Yan’an Yichuan County Tourism


Yichuan is located in the north of Shaanxi Province, the southeast of the revolutionary holy land of Yan’an, and the shore of the Hukou Waterfall on the Yellow River. The leading industries are fruit industry, tourism, and energy development.
Yichuan is dotted with scenic spots, and the Hukou Cultural Scenic Spot of the Yellow River is listed as one of the top 10 cultural scenic spots in Shaanxi Province.

Yichuan Tourist Attractions Encyclopedia


Yichuan County has the only golden waterfall in the world – Hukou Waterfall of the Yellow River. It is distributed with landscape resources represented by Mangtou Mountain and Pangu Mountain. Danzhou Ancient City, Yunyan Ancient Town, Shibaozhai and traditional farming cultural villages The historical and cultural resources represented by the Second War Zone Commander Bu Qiulin Site, the Site of the Yichuan Campaign, and the Peng Dehuai Command Post represented the anti-Japanese war culture and red cultural resources.


Yichuan has a profound cultural heritage. It has a history of more than 1,500 years since the county was established in the third year of Datong in the Western Wei Dynasty. There are moving legends in the territory such as Pangu’s divination, Dayu’s flood control, and Nvjiao Wangfu; famous scholars in the Northern Song Dynasty. Here, it preaches and educates the people, and is hailed by later generations as “Stability and Flowing Rhyme” and “Hengqu Legacy”; Yichuan Puju, Yichuan Chest Drum, Hukou Fighting Drum and other folk arts have their own characteristics; in the cultural history of northern Shaanxi Since ancient times, there has been a saying that “literature comes from two rivers”, one of which refers to Yichuan.


Yichuan County in Yan’an has successively won the titles of “China’s Most Unique County for Tourism and Leisure”, “China’s Most Beautiful Natural Landscape County”, “National Ecological Characteristic Tourism County”, “China’s Most Charming Cultural Tourism County” and other titles.
With 2 3A scenic spots and 1 4A scenic spot, it is one of the counties in Yan’an City that has been awarded the most national A-level scenic spots.


Yichuan Hukou Waterfall

Yichuan Tourist Attractions Encyclopedia


Hukou Waterfall is the only large waterfall on the Yellow River, and it is also a rare golden waterfall in the world.
Standing on the shore of Hukou, witnessing the rolling of huge waves and hearing the sound of thundering waves, people can understand the mighty momentum of the Yellow River rushing, roaring and roaring.


Its majesty, its indomitable, courageous, fearless, is the true portrayal of the spirit of the Chinese nation!
Due to the change of seasons and changes in water volume, Hukou has beautiful scenery every season, forming eight unique landscapes: smoking under the water, sailing on dry land, playing with neon lights, sprinkling rain in the clear sky, thundering in dry days, ice peaks hanging upside down, mountains flying into the sea Li, ten miles of dragon trough.


Yichuan Mangtou Mountain

Yichuan Tourist Attractions Encyclopedia


Mangtou Mountain National Forest Park, a forest park in the east of Yichuan County, Yan’an City, Shaanxi Province, has an altitude of 800 to 1,439 meters, a total area of ​​2,120 hectares, and a forest coverage rate of 89%. point one.
Zoned for the Temple of Our Lady. Stone Mountain. There are three scenic spots in Wangmang Village. There are more than 30 scenic spots, which are for sightseeing. To escape the summer heat. Leisure vacation. Offering sacrifices to the mountains. A good place to bathe and play in the water.


Loess Landforms of Gaobai Xilongzhang Plateau in Hukou


Xilongzhang Plateau stretches from Taoqu in the north to Gancao North in the south, with the valley wall of the Qin-Jin Gorge in the east and the west of Anle Mountain in the west.
The landscape is characterized by typical loess plateau and plateau village scenery, and the plains on the plateau are empty.


Standing on the top of Anle Mountain, you can see the vast expanse, as if you are in the ocean.
Looking to the east at a horizontal belt between the plateau and the sky, Qinjin Canyon and Luliang Mountain can be vaguely seen from it, thus macroscopically linking the vast Loess Plateau with the Yellow River and Hukou Waterfall, and giving people a clear sense of orientation.


Yichuan Pangu Mountain

Yichuan Tourist Attractions Encyclopedia


“Wu Zhi” (“Yichuan County Chronicle” compiled by Wu Bing, the county magistrate of Yichuan during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty): “A hundred and forty miles southeast of the county, a lone peak rises, overlooking the mountains. There is a well in the middle, and there is still a lot of snow in midsummer. It is hard to see the peeling of the stone tablet. It is said that it is the place where Pan Gu’s marriage was predicted.”


Balang Mountain, Yichuan

Yichuan Tourist Attractions Encyclopedia


“Wu Zhi”: “One hundred and ninety miles southeast of the county, it belongs to Heqingli. It is adjacent to the Yellow River, extremely high and dangerous, and borders Hancheng County. There is a temple dedicated to the God of Balang.” Luo Rucai, the leader of the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty, used this The mountain pulled the flag to rebel, and built a stone village on the mountain, saying: “Kunlun”.


Yichuan General Terrace


Located in the south of Lili Village, Jiyi Town, a solitary stone peak stands tall, pines and cypresses cover the strange rocks, and there is a temple on the top of the mountain.
Looking from a distance, it looks like a general in armor, hence the name General’s Terrace.


Yichuan Mutougou Reservoir

Yichuan Tourist Attractions Encyclopedia


Liuzhuang and Mutougou Reservoirs are located in Yingwang Township, Yichuan County. Yingwang Township is along the 309 National Highway, and is the place where Hukou Waterfall travels.
The forest coverage rate reaches 85%, the scenery is beautiful and the climate is pleasant. The water quality of Mutougou Reservoir and Liuzhuang Reservoir is as clear as a mirror. Waterfowl and fish swim freely in the lake, birds fly freely on the lake surface, and the surrounding vegetation is dense.


Article source: https://www.caoyuantianlu.org/sight/9744.html