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Blog / 11/13/2024

Hubei Enshi Grand Canyon Scenic Area is located in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, the youngest autonomous prefecture in China. It is one of the most beautiful grand canyons in the world, which is equal to the Colorado Grand Canyon in the United States.

Enshi Grand Canyon Scenic Area consists of two core scenic spots, Qixingzhai and Yunlong Ground Fissure, with a total area of 35.2 square kilometers. There are all kinds of geological landscapes, such as sinkholes, precipices, ground fissures, peaks and clusters, rock pillars, karst caves and underground rivers. At the same time, it is the only compound karst landform of "ground fissures-sinkholes-rock pillars" in the world, which is called "Natural Museum of Karst Topography" and is also a Tujia nationality.

The mysterious and steep Enshi Grand Canyon was discovered by the Sino-French expedition team in 2004, and it attracted countless surprises just after entering the public view. In April 2012, American explorer Dean? Porter successfully set a world record of 41m slackline on the cliff with his bare hands in a wick. This challenge made more people appreciate the five wonders of Enshi Grand Canyon that shocked the world: the rise of white clouds on the Qingjiang River, the peak cluster around the cliff, the overpass connected with caves, the underground river connected with waterfalls, and the sinkhole with ground seams.

Enshi Grand Canyon Scenic Area has been successively rated as a national AAAA-level scenic spot and a national geological park, which is the tourist card of Lingxiu Hubei.

The scenic spots in the canyon, such as the cliffs of a hundred miles, Qianzhang Waterfall, the roaring single mountain, virgin forests and ancient villages, are beautiful. The natural scenic spots are mainly composed of the scenery of the great river, the precipice in front of the mountain, the Longmen peak forests in large, medium and small areas, the Banqiao Cave Group, the Longqiao Underground River, the Yunlong River Ground Fissure, the single mountain in the back mountain, the Yulongshan precipice, the Chaoyong Cliff, the Tongpenshui Forest Park, and the Tunbao Qingjiang River Gallery. Two of the peaks, which are located next to an incense column, were named Dean Porter Twin Peaks on April 22nd, 2012.

Apart from the Grand Canyon, the biggest landscape feature is the typical and rich karst landforms on both sides: sinkholes, ground fissures, natural bridges, caves (more than 200), overlapping peaks, and great cliffs almost perpendicular to the Grand Canyon. There are nearly 10 kilometers of deep cracks in the canyon, and there are countless rare mountains, strange waters, strange caves and rare birds.

The Yunlong ground fissure was formed at least 50 million years ago, and the strata from the top of the ground fissure to the bottom of the ground fissure are mainly limestone formed between 210 million and 290 million years and spanning Permian and Triassic. With a total length of 3.6 kilometers, an average depth of 75 meters, and an average width of 15 meters, the banks are steep, waterfalls are plunging, flowing water is gurgling at the bottom of the seam, and the sky is covered with water and underground rivers. The Yunlong rift has a strange and unique karst landscape, including many tourism resources. It is surrounded by cliffs and huge valleys, with mountains and mountains, and the terrain is changeable; Its flowing water gurgles, waterfalls fall, and there are many strange stones; Magnificent and steep, thick and remote. The main attractions are: Yunlong Cliff, Fengyu Bridge, Space-time Bridge, Yunlong Waterfall and Falling Water.

Enshi Grand Canyon Passenger Cableway is the first single-line circulating rope-releasing ropeway in Enshi, Hubei Province. It is located at the east side of Yunlong River Bridge in Enshi Grand Canyon to Xiaoloumen, with two stations. The upper station building is located on the hillside on the northwest side of Xiaoloumen "Longmen Shilang", with a terrain elevation of 1641 meters; The lower station building is located on the east platform of Yunlong River Bridge, with an elevation of 841m, and the site is flat and open. The cableway line goes up along the hillside on the west side of Yunlong River Canyon, passes through the pouring water and reaches the upper station through the pass on the south side of Xiaoloumen "Tanlang Pavilion". The total length of the ropeway line is 2284 meters, and the height difference of the line is 792 meters. Fully enclosed 8-person cars are adopted, with a total number of 61 cars, the highest running speed is 6m/s, and the one-way running time is about 6.27min, which reduces the number of stairs by 768 and saves the tour distance by 2km. The designed traffic volume is 2000 people/hour. Enshi Grand Canyon passenger ropeway is a ropeway imported from all over France, and it is an important means of transportation from Yunlong Ground Fissure Scenic Area to Qixingzhai Scenic Area. It is safe and comfortable, and it makes mountaineering easy, so that tourists can fully experience the fairy-like realm and the new dynamic viewing mode, which makes tourists happy!

The cliff promenade, also known as the "cliff plank road", was built in October 2007, with a total length of 488 meters and 118 steps. The cliff plank road is located at the waist of the cliff with an altitude of more than 1700 meters and a net height difference of more than 300 meters. It was built by Shuguang Holding Group and lasted for one year and eight months. The project not only draws on the construction method of Bashu ancient plank road, but also combines the advanced technology of modern reinforced concrete construction, which is scientific, safe and spectacular, and embodies the courage and wisdom of contemporary development entrepreneurs. When you visit along the plank road, you can enjoy the scenery of the Great Wuling along the way. The plank road has seven bends and eight turns, which means: the road is seven bends and eight turns, and the heart is always the same. The song says: The Big Dipper has seven buckets, and the cliff plank road has seven shakes; After some fright, the road of life is hand in hand.

