I. Overview of tourist attractions in Henan 1. Henan is rich in tourism resources, such as world-famous scenic spots and historical sites, ancient cultural capital with a long history, magnificent ancient buildings, magnificent famous mountains and rivers, precious and rare historical relics, exotic and diverse flowers and animals, colorful Central Plains culture, pleasant summer resorts, colorful customs and customs, etc.
Henan is one of the main birthplaces of the Chinese nation. Things are beautiful, people are excellent and talented. As early as 4,000 years ago in the Neolithic Age, the people of the Central Plains created the famous Peiligang culture, Yangshao culture and Longshan culture. In the long history, Henan has always occupied an important position in China's politics, military affairs, economy and culture. Twenty dynasties built or moved the capital to Henan, including three of the seven ancient capitals of China.
3. Henan is not only rich in cultural tourism resources, but also has a unique natural landscape. The Yellow River flows through Henan for more than 700 kilometers, creating a "trip to the Great Yellow River" and "Yellow River drifting", which is praised by tourists as "full of wild interest and epic glory". Famous mountains and rivers such as Songshan in Zhengzhou, Longmen in Luoyang, Danjiang Grand View Garden in Nanyang, Jigong Mountain in Xinyang, Yuntai Mountain in Jiaozuo, Wuwang in Jiyuan, Shiren in Lushan, Baligou, Baiyun Mountain in Songxian and Qinglong Gorge in Jiaozuo have attracted a large number of domestic and foreign tourists.
4. Henan relies on the rich ancient cultural resources of "Three Points and One Line", highlighting the characteristics of ancient capital, famous temples, ancestral roots and kung fu, and focusing on developing cultural sightseeing, root-seeking worship, leisure vacation and eco-tourism projects. At the same time, focusing on Taihang Mountain, Funiu Mountain and Tongbai-Dabie Mountain, we will vigorously develop leisure and holiday, eco-tourism and special tourism projects.
Go to go on road trip, Henan, and recommend a boutique route. I prefer to travel around road trip, because I like to go back and forth on different roads, and different routes have different scenery along the way. Therefore, the route in go on road trip may be longer, and the time consumption in go on road trip may be longer. Therefore, friends should pay attention to whether the holiday time is sufficient, so as not to affect their normal work. Of course, friends are also welcome to pay attention to my route.
Second, the route planning of go on road trip, Henan Province go on road trip route planning, Henan Province has passed Xinyang City, Nanyang City, Sanmenxia City, Luoyang City, Pingdingshan City, Xuchang City, Zhengzhou City, Jiaozuo City and Xinxiang City in turn.
Hebi City, Anyang City, Puyang City, Kaifeng City, Shangqiu City, Zhoukou City, Luohe City and Zhumadian City pass through all prefecture-level cities and most elite scenic spots in Henan, which is a self-driving route worth looking forward to. Friends from different provinces enter this circular route, and as long as the holiday time is enough, they can complete the whole journey by car.
Self-driving in Henan is basically a high-speed trip, with some national roads and county roads. The length of the expressway is about 1.900 km, and the total journey to the scenic spot is about 2500 km. If there is enough time, friends can also choose provincial and national roads, but the route will be a little longer and it will take a little longer.
Road trip route mileage. Distribution map of main scenic spots in Henan Province This map lists the more important scenic spots along the road by car in Henan Province. Because of typesetting problems, some scenic spots may be a little biased. As can be seen from the map of scenic spots in Henan Province, there are so many scenic spots that it is difficult to visit all the scenic spots during the tour, so friends can choose the scenic spots that are suitable for you according to their own needs and hobbies, and delete or add the scenic spots that are not in the map of scenic spots in Henan Province. Suggestions on the choice of scenic spots for the road trip in Henan: one mountain, one valley, one Yellow River, one temple, one cave, one tomb, one village, one garden and one ancient city, and other scenic spots are optional.
Four, go to road trip, Henan scenic spots recommended 1, Longmen Grottoes 5A: Longmen Mountain is beautiful, the scenery is pleasant, and the hot springs add luster. Since ancient times, the color of Longmen Mountain has been listed as the crown of eight scenic spots in Luoyang. Bai Juyi, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, once said: "Luodu has four suburbs, mountains and rivers win, and Longmen is the first." Longmen Grottoes are dug between cliffs close to mountains and rivers. It began about the time when Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved from Pingcheng (now Datong City, Shanxi Province) to Luoyang. Longmen Grottoes, with the largest number of ancient inscriptions in China, is known as the ancient forest of steles and a masterpiece of China's calligraphy art. There are more than 1 1000 Buddha statues in Longmen Mountain, among which the largest Buddha statue, Lushenafo, is 17. 14 meters high, with a head height of 4 meters and an ear length of 1.9 meters. The smallest Buddha statue is in the Lotus Cave, and each statue is only 2 cm long, which is called micro-sculpture.
