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Yellow River Tour, Yellow River vacation, Yellow River history, Yellow River cultural excursions---
The Yellow River rolls forward endlessly like a huge golden dragon. Crossing central China, the river gives rise to Chinese civilization over thousands of years and symbolizes the spirit and strength of the Chinese people. Touring along the Yellow River, travelers can not only enjoy the beautiful canyons, lakes and riverside scenery of this monumental river, but also have the opportunity to visit many famous sites, experiencing the unique local customs and studying the history of China.
The Liujia Gorge
Located in Yongjing county is the Liujia Gorge on the Yellow River. Steep cliffs and towering mountains rise on either side of the river, and manifest their spectacular grandeur. It was there that a key water conservancy project was completed in 1974, for the purposes of irrigation, navigation, flood control, electric energy production, and aquatic resources utilization. With a 147-meter-high and 840-meter-long dam, the Liujia Gorge Reservoir stores 5.7 billion cubic meters of water, and its water area covers 130 square kilometers. As the first power plant built on the upper reaches of the Yellow River, the Liujia Gorge Hydroelectric Power Plant has a capacity of 1.2 million kw, and uses five units of gigantic water turbogenerators to generate 5.7 billion kwh of electricity each year.
Shapotou
Shapotou is an 80-m-high cresentmoon shaped sand hill on the bank of the Yellow River. Looking down from the top of the steep sandhill, You feel giddy. Looking up from the foot, you see Yellow River water, merged with the white clouds, resembling waterfall flow down from heaver , Sliding down from the sand slope you feel you are dropping to the earth from the sky and hear sounds of dells; theis is called the 'ringing of bells on the sand slope.'Tourists can also do sightseeing on the vast desert on camels, experiencing the feelings of ancient merchants on the Silk Road. They can see the strange scene of steam locomotives crossing the ,Tenggeli Desert.
Hukou Waterfall on the Yellow River
One hundred and sixty-five kilometers to the west of Linfen is the HuKou Waterfall, Chinas second largest waterfall, next to the Huangguoshu Waterfall in Guizhou Province. In Hukou the Yellow River has formed a big gully, thirty meters wide and fifty meters deep. When the turbulent Yellow River water rushes to the bully, which forces the river into a narrow passage. The water flow speeds up and suddenly falls down into the gully thrity meters below. The roaring splashes are breathtakingly beautiful. The width of the fall is generally thirty meters, but during tide period it may reach one kilometer.
The Mausoleum of Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan (1162--1227) was a powerful Mongolian leader. It was he who unified all the Mongolian tribes as a tough politician and an outstanding military strategist at the end of the 12th century.
His mausoleum is situated in the Ejin Horo Banner of the Ih Ju Meng Prefecture. Its main structure consists of three connected halls in the shape of Mongolian yurts.With their eaves inlaid with golden and blue glazed tiles, the halls look resplendent and magnificent.
The central hall is primarily a place for memorial services, and has a huge statue of Genghis Khan. It is a Mongolian convention that people go to the mausoleum to attend a grand memorial ceremony, and make sacrificial offerings on the 17th of the third lunar month.
Tombs Of Guo State Amd Pits Of Chariots And Horses
The tombs and pits are in Mt. Shangchun, north of Sanmenxia. Since the 50s, 234 tombs and 4 pits with chariots and horses have been excavated. As among the sacrificial objects found in the tombs were also two bronze dagger-axes with the inscrption of " The dagger- axe of Prince Yuan Tu of the Guo State", it is therefore identified that the tombs and pits belong to the Guo State, another name for the Zhou Dynasty (1066 - 256 BC). A huge house was built for protecting No. 1727 pit aftr it was excavated.This pit is rectangular in shape, 15. 1 meters long, 3.82 meters wide and 4.1 meters deep, with 5 chariots and 10 horses in it. The chariots with complete compartments, wheels and shafts, are orderly arranged in rows with two horses for each. All these historic relics are of great importance for the study of the history of the Warring State Period,the burial and sacrificial system of the Guo State as well as the structure of ancient chariots.
Confucious Residence
To the east of the temple is Confrcius' house. If was once Confueius' eldest grandson;s Yamen and named Lord Yansheng's Residence. During the Han Dynasty Emperor Gao Zu , named Liu Bang, made offerings at Confucius' tomb in the highest degree.The emperor also conferred on Confucius' ninth generation direct grandson and his sons after him an official post supervising sacrifices to Confucius on behalf of the country . In the course of history, many titles were conferred on Confucius and his descendants. The title of Yansheng was given to his descendant in the Song Dynasty. In the 10 th year of the Ming Hong Wu reign an independent Residence of Lord Yansheng was set up, with the Yamen in the front and the domestic household at the back . It has 480 rooms and houses many files and relics.
In December,1994 The Confucius Temple, Residence and Confucian Woods was listed in the Chronology of Recognition of World Heritages in China.
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