Do you know? There are two largest regions of red land in the world, one in Brazil, called Rio de Janeiro Red Land, and the other is red land in Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China.
Aerial photo of the red land of Dongchuan
Dongchuan Red Land, which is a mountainous area that is jokingly called "the painter overturned the palette".
When it comes to the red land, perhaps the most common thing you can think of is the word "poor" and "beautiful". Yes, because as we all know, red soils do belong to a low-yielding and barren soil. Mainly because of the large number of people, overexploitation, indiscriminate deforestation, coupled with the characteristics of the soil itself, the soil productivity in the red soil area is low, the soil erosion is serious, and it is seriously degraded in many areas, forming "red desertification".
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For a predominantly agricultural region, once the soil takes on a red desert appearance, it means that the word "poor" has come. But when we see such a village, we unconsciously praise it as "beautiful"!
Dongchuan red land, located in the Wumeng Mountains, belongs to the plateau mountainous landform. Here the mountains crisscross the mountains, the undulating mountains, the red soil hills are endless, and the influence of the monsoon has formed a highland monsoon-type climate with mild climate and clear dry and wet. Because the soil contains more iron and aluminum, it forms a dazzling crimson color. The land is divided into patches of color by fields and crops, and from a distance, it is colorful, lined with blue sky and white clouds, which is even more spectacular. Every year from September to December is the peak photography season for the red land of Dongchuan.
When you stand on the red land and look at the colorful paintings that originally appeared in your mind, all of which are really presented in front of you at this moment, you will no longer doubt why experts say that the red land in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is not as good as the red land in Dongchuan, Yunnan, China, whether in terms of geographical breadth or in terms of color, it is even worse, and it is indeed a better interpretation of the red land of Dongchuan with the word magnificent.
Dongchuan Red Land
When I arrived at the Red Land of Dongchuan, I had to see another legend there, and there was a legendary tree at the top of an empty hillside in that red land , the Old Dragon Tree, also known as the Sacred Tree and the Single Tree. It is a huge ancient thousand-year-old fir tree, which once withered for three years and vomited new branches, and was revered as a sacred tree by the local standing stone monument. Not far from the tree, there is a huge stone stele inscribed with the "Old Dragon Tree", which records the resurrection of the old Dragon Tree.
The old dragon tree that came back from the dead
Now Dongchuan after six years of reform, Dongchuan people are as strong and hardworking as the old Nagarjuna, and in 2019 Dongchuan District took off the "poor" hat! Today's Dongchuan welcomes tourists from the south to the north with a truly gorgeous and magnificent posture.
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