Longmen Grottoes II. Songshan Shaolin Temple Scenic Area 5A: Shaolin Temple is a well-known Buddhist temple in China, with a prominent Zen ancestral hall. Shaolin Temple, located at the foot of Wuru Peak in Songshan Mountain, is one of the main core scenic spots in Songshan Mountain. Due to the strong support of the ancient court, Shaolin Temple developed rapidly and won the reputation of "the first temple in the world", and Shaolin Kung Fu became famous from then on. After the founding of New China, especially 1982' s film Shaolin Temple, Shaolin Temple and Shaolin Kung Fu became the top tourism products in Henan and even the world.
Since the establishment of Shaolin Temple, Zen, martial arts and medicine are world-renowned and enduring, with rich historical and cultural connotations. It is a veritable tourist pearl in the Central Plains and a tourist attraction in China.
Songshan Shaolin Temple Scenic Area 3. Mount Yuntai 5A: It is one of the first geoparks in the world, including 11 scenic spots, including Quanpu Gorge, Tanpu Gorge, Hongshi Gorge, Zifang Lake, Wanshan Temple, Baijiayan, Yuan Xian, Ding Sheng, Diecai Cave, Qinglong Gorge and Linfeng Gorge, as well as Yuntai Waterfall, the largest waterfall in Asia. Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area, ranked third in the country and fifth in the world, was named the first batch of world geoparks by UNESCO, which immediately attracted strong attention in the whole country. Known as "three steps and one spring, five steps and one waterfall, ten steps and one pool".
Yuntai Mountain 4. Riverside Garden on Qingming Festival 5A: Riverside Garden on Qingming Festival is a large-scale historical and cultural theme park in the Song Dynasty based on the masterpiece Riverside Scene on Qingming Festival by Zhang Zeduan, a famous painter in the Northern Song Dynasty. It has become the largest ancient architectural complex imitating the Song Dynasty in China, the largest Song Wenhua theme park in China, and the largest ancient entertainment reappearance scenic spot in China. Riverside Garden on Qingming Festival not only reproduces the riverside scene on Qingming Festival with great momentum, but also activates the history of Song Dynasty with ingenious creativity and gives life to the ancient rhyme. Wandering in the meantime, people often have the feeling of "stepping into the picture once and dreaming back to the Millennium in one day".
Qingming Shanghe Garden 5. 4A Yellow River Scenic Area: Located on the bank of the Yellow River, it faces the majestic Moon Mountain in the south and the surging Yellow River in the north. The magnificent scenery of the great river, the long-standing culture of the Yellow River, the starting point of the "hanging river" on the ground, the end point of the Loess Plateau, the dividing line between the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River and a series of unique geographical features have formed a vast, majestic, magnificent and beautiful natural landscape. It is the "soul of the Chinese nation"-the leading scenic spot of the Yellow River trip.
Yellow river scenic spot. Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan 4A: "Kaifeng Prefecture" was the capital of the world in the Northern Song Dynasty, with a world-renowned reputation. Baolong sought to keep fit and ward off evil spirits, and his reputation spread throughout the ages. A song "meditation in Kaifeng" stirred people's hearts and caused many reverie. There are more than fifty halls in Kaifeng. In Kaifengfu, you can not only see a lot of precious historical materials, anecdotes and Chen Zhan, but also see colorful performances such as "Kaifengfu", "Bao Gong Trial", "Welcome performance in martial arts field" and "Fire-breathing and Face-changing", and truly experience "Traveling to Kaifengfu and savoring the culture of Dasong; Worship the dragon map and enjoy the righteousness of the world. "
Kaifeng area, Henan province. 5A Baiyun Mountain Scenic Area: praised by experts and scholars as a "natural museum", it is the first peak in the Central Plains and the best place to watch the sunrise and the sea of clouds. The whole scenic spot integrates mountains, rocks, water, caves, forests, grass, flowers, birds and animals, and the male, the dangerous, the strange, the secluded, the beautiful and the strange complement each other, forming five tourist areas with their own characteristics, namely Bai Yunfeng, Yuhuangding, Xiaohuangshan, Jiulong Waterfall and virgin forest, which are known as "fairyland on earth" and "famous mountains in the Central Plains". Yuhuangding Mountain Slide and "Asia's First Jump"-Yun Fei bungee jumping in Baiyun Mountain have become a new tourist hotspot in the Central Plains and a key tourist area in the southern line of Luoyang.
