Where to go in or near Yinchuan for a day trip?

Main Attractions Xixia City

Xixia City, formerly known as "Hengcheng Castle", is located on the east bank of the Yellow River, Lingwu City, Yinchuan Yellow River Bridge near the Yellow River Bridge, Yinchuan, only 8 kilometers away from Yinchuan, was originally a military camp in the Ming Dynasty, one of the eight scenic spots of Ming and Qing dynasties east of the river "Hengcheng Gudu" old site, more than 500 years ago. It is the old site of "Hengcheng Gudu", one of the eight scenic spots in the east of the river in the Ming and Qing dynasties, with a history of more than 500 years.

Touring the Xixia Imperial City, enjoying the Xixia music and dance, tasting the Xixia feast, and watching the Yellow River sunset ...... outside the city wall is still a modern civilization, through the city gate into the 800-year-old "Xixia Imperial City", the thick wall completely isolated from the world's hustle and bustle, and the tall corner tower makes you feel like you're in the middle of the world's most beautiful city. The thick walls of the city completely cut off the noise of the world, and the tall corner towers immediately produce an inexplicable awe in one's heart. Especially when the setting sun spread in the thick brick wall constructed by the soil, as long as a little close your eyes, as if time and space reversal, Li Yuanhao, Tangka, Tibetan Buddhist scriptures, Buddhist paintings, these mysterious symbols, will quickly flash through the mind.

Xixia royal mausoleum

Xixia successive emperors of the mausoleum, is located in the Xixia District, Helan Mountain, the eastern foot, with the terrain of the Xixia state of the 9 emperor's mausoleums, more than 200 Hou Hou Xunshen - the accompanying tombs of the noble relatives, with the ruins of the Buddhist temple 1 and the Xixia masonry kiln more than 10, constituting a complete architectural group. It is one of the largest and most well-preserved imperial mausoleums in China. Xixia royal mausoleum unique architectural style, large area and mausoleum concentration. Scenic area **** more than 50 square kilometers, of which the mausoleum of the king is tall and majestic, known as "China's pyramid".

Xixia Museum is China's first Xixia Royal Mausoleum as the background, the real image to show the history of the rise and fall of the Xixia Kingdom Museum. The museum covers an area of 5300 square meters, the Xixia pagoda dense eaves type architectural shape, chic style, both the momentum of modern architecture, but also with the mausoleum site echoes the formation of a strong national architectural style.

Zhenbei Castle Western Studios

Located in Zhenbei Castle Town, Xixia District, the original site for the Ming and Qing dynasties of the border castle. Famous writer Zhang Xianliang discovered it and introduced it to the movie industry in the early 1980s. So far, more than sixty movies and TV dramas have been filmed here, including "The Horseherder", "Red Sorghum", "Ballad of the Yellow River", "The Yellow River's Desperate Love", "Westward Journey of the Great Lies", "New Dragon Inn", etc., which have won international and domestic awards. Zhenbei Castle Western Film City is characterized by simplicity, primitive, ruggedness and desolation among the many film and television cities in China. The number of films produced here, the number of rising stars, and the number of international and domestic film and television awards won are all the top of all film and television cities in China, and are regarded as "one of the best in China". Because of its special contribution to China's movie industry, it enjoys the reputation of "China's movie going to the world from here".

Helan Mountain Petroglyphs

It is located in Helan Pass at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain in Xixia District, 60 kilometers away from Yinchuan City. There are more than 1,000 rock paintings distributed on the rocky cliffs stretching more than 600 meters on both sides of the valley. The petroglyphs mainly depicting human beings account for more than half of the total number of petroglyphs, followed by animal figures such as cows, horses, sheep, donkeys, deer, birds and wolves. In addition, there are also engraved patterns of hunting, sacrificial scenes, sun, moon, stars, stars, human hands, human feet and Xixia characters. For us to understand and study the ancient nomadic history, culture, economic conditions, religious beliefs, etc. provides extremely valuable physical information, is a precious national art gallery.

Suyuqou National Forest Park

Located in the Helan Mountain National Nature Reserve in Xixia District, Suyuqou National Forest Park is rich in natural landscapes and unique humanistic landscapes. Within the area of nearly 10,000 hectares, the natural forests of greasy pine, juniper and spruce are as far as the eye can see. Rare shrubs such as red cherry, purple lilac and Mongolian peach are scattered all over the valley and gullies. Layers of forest sea, colorful, changing, amazing.

