The history of Shahu

I don’t know which sand lake you are talking about. Let me talk about the sand lake I know about.

Shahu was originally a butterfly-shaped wetland in the west beach of Yinchuan Plain in Ningxia. It is also called "Yuanbao Lake" because its shape resembles a Yuanbao. In February 1952, the First Independent Division of the Northwest Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was reorganized into the First Agricultural Construction Division of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. 5,804 officers and soldiers came to Xidatan and used their own weapons on the banks of the ancient Yellow River and at the foot of the majestic Helan Mountain. With their youth, blood and life, they reclaimed land, built water conservancy projects, built houses and planted trees on this saline-alkali white mud land where "the winter is white, the summer is watery, the wind blows away stones, and no grass grows anywhere."

Generation after generation of military reclamation warriors went on to build the former barren land, weedy jungles, and barren sandy lakes into today’s state-owned forward farm with crisscrossed ditches, shady trees, and fertile fields. The farming spirit of "hard work and courage to pioneer" has become an inexhaustible and precious spiritual wealth. In just a few months, Shahu people planted more than 10,000 trees, more than 100 acres of lawns, repaired nearly 1,000 acres of wasteland, and built more than 1,000 meters of docks.

On May 1, 1990, Shahu Tourism officially opened. With a tourist boat and an original fishery production boat, Shahu received 150,000 tourists that year at a ticket price of 2 yuan per passenger, generated tourism income of 547,000 yuan, and realized a profit of 55,000 yuan, which was the highest income from fish farming in previous years. 10 times. Since then, Shahu has entered a new world of tourism development.

In 2007, the National Tourism Administration officially announced 66 5A-level tourist attractions across the country, and Ningxia Shahu tourist attraction was on the list. A leader of the National Tourism Administration's 5A-level scenic spot assessment and acceptance team commented on Shahu: In a short period of time, a tourist resort with beautiful environment, distinctive features and complete functions integrating tourism, leisure vacation and ecological protection has been built in the ancient wasteland. It is an amazing thing and cannot but be admired.

Today, Shahu Lake is known as "the paradise of birds", "the world of fish" and "the paradise of tourists". In the spring, you can go out to the Sand Lake to watch birds and feel the vitality of all things gradually awakening after hiding in winter; in the summer, you can go to the Sand Lake and surf in the sand and water to experience the passion and romance of leisure time; in the autumn, you can go to the Sand Lake and enjoy boating and sightseeing. Reed, appreciate the beautiful atmosphere where man and nature are in harmony; visit the sand lake in winter, enjoy the ice and snow carnival, and enjoy the ice-breaking fun of combining movement and stillness, interweaving cold and warmth.

“With its gold silk beach and silver silk water, who would not say that Shahu is beautiful? The scenery on the fortress and the scenery of Jiangnan make people never want to go home in Shahu.” Shahu has become a paradise that people forget to return to. The perfect combination of clear water, golden sand, reeds, flying birds, swimming fish, distant mountains and colorful lotus has made countless tourists happy and forget to return.