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Qingtongxia Yellow River Grand Canyon and 108 Stupas 青铜峡黄河大峡谷Qīngtóngxiá Huáng Hé Dà Xiágǔ
5A scenic area · National heritage site · Wuzhong, Ningxia
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Wuzhong
- Region
- Ningxia
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 5A scenic area, National heritage site
About Qingtongxia Yellow River Grand Canyon and 108 Stupas
A scenic area of about 126 km² around the Qingtongxia gorge, officially described as the last gorge on the upper Yellow River, taking in the Qingtongxia dam (begun in 1958), a water-conservancy museum and the Dayu culture park at the heart of the Ningxia Yellow River irrigation system, a World Heritage Irrigation Structure. Its best-known sight is the One Hundred and Eight Stupas, Tibetan-style brick stupas in twelve rows that form a triangle on the hillside above the west bank. First built in the Western Xia period, they have been rebuilt several times and no longer keep their original form.
How to get to Qingtongxia Yellow River Grand Canyon and 108 Stupas
Near Qingtongxia town, about 80 km by road south-west of Yinchuan (1–1.5 hours); the stupas stand on the west bank a little upstream of the dam.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Dong Fuxiang's Mansion (Dong Fu) 董府 (10 km).
On the map
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