San Guankou Ming Great Wall

Located in Xixia District, the eastern foot of Helan Mountain, Ningxia to the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Alashan Left Banner of the main traffic. The Ming government for border security, in the three passes to build the Great Wall (known as the border wall), set up passes, became the town of Ningxia at the time of the defense of one of the "four dangers". After several repairs, additional construction, the wall stretches to the top of the mountain peaks, the mountain steep wall, the terrain is dangerous, quite a "one man when the pass, ten thousand men can not open" trend. Three passes stretching across the Great Wall and pier, beacon tower around the affiliation, there is a western control of the desert, the danger of the choke point.

Haibao Tower

Commonly known as the North Tower, located in Xingqing District, northern Haibao Tower Temple. Haibao Tower was built in an unknown date, according to the Ming Dynasty "Wanli Shuo Fang Xin Zhi" records, China's North and South Dynasties period of the King of Daxia Helian Huo Bao repaired, is a square 9-storey 11-storey pavilion-style brick tower, a height of 53.9 meters. Climbing the tower, Yinchuan, the south of the river at a glance, the Ming and Qing dynasties as one of the eight scenic spots in Ningxia, known as the "ancient pagoda Lingxiao". The temple is surrounded by trees, pavilions, and beautiful scenery. Every year on the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the temple held a "Yu Lan" temple fair, which has been followed to this day.

Drum Tower

Located in Xingqing District, Jiefang East Street and the Drum Tower South and North Street intersection. Drum Tower was built in the first year of the Qing Daoguang (1821 AD), a height of 36 meters, to the base, the pavilion, the corner of the composition. The whole Drum Troi carved beams and paintings, majestic.

Nan Guan Mosque

Located in Xingqing District, Yuhuangge South Street, is the largest mosque in Yinchuan City, Yinchuan Muslims in 1981 to raise funds to rebuild an architectural groups with Arab style and national characteristics. The upper hall can accommodate more than 1,300 people to worship; the lower level of the ablution room, chapel, women's chapel, Arabic school, the imam's bedroom, parlor and so on. The top of the building in the center of a large four small green dome, the top of the crescent moon hanging high. In front of the temple on both sides of the 30-meter-high "Mission Tower", the center of a 15-meter diameter fountain. The entire building layout rigorous, ornate, delicate and elegant, magnificent. Whenever the "Lord Ma'am Day" or the annual Hui traditional festivals, thousands of Muslims gathered here, engaged in national religious activities.

Yinchuan National Wetland Park

Consisting of two parts: Yuhai and Mingcui Lakes.

Reading Sea is located in the northwest of Jinfeng District, Yinchuan City, 3 kilometers from the city center, with a total area of 2,100 hectares. Since 2002, under the support of the state, autonomous region and Yinchuan city, the planning and implementation of the return of fields to the lake, waterway dredging, vegetation restoration, bird habitat restoration and infrastructure projects, the ecological environment of the Read Sea Wetland has been significantly improved, and the 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 ringing station in Ningxia and Yinchuan, and a watchtower have been built. The Sea of Reading is connected and replenished by the Aiye River, and the Sea of Reading can be reached by boat from the downtown Beijing Road Wharf (Taoran Waterfront on the west side of the water-friendly street).

Mingcui Lake is located in the eastern part of Xingqing District, Yinchuan City, 9 kilometers west of downtown, 3 kilometers east of the Yellow River, with a total area of 667 hectares. Mingcui Lake has a deep cultural heritage, beautiful natural landscape, with important ecological, historical, cultural, scientific research and popularization of science and education value. 2000 years, the state, autonomous regions and Yinchuan City attaches great importance to the ecological protection of Mingcui Lake, scientific planning and implementation of the wetland protection and restoration of the construction of wetland through the return of land to the lake, the lake desilting, water level control, restoration of vegetation and other measures, so that the Mingcui Lake wetland ecological environment has been significantly improved, and has become the eastern part of the city of Yinchuan City, the eastern part of the lake is a big, beautiful, beautiful and beautiful. In June 2006, it was approved as a national wetland park by the State Forestry Administration. At present, it has built wetland protection and management station, wetland ecological monitoring station, watchtower and other management and protection facilities, bird pictures are displayed in the watchtower. Mingcui Lake is divided into the South Lake, North Lake two parts, the South Lake for the bird protection zone, the North Lake to carry out wetland eco-tourism, opened up ten attractions, the waterwheel on the lake is a landmark.

