Jiangshan. Together with Huguo Temple in Liangzhou (now Wuwei, Gansu Province) and Lying Buddha Temple in Ganzhou (now Ganzhou District, Zhangye, Gansu Province), they are famous Buddhist shrines in Xixia. This 13-story brick tower, with 1 1 story inside, is octagonal and 64.5 meters high. When you climb the tower, you can see a panoramic view of the ancient city. The scenery is charming. The breeze blew, and the bell on the tower jingled, showing the silence of the temple.

Ningxia museum

Originally located in Chengtian Temple, there are exhibitions of Ningxia Revolution History, Xixia History, Helan Mountain Rock Painting Exhibition, Hui Folk Custom Exhibition, etc. It is a national key cultural relics protection unit with strict restrictions on development and reconstruction, covering an area of only 7,400 square meters. For a long time, because of the narrow space, the old museum in Ningxia not only made many "nowhere" cultural relics lose the opportunity to exhibit, but also limited the audience reception capacity of the old museum. At the same time, due to the strict restrictions on the reconstruction of the old museum, many modern equipment are inconvenient to install, which has a great impact on the maintenance and preservation of cultural relics.

The newly-built Ningxia Museum covers an area of more than 30,000 square meters and receives about 2,000 visitors a day. The new museum is built in strict accordance with the standards of modern museums, and its hardware has reached the first-class level in China. Another striking thing is that after the opening of the new Ningxia Museum, it will pay more attention to the public service function to the society and will be open to the whole society permanently and free of charge. There are many exhibits and national treasures appear. In order to welcome the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Autonomous Region and fully display the historical features of Ningxia, Ningxia Museum not only took out many cultural relics from the "wardrobe", but also invited a number of cultural relics closely related to Ningxia's history from other places. Most notably, the Ningxia Museum will exhibit six national treasures represented by "gilded bronze bulls", while many cultural relics that were difficult to see visitors for various reasons and some newly unearthed cultural relics will "debut" at the same time when the new Ningxia Museum opens. It is reported that more than 4,000 cultural relics are expected to be exhibited this time, including 6 national treasures and more than 0/00 national first-class cultural relics. It can be said that quantity is greater than quality.

In addition to the above-mentioned attractions, Yinchuan also has tourist attractions (spots) such as Helan Mountain Roll Horn, Huangyuting, Najiahu Mosque, Huaxia Rare Art City and Yinchuan Nanxun Gate (South Gate) for tourists to visit.