The tourist attractions in Shizuishan include the Yellow River, Helan Mountain, Shahu Lake, Helan Mountain Rock Painting Scenic Area, Shizuishan Hunhuaizhang, and Shizuishan Huinong Galaxy Red Willow Forest.

Helan Mountain Scenic Area is located at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain, starting from Baisikou in the north and ending at Sanguankou in the south. It is more than 30 kilometers long from north to south and 4 kilometers wide from east to west. The main attractions include Baisikou Twin Pagodas, Xiaogunzhongkou, Suyukou Forest Park, Helan Mountain Rock Paintings, etc. It is a place with many mountains, steep cliffs and rich forest resources. It has been regarded as a summer resort as early as the Western Xia Dynasty.

Origin of the name

The name Helan Mountain comes from the ancient Xianbei Helan people who lived here. The Xianbei Helan clan originated from the ancient tribe Helan tribe (it is said that the Helan tribe was originally one of the ancient Xiongnu tribes and later united with Xianbei). The Helan family integrated into the Han nationality after Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty implemented the Sinicization reform.

The name Helan Mountain was first recorded in the "Book of Sui·Biography of Zhao Zhongqing". In the third year of the founding of the Sui Dynasty (583 AD), Zhao Zhongqing came out of Helan Mountain to attack the Turks.

As for the origin of the name of Helan Mountain, there have been stories about "Barge Horse" and "He Lai" since ancient times. The theory of "Barge Horse" comes from the "Yuanhe County Chronicles" written by Li Jifu of the Tang Dynasty: "There are many woods in the mountains, and the green and white look is like a barge horse. The northerners call Barge Horse." Later generations followed this theory and also extended it to the name of Alxa Mountain. explain. The theory of "He Lai" comes from the record of the Xiongnu "Beidi" in "Book of Jin·Biography of the Four Barbarians": "The people who settled there slaughtered 19 different kinds of He Lai."

History of the Song Dynasty The scholar Hu Sansheng said in the commentary of "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" that "Lan and Lai's words turn to ears". Contemporary Shanxi scholar Yin Xian's research has confirmed that He Lai is the spoken transliteration of the names Podoluo and Podolan, abbreviated as Duolan, and also translated as Helan, etc., both of which are the names and surnames of the Podoluo tribe of the Xianbei people. According to this, it not only corrects the rumor of "Barding Horse", but also provides strong evidence for the name of Helan Mountain.

Introduction to Shahu Tourist Attractions

Shahu Tourist Attractions in Shizuishan City, Ningxia are located in Pingluo County, Shizuishan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. It is based on natural landscapes, with sand, water, reeds and The five major scenic spots, birds and mountains are organically combined to form a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction, which is known as a "rare" cultural tourist attraction in the world.

Ningxia Shahu Ecological Tourism Zone is a tourist pearl on the "Silk Road Station" that integrates the beauty of the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River and the majesty of the desert in the north. The main attractions include Shahu International Sand Sculpture Garden, Bird Island (Bird Paradise), Hudong Wetland (Bird Observation Station), Xinmen District Square, Shahu Inscription Stone and other redundant landscapes.

Extended information:

Ticket price

1. Opening hours:

8:00 am to 18:00 pm in summer

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8:30 am - 17:30 pm in autumn and winter

2. Tickets: 50 yuan/person in peak season and 40 yuan/person in off-season. (Includes insurance and return battery car fees; free admission to the Agricultural Reclamation Museum, Wetland Museum, and Chairman Mao Badge Hall.)

Specific time: Peak season is April 1st to October 31st

The off-season is from November 1st to March 31st of the following year

Baidu Encyclopedia - Shahu

Shizuishan Shahu, the world-renowned "Pearl on the Fortress"

Shahu Ecological Tourism Zone is one of the first batch of national 5A-level famous tourist attractions, China’s trump card tourist attraction, and one of China’s top ten charming leisure tourism lakes.

Shahu is located between Yinchuan City, the capital of Ningxia, and Shizuishan City, a famous city in the north of Saibei. It is 38 kilometers away from Yinchuan. Baotou-Lanzhou Railway, Beijing-Tibet Expressway, and 109 National Highway pass by the lake. She is embedded in the eastern foothills of Helan, The Golden Bank of the Yellow River is a fortress pearl that combines the majesty and heroism of the northwest desert with the beauty and charm of the Jiangnan water towns.

The planned area of ??Shahu tourist area is 80.10 square kilometers, including 45 square kilometers of wetland and 22.52 square kilometers of desert. Water is the soul of Sha Lake, and sand is the style of water. Sand Lake cleverly combines lake water, desert, and reeds, and each scene is unique.

Although it is no longer the peak tourist season, there are still many tourists queuing up to check in at Shahu, which shows how popular this place is.

If you want to visit Shahu, you must take a boat. The boat ticket is purchased together with the ticket. There are two main types of boat rides, one is an ordinary cruise ship and the other is a speed boat. In order to save time and have fun, we chose a speedboat. The picture below shows the cruise ship dock, where all tourists entering the scenic spot queue up to take the boat.

This is an ordinary cruise ship. One boat can accommodate dozens of people. The price is much cheaper than the speedboat, but it also takes longer.

After arriving at the pier, there are three options. One is to go directly to the Shahu Scenic Area, and the other is to transfer to this small boat. You can take the boat to Bird Island, or you can let the boatman take it there. Go wander around in the reed swamp. We chose the last one and decided to go to the reed swamp.