Bingling Temple World Cultural Heritage Tourism Zone, a place that integrates history, culture and natural beauty, it is located in Yongjing County, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, and still retains many precious cultural heritage and natural landscapes. With a total area of about 150 square kilometers, it is composed of three major areas: Bingling Temple Grottoes, Bingling Stone Forest and Bingling Lake, and was rated as a national 5A-level tourist attraction by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on December 29, 2020.
Founded in the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, the Bingling Temple Grottoes have a history of more than 1,600 years, and are the national key cultural relics protection units, and were included in the World Heritage List in 2014. The existing ink inscription in the first year of Jianhong of the Western Qin Dynasty (i.e., 420 AD) in the cave is the earliest inscription in China with a clear date of statue dating so far, which provides an important yardstick for the staging of the early grottoes.
Bingling Stone Forest belongs to the Danxia landform formed by the accumulation of purple-red fine sandstone in the early Cretaceous of the Cenozoic Era, and was approved by the Ministry of Land and Resources in 2011 to establish Bingling Danxia National Geopark. In the park, thousands of peaks stand on the wall, ten thousand ravines are vertical and horizontal, hundreds of branch ditches are tortuous and meandering, they form a strange stone forest world together with the stone peaks of different forms, and have high geological science, tourism development, natural aesthetics, ecological protection value.
In addition to its rich cultural heritage, the Bingling Temple World Cultural Heritage Tourist Area also has magnificent natural scenery. Bingling Lake is rippling with blue waves, surrounded by mountains, and the mountains and rivers reflect each other, which is the famous "Blue Yellow River, the sea of Gansu". The water area is 130 square kilometers, with a storage capacity of 5.7 billion cubic meters, and the water quality is clear and pollution-free, reaching the national second-class drinking water standard. Bingling Lake Scenic Area has natural and historical landscapes such as Bingling Holy Land, Dayu Water Control, and "Huangtao Intersection", and modern cultural landscapes such as Liujiaxia Hydropower Station and Yellow River Cultural Expo Hall.
The Bingling Temple World Cultural Heritage Tourism Area not only has a rich historical and cultural heritage and natural landscape, but also provides tourists with a variety of tourism experience projects. Here, you can experience the charm of the Yellow River culture in an all-round way, and the Yellow River Customs Cultural Festival activities are themed on the Yellow River culture and folk customs, including the Yellow River trumpet performance, the Yellow River style photography exhibition, the Yellow River Food Festival, etc. Visitors who enjoy outdoor activities can try challenges such as hiking and rock climbing; Or take a hot air balloon ride over the entire scenic area, and you can also experience the fun of skiing in winter.
One trip, multiple gains. Coming to the Bingling Temple World Cultural Heritage Tourist Area, you can not only enjoy the unique cultural and artistic treasures, but also relax in the embrace of nature. It is a place of history, culture and natural beauty that awaits you to explore and discover.
The host Da Chun took a group photo with guests He Lingling and Zhang Yaqian
Source: Gansu Rural Radio
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