Posted by China Tour on February 5, 2008 at 6:20 am
Kanbula National Forest Park - red-cloud landforms and religious temples
With a total area of 7,200ha, Kanbula National Forest Park is located in the northwest of Jianzha County and beside the Lijiaxia Reservoir area. Featured by high mountain, deep valley, thick woods and quiet environment, it is composed of mountains, deflated hills and small intermountain basins. The highest peak is Shenbao Mountain, whose elevation is 4,614m. With “red-cloud landforms and religious temples” as the main part, the park and Lijiaxia reservoir jointly form a beautiful picture of red mountain and green water. The red-cloud landforms in this area are the most typical ones in the newly discovered third red stratum in China.
The religious cultures are very advanced in the area of Kanbula, which is the birthplace of Tibetan Buddhism in its later period. Here is the home of Ahqiong Nanzong Temple, Nanzong Buddhist Nunnery, Zanzongzha Temple and Gabu Temple, all of which have a history more than 1100 years. Nanzong Temple and Nanzong Buddhist Nunnery are the only religious Buddhist places with monks and nuns coexist with each other in Qinghai Province China.
There are deflated hills formed in the northwest of Qaidam Basin for the long-term erosion of wind and sand, which are called red-cloud landforms. The unique Kanbula red-cloud landforms are mainly featured by wonderful peaks, high mountains, caves, precipitous cliffs and many rock peaks, stone columns and stone walls in shapes. The large mountains look like grand and vertical column, tower or castle; the small hills look like giant and strange animal of odd shapes. “Meeting of Fairies”, “Qiangqi Hill” and “Nanzong Valley” are the most representative of the landforms in various appreciable shapes.
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Posted by China Tour on February 5, 2008 at 6:15 am
Maixiu Forest Farm - natural landscape area of primeval forest
Maixiu Forest Farm is located in Zekog County, Huangnan Prefecture. With a total area of 88,822ha, the farm belongs to the China Yellow River drainage area of Sanjiangyuan (source of three rivers) natural preservation area.
Maixiu Forest Farm is a natural landscape area of primeval forest, featured by green-covered mountains and a broad sea of woods. The high forest mainly includes the species of Ziguo spruce, Qinghai spruce, Qilian Sabina tree, red birch, white birch, purple birch, mountain poplar, Boshi poplar, green poplar, willow and etc. With beautiful woods in deep valley and brooks with running water, it is an ideal place for appreciation of the natural scenes of plateau forest area, especially in autumn.
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Posted by China Tour on February 5, 2008 at 6:03 am
Longyang Valley - transliteration of precipitous cliff and deep valley
Longyang is the transliteration of “precipitous cliff and deep valley” in Tibetan language.
The valley is 40km long and the two sides are 150m high. Longtou Hydropower Station, which is called the first dam of the Yellow River, is located here, which controls a drainage area of 130,000km2.
Longtou Hydropower Station is the biggest reservoir in Asia. Unique mountains, plateau meadow, dangerous valley, green and quiet lake and the grand dam enhance each other’s beauty and make Longyang Valley an important sight of the tourist area of Qinghai Lake.
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Posted by China Tour on February 5, 2008 at 5:57 am
Lijiaxia Reservoir China - Unique landforms and rich scenes
Unique landforms and rich scenes mainly featured by spectacular peak, square hill, cave and precipitous cliff make Lijiaxia the most superb attraction of the Yellow River in the territory of Qinghai. Rising sharply from the ground, the mountains look like column, tower, castle and wall.
Lijiaxia Hydropower Station, a key hydropower project of the state, is constructed here, with the magnificent dam standing in the huge area of water.
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