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Yinchuan is