In Dunhuang, which is world-renowned for its history and culture, there is a natural relic, because of its unique topography and geological structure, it is unique in many scenic spots in Dunhuang, and is called the Devil's City by the locals, it is Dunhuang Yadan National Geopark, as the main park of Dunhuang Global Geopark, majestic and majestic look at the vast Gobi of Dunhuang.
Dunhuang Yadan National Geopark is an important part of the tourist scenic spot on the west route of Dunhuang. In December 2001, the Ministry of Land and Resources approved the establishment of "Gansu Dunhuang Yadan National Geopark", which is divided into two areas, about 25 kilometers long from east to west, about 13 kilometers wide from north to south, and the park covers an area of 398 (346.34) square kilometers. In August 2003, the park was officially opened and opened to visitors. In November 2006, it was rated as an AAAA-level tourist attraction by the National Tourism Administration, and has been successively approved as a popular science base for land and resources, a popular science education base in Gansu Province, and a provincial geological relics nature reserve in Gansu Province.
Dunhuang Yadan National Geopark is a location for film and television advertising, and has successively filmed many film and television advertising works such as "Hero", "Legend of Tianmai", "Poseidon", "Seven Wolves", "Women's Twelve Orchestra MTV Scenery Film" and so on.
The car drove through the gate of the scenic spot and the exhibition hall, directly came to the transfer point, a stone stood on the small square, the book "Dunhuang Yadan", this is the standard name, as for the devil's city is just the common name of the locals.
When we arrived at the Devil's City and stood on a high platform and looked into the distance, a prominent feeling came to our hearts, that is, Dunhuang, you are really crazy.
When I saw the scene in front of me, I was shocked and wondered if the cause of it was the bottom of the sea.
The first iconic attraction – the Golden Lion Welcome. It is a product of the prime of Yadan landform development. Due to the wind, rain and water, the large Yadan body was eroded, and it continued to collapse along the fissures and gradually became smaller, forming a landscape like a lion lying down. It seems to be watching and greeting visitors from afar.
In front of the Golden Lion Welcome Stone, a group photo of the team came. Everything is fine, but the flag is taken backwards.
The Golden Lion welcomes guests from afar
The materials that make up the Yadan landform are fluvial, lacustrine and lacustrine argillaceous, sandy and silty sediments formed from about 780,000 to 130,000 years ago from the late Pleistocene to the Middle Pleistocene, interbedded with thin layers of sand and gravel, which are not consolidated into rocks and are easily eroded by wind and flowing water.
In the past, because of the vastness of the Gobi, the road is difficult and dangerous, few people set foot here, Dunhuang people are also many people who hear and hear, and there are few people who see it, with the construction of the highway of Yumen Pass and Yadan Devil City, it has created conditions for the appearance of this geographical wonder.
The second attraction – the Sphinx
Likeness and dislike are both in between, both of which are a kind of taste.
Flat ground makes these
There is a Sphinx, and there is a pyramid nearby, and it is complete.
Swedish geographer and explorer Sven Heding, in his book Central Asia and Tibet, transliterated the large area of mound landforms found around Lop Nur as "yardang" according to the local Uyghur name. As this work became widely circulated, Chinese scholars translated it from the English word "yardang" to "Yadan". Since then, "Yadan" has become the name of this type of landform, and has been accepted by geographers and geologists to refer to a peculiar landform dominated by wind erosion distributed in extremely arid or partially arid areas.
To enter the Yadan scenic spot, you need to change vehicles, each car is equipped with a commentator, the commentator on our car is really good, she suggested that you can take some road photos here.
The narrator is taking pictures carefully and looks beautiful.
I also shot an empty shot, and the space here is very extensive.
Put two panoramas
Get in the car and continue our trip.