The natural landscapes in Enshi include Fobaoshan Grand Canyon, Yulong Cave and Shuilian Cave, Shennongxi in Badong, Gezihe Stone Forest and Shuibuya, Suobuya Stone Forest, Enshi Grand Canyon and Longdonghe Scenic Area in Enshi, Yesanhe and Huangheqiao Scenic Area in Jianshi County, Xianfo Temple Scenic Area and Maodong Scenic Area in Laifeng and Mulinzi, a provincial nature reserve in Hefeng.

Enshi Grand Canyon:

Enshi Grand Canyon is a national AAAA scenic spot, with a total length of 108 kilometers, which is famous for its huge size. There are hundreds of single mountain within 6 square kilometers of Mufu Longmen in the canyon, and there are more than 30 independent stone peaks over 200 meters, which is unparalleled in the world. There are 11 scenic spots, including Dahezhai, Longmen, Yunlong River Waterfall, Qianshan Cliff, Mazhai Cliff, Chaodongyan Tunnel, Cheba Reservoir, Luozhentian Farm, Tianlou Dizhen Power Station and Tongpenshui Forest Park.

Enshi tusi castle:

Enshi tusi castle, a national AAAA-level scenic spot, is an antique Tusi manor complex in Tujia area. It belongs to a folk scenic spot of historic and architectural landscape. It is a large-scale cultural park and tourist attraction with national culture as its main content and leisure and tourism as its main functions. It is mainly divided into three main areas: national culture exhibition area, religious exhibition area and leisure and entertainment area. There are traditional buildings of Tujia, Miao and Dong nationalities in Enshi Prefecture to show their unique architecture and sculpture art..

Enshi Long Lin Palace:

Long Lin Palace in Enshi is a national AAA-level scenic spot, which belongs to the cave scenic spot of cultural landscape. Longlin Palace, commonly known as "Water Cave", is a cave landscape with both flood and drought. It is composed of water caves, dry caves and maze caves, with a length of more than 2,300 meters, of which the water cave "Little Three Gorges" is more than 500 meters long, and the dry caves and maze caves are more than 1,800 meters long. The cave is magnificent and beautiful, with both land and water. The average height in the cave is 50 meters and the width is 30 meters. The climate in the cave is pleasant, warm in winter and cool in summer, with an average temperature of 20℃. More than 200 scenic spots in Longlin Palace, such as the first altar, the second mansion, the Three Gorges, Kowloon, the thirteenth hall and the twenty-eight treasures, are distributed in the water cave "Little Three Gorges", the dry cave and the maze cave.

Shennongxi, Badong:

Shennongxi in Badong is a national AAAAA-level scenic spot, which is a typical water scenery eco-tourism scenic spot. Shennongxi originated in the southern foot of Shennongjia, with a total length of 60 kilometers, from south to north, and accepted 17 tributaries along the way. Shennongxi has the mystery of the ages-Cuban "hanging coffins" and rock coffins. The traces of the ancient plank road are faintly visible, and the footprints of Cubans can be explored along the way. The wooden boat with a bowl of beans is the primitive means of transportation preserved for thousands of years in Shennongxi, and the Tujia tracker is the living fossil of the Cuban tracker, which is the combination of Tujia national culture and tracker culture.

Extended data:

Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture is located in the southwest border of Hubei Province, bordering Qianjiang and Wanzhou District of Chongqing in the west, Xiangxi Prefecture of Hunan in the south, Shennongjia Forest Area in the north and Yichang City in the east.

Enshi Prefecture is located in the compound mountainous area in the southwest of Hubei Province and belongs to the eastern extension of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. The territory is characterized by rolling mountains, criss-crossing ravines, deep river valleys and wide height difference. The highest elevation is 3005 meters, the lowest elevation is 66.8 meters, and the average elevation is 1000 meters. The natural landscape is rich and colorful, with the characteristics of beauty, wonder, uniqueness and danger.

Enshi Prefecture is one of the four major tobacco production bases in China. Burley tobacco production ranks first in the country, and its products are exported to more than 20 countries and regions in Western Europe. Dam paint is "famous in the world", and traditional local products such as tea and citrus have long enjoyed a good reputation. Enshi has simple folk customs and peculiar folk customs.

Tujia people drink "Zajiu", live in diaojiao building, sing folk songs, sing folk songs, cry and marry songs, like mass dances such as "Salho" and "Bashan Dance", and are good at performing traditional dances such as Roulianxiang, Nuo Opera, Babel Bell and Bizka, weaving "Xilankapu" and burying "Rock Burial". Originated from the "daughters' meeting" where Tujia men and women love each other, the simple and rough Tujia song and dance "waving dance" is a good project to attract tourists.

Reference link: Baidu Encyclopedia of Enshi Scenic Area

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