Benxi County is known as the hometown of maple leaves in China. Every autumn, it is the largest maple leaf viewing area in China. Colorful red maple shines in beautiful mountains and rivers, painting a magical natural watercolor painting. The county has successively implemented the renovation and development of Guanmen Mountain, Dashi Lake Laobiangou, Tiesha Mountain, Qingshi Valley, Longdaogou and other scenic spots. It has created good conditions for tourists to watch the maple leaves, and carefully designed two unique maple viewing routes in the east and south.

Photography: Tang Qi

On the east route, the scenic spots include Tiesha Mountain, Longdaogou, Laobiangou, Dashi Lake and China Maple Leaf Road. This route not only has early, gorgeous and pungent maple leaves, but also has beautiful natural landscape and rich folk customs, so that you can not only enjoy the advanced maple leaf landscape, but also taste the unique local cuisine. The maple leaf viewing spots on the southern line include Guanmenshan National Forest Park, Guanshan Lake Scenic Area, Guanmenshan Ecological Grand Canyon and tanggou Qingshi Valley. This route has the richest tourism contents, such as enjoying the heroic spirit of the "King of Maple Trees", enjoying the beautiful songs of bluestone and red maple, boating in Guanshan Lake, bathing in tanggou Hot Springs, staying in Yushangzhuo Garden, Qiyang in Yunxi and B&B in Qiao Feng for one night.

Among the boutique tourist routes, Benxi County mainly recommends Xiaoshi Yizhuang, Guanmen Mountain, Tiesha Mountain, Laobiangou Scenic Area and Huaxi Mu Hot Spring Resort. Among them, Guanmenshan National Forest Park is a national 4A-level scenic spot. There is a famous maple leaf viewing area here, and there is a saying that "the scenery is as beautiful as Guilin, and the water in the south of the Yangtze River is green and the peak is green". Laobiangou Scenic Area is a national 4A-level scenic spot, and Dashi Lake is one of the scenic spots in Laobiangou Scenic Area, with many natural landscapes, such as Jushichuan, Vientiane Valley and Phoenix Peak. In autumn, the maple leaf landscape here is very prominent. The mountains are all red, and the layers of forests are all dyed. It has the desire to compete with the red leaves of Xiangshan, and is rated as the most beautiful "Maple Leaf" scenic spot in Liaoning. The total area of Guanshan Lake Scenic Area is more than 30 square kilometers, of which the water surface area is more than 3,000 mu, with rippling blue waves and beautiful scenery. It is refreshing to play with ice and snow, soak in hot springs and drink mutton soup here.

In autumn and October, red leaves are everywhere, and Benxi has become a holy land for photographers and a paradise for artists. When you come here, it must be very happy that you came. When you leave here, it is still a dream.