Baiyun Mountain Scenic Area. 5A Yin Ruins: It has always been the political, economic, military and cultural center of China in the late Shang Dynasty. After the demise of the Shang Dynasty, it became a ruin. At present, there are many relics, including the ancestral temple area of the palace, the tomb area, the Hougang site, numerous settlement sites (clan cities), family cemeteries, Oracle Bone Inscriptions pits, bronze casting sites, jade workshops and bone workshops.
The magnificent palace ancestral temple building base, hierarchical tombs, scattered residential sites and family cemeteries, handicraft workshops and rich cultural relics represented by Oracle Bone Inscriptions and bronzes constitute the unique cultural connotation of Yin Ruins, showing the grand scale and imperial style of the capital of Shang Dynasty. Among them, the site of Yin Ruins Mausoleum is a mausoleum and sacrificial place in the Shang Dynasty, which is praised by international experts and scholars as the "second ancient Egypt" in the world, and it is the earliest and most complete tomb group in China.
9, 4A Baligou Yin Ruins:
Baligou is known as "the soul of Taihang Mountain and the backbone of China" and as "a must in Asia" by landscape experts. It is the place where the essence of Taihang Mountain meets. Baligou Scenic Area is characterized by primitive beauty and natural beauty. The main attractions are Taohuadu, Mountain Temple, Yangzhou Land and Hongshi River. The rhythm is different and each has its own characteristics. Among them, Baligou Waterfall is known as "the first waterfall in North China". The air in the scenic spot is fresh, refreshing, the mountain spring is sweet and the environment is quiet. It is a "natural oxygen bar" and a landscape boutique gallery. Come to Baligou often, and you can live for 99 years. She is an ideal place for you to enjoy the original landscape, a warm home for leisure and vacation, and a paradise to return to nature.
Baligou 10, Guoliangdong Wall-hung Highway 4A: Guoliangdong Wall-hung Highway is located in Guo Liang Village, Shayao Township, Huixian County, Xinxiang City, Henan Province. It was built in 1972 and completed in 1977, all of which were independently completed by the villagers in Guo Liang village. The thirteen villagers who are mainly responsible for excavation are called the "thirteen strong men" of Guo Liangdong. Guo Liangdong is known as one of the "top ten most dangerous roads in the world" and one of the "18 most peculiar roads in the world". In the early 1990s, Guo Liang Cave developed tourism projects, and now it has become the first scenic spot in Wan Xianshan and the national 4A scenic spot. Hands up. The first film was shot here.
Guo Liang East Wall-hung Highway 5. The blue number of itinerary in go on road trip of Henan Province indicates the number of days to stay in Henan, and the suggested time for the whole journey is not less than 14 days. If you don't have enough time, you can look at the flowers while walking, which saves the actual driving days.
If you really don't have enough time, but you want to swim to the essence or don't want to travel around to go on road trip, Henan Province, you can consider the self-driving small loop tour in Henan as shown below:
Each color in the route planning of the road trip in Henan Province represents a small loop in the road trip in Henan Province. I think these three small loops in go on road trip are quite good. I won't be listed in the small tour line if I'm not in the central part of Henan. Friends should do their homework before driving, and they can choose small sightseeing routes nearby according to their hobbies or sources.
6. Henan cuisine and specialties 1. Diet: The overall taste of Henan cuisine is mainly salty, with moderate sweet and sour taste and five flavors. Special dishes: Anyang roast chicken, Xinyang salted duck, Kaifeng cockfighting, Zhengzhou Huimian Noodles, Kaifeng steamed buns, fried herring head and tail, fried purple crisp meat, peony swallowtail, Bianjing roast duck, fried eight pieces and so on.
2. Specialty: Xuchang yuba, Maojian tea, Xixia kiwi fruit, Luoyang cherry, Zhengzhou peach, Luoyang Tang tri-colored, Ruzhou porcelain, Xixia amber, etc.
I think it's a trip to try local food and snacks and souvenirs of local specialties in buy buy.
Thanks for reading it. At the same time, I also welcome friends to reprint my articles. For more than ten years, I have visited many provinces in road trip, and I have rich experience in road trip route planning. I think it is very important to plan the self-driving route in advance.
I don't take the poor travel route of pots and pans, nor do I take the local tyrant route of gold and silver treasures. I'm following the line that conforms to the consumption concept of the general working class. I take about half a month off every year, take my family and children around, broaden my horizons and see things I have never seen before. The world is not just now.
I will continue to introduce the routes of go on road trip in other provinces or other popular areas for friends' reference or use. There is no difference between good and bad scenic spots, but they are all my dishes. I have to touch my pockets when I sing and love all the way. Welcome to continue to pay attention to my article. Due to my limited ability and busy work, it is inevitable that there will be some mistakes or omissions in writing this article. Please point out generously, please forgive me! Thank you! Finally, I wish my friends a pleasant journey in Henan.