The writer Jia Pingwa has such a passage in the "Notes on Dingxi":
"In my understanding, there are three places in China that are worth walking, one is the Yuncheng and Linfen areas in Shanxi, the second is the Area around Heyang Chaoyi in Hancheng, Shaanxi, and then longyou in Gansu. These three places have a long history and a rich culture, and they are all cities of great virtue in the country, and their virtues are strong and civilized. ”
Gansu Long's right refers to Dingxi. Since ancient times, Dingxi has been an important passage of the "Silk Road" and one of the important birthplaces of the Yellow River civilization of the Chinese nation. It has left a splendid prehistoric civilization and many humanistic resources.
In recent years, people have regarded Dingxi as a must-pass place and tourist destination for self-driving trips to Dunhuang, Lhasa, Xining, Urumqi and other places, and Lijialonggong, Weiheyuan, Guiqingshan, Majiayao culture, Tao Min flowers, and so on, which were once familiar and unfamiliar words, often lingered in their ears. What are the main tourism resources in Dingxi?
Dingxi's cultural tourism resources mainly include "three business cards"
The first business card - "The Source of Weishui"
You must know the allusion to "clear distinction". The source of Weishui is in Dingxi, Gansu. Here is written the majestic epic of "Dayu Daowei", which has bred a variety of natural landscapes, and here there is the only classical horizontal cantilever arch bridge in China - Baling Bridge, which is the hub of Qinlong Land, which can be described as the essence of the collection of landscapes and rivers. The most prestigious can be summarized as "one source, one realm, one god spring, and one grassland and blue sky." "One source" is the Weiheyuan Scenic Area, is one of the 20 major scenic spots in Gansu Province, has built 2 national 4A-level scenic spots, namely the national 4A-level scenic spot Weiheyuan, the national 4A-level scenic spot Shouyang Mountain; "one realm" is the "Longshang Wonderland" national 4A scenic spot Guiqing Mountain/Shade Mountain, Qifeng Jingxiu, Flying Waterfall Flowing Spring, Qingli Xiuyi; "Yishen Spring" is the national AAA scenic spot Tongwei Hot Spring, known as "Longshang Shenquan" and "Northwest First Spring"; "A grassland" is the national 3A-level scenic spot Wolfdu Wetland Grassland. The flowing streams swirl back and forth, forming the natural wonder of the Nine-Curved Wolf Crossing.
▲Weihe source AAAA
▲Guiqingshan AAAA
▲Shade Mountain AAAA
▲Wolf crossing wetland grassland AAA
▲Ceiling Gorge
▲Weiyuan Shimen Snow Mountain Scenic Area
The second business card - "Lee's Hometown"
The world under the Li clan out of Longxi. Since the Qin Dynasty placed Longxi County, Li Chong, the ancestor of the Li clan, served as the guardian of Longxi County for more than 2,000 years, and the Longxi Li clan not only prospered in Longyuan, but also spread throughout the four seas of Kyushu, and most of the people with the surname Li have longxi as their foundation, and the worship halls are titled "Longxi Hall". As the birthplace of Li culture, Dingxi has The Fengtai of Yuelu Mountain, where Lao Tzu ascended in the Spring and Autumn Period, the tomb of the Li Zhongxiang family of the Western Han Dynasty's "General Of The Expedition to the West", and the "Li Family Dragon Palace", which was founded in the early Tang Dynasty, is a sacred place for the descendants of the Li clan at home and abroad to seek their roots and worship their ancestors. Li culture, along with Dunhuang culture, Fuxi culture, and Tibetan Buddhist culture of Labrang Monastery, is called the "four major cultures" of Gansu.
▲LiJialong Palace
▲Yuelu Mountain, Lintao County
▲Shouyang Mountain
The third business card - "Angelica Dingxi"
Angelica is a kind of authentic medicinal material unique to Dingxi, which is often used in ancient poetry to imply the meaning of "should return". Dingxi is the birthplace of civilization in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and is one of the important towns of the ancient Silk Road, where the Silk Road, the Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles, and the Long March meet. The ancestors gave birth to the Majiayao culture of 5,000 years ago, one of the eight wonders of the world, the Warring States Qin Great Wall in the west of Lintao, the national 4A scenic spot Tongwei Yuexin Calligraphy and Painting Village is even more unique, angelica Dingxi can listen to the echoes of history. The four main forces of the Red Army's Long March have all passed through Dingxi, the second meeting of strategic turning significance of the Chinese revolution since the Zunyi Conference, the Pangluo Conference, which "decided the foothold of the Long March", and the red relics such as the former site of the National 4A-level Scenic Spot Pangluo Conference and the former site of the Minzhou Conference of the National 3A-level Scenic Spot are the first choice for studying and observing, cultivating sentiments, and carrying forward the spirit of the Long March. Dingxi is a "thousand-year-old medicine town" and "China's potato capital", angelica, astragalus, ginseng and potatoes are famous throughout the country. If you are tired of the hustle and bustle of city life, come to Dingxi to experience the quiet and rustic countryside, enjoy the traditional cuisine that has been passed down for thousands of years, and feel the return of the soul.
▲Bangluo Conference Memorial Hall
▲Minzhou Conference Memorial Hall
▲Red Army sculpture of Erlang Mountain in Min County
▲Shioi Conference Memorial Hall