Yinchuan Baohu National Urban Wetland Park

Baohu Lake is located in Liangtian Town, Jinfeng District, Yinchuan City, east of Tanglai Drainage Canal, south of Baohu Road, north of the railroad line, and west of Zhengyuan Street. It has a total area of 82.6 hectares, of which the lake area is 39.2 hectares and the green area is 36.5 hectares. Baohu Lake is a large-scale and typical urban lake in Yinchuan City, with the deepest part of the lake at about 2.2 meters and the average depth of water at about 1.4 meters. The construction of Baohu Wetland Park started on September 1, 2003, and in October 2004, the first phase of the project was completed and officially opened to the public. The main functional areas of Baohu Park include four parts, namely, Wetland Ecological Area: protecting the lake wetland, vegetation restoration and artificial afforestation, protecting and enriching the biodiversity; Cultural Park Area: relying on the Tanglai Ancient Drainage Canal and other historical and cultural relics, combined with the wetland culture, wetland ecological publicity and education, and carry out scientific and cultural activities; Recreation and Fitness Area: providing the masses with rock climbing, fishing, chess, leisure and other leisure and fitness activities; Management service area: management office, commercial service points, environmental protection restrooms and small parking lots and other public facilities. 2007 January, the Ministry of Construction approved the establishment of "Yinchuan Baohu National Urban Wetland Park", which has become the only national urban wetland park in Northwest China. At present, a wetland protection management station has been established.

Jinshui Park

Jinshui Park is located in Lingwu City, facing the Yellow River and backed by the Maowusu Sandland. The park memory of the Yellow River cruise, motorboats, boating in the lake, beach sports, sand bath horse racing, motorcycle cross-country and other recreational projects, the world beach volleyball tournament was successfully held here.

Shuidonggou site

Located in Lingwu City, north of the Yinqing Expressway, is currently China's richest archaeological data found in the Late Paleolithic one of the sites. Discovered in 1919 by a Belgian named Kent, the site has a history of 30,000 years. More than 11,000 fossils of wild asses, rhinoceroses, antelopes, cows, pigs and other animals, as well as a variety of stone tools, have been found here. The excavation of "Shuidonggou Ruins" shows that there were human beings living here as early as 30,000 years ago in the Paleolithic Age.

Chengtian Temple Pagoda

Commonly known as the West Pagoda, located in Xingqing District, Jinning South Street. Built in 1050 AD, the Western Xia period, according to records, the Western Xia founding emperor Li Yuanhao died, his son was just a week old, on the throne of the emperor. The Empress Dowager Muzang's to protect her son, Emperor Yi Zong, "holy life without boundaries", to protect the Western Xia rivers and mountains, "Yan Yong solid", built this temple and stupa "to carry the sky and life". It and Liangzhou (now Gansu Wuwei) of the Protectorate Temple, Ganzhou (now Gansu Zhangye Ganzhou District) of the Wolverine Temple with the Western Xia famous Buddhist shrine. The appearance of the 13-storey, 11-storey brick tower, octagonal, 64.5 meters high. Climb the tower and look out, the whole of the ancient city in full view, the scenery is mesmerizing, the breeze blowing, the tower bells clanging, more and more show the quiet of the Zen garden.

Ningxia Museum

Originally located in Chengtian Temple, the museum features displays on the history of the Ningxia Revolution, the history of Xixia, rock paintings on Helan Mountain, and Hui folklore. It is itself a national key cultural relics protection units, development and reconstruction is strictly limited, its covers an area of only 7,400 square meters. For a long time, the old Ningxia Museum due to its small space, not only let a lot of "no position" of the heritage lost the opportunity to display, but also let the old museum audience reception capacity has been limited. At the same time, due to strict restrictions on the reconstruction of the old museum, a lot of modern equipment is inconvenient to install, the maintenance and preservation of cultural relics have a great impact.

The newly built Ningxia Museum covers an area of more than 30,000 square meters and has a daily capacity of about 2,000 visitors. The new museum was constructed in strict accordance with the standards of modern museums, and the hardware has reached first-class domestic standards. And another striking thing is that, after the opening of the new Ningxia Museum, more focused on the community's public **** service functions, will be permanently free to the whole community. Numerous exhibits, national treasures on display. In order to meet the autonomous region's 50th anniversary, a comprehensive display of Ningxia's history, Ningxia Museum not only took out the "bottom of the box" of the many cultural relics, but also from the field, "please" to a number of cultural relics closely related to the history of Ningxia. The most noteworthy, Ningxia Museum will exhibit "gilt bronze ox" as the representative of the six national treasures, and before for various reasons and visitors are difficult to see a side of the many cultural relics and newly unearthed part of the cultural relics, will be in the Ningxia Museum of the new museum opened at the same time "shine! ". It is reported, this is expected to display more than 4000 pieces of cultural relics, including 6 national treasures, more than 100 pieces of cultural relics at the national level. Can be described as "quantity" more "quality" enough.

In addition to the above attractions, Yinchuan also Helan Mountain rolling bell mouth, Jade Emperor Pavilion, Najiado Mosque, Huaxia Precious Art City, Yinchuan South Xunmen (South Gate) and other tourist attractions (points) can be visited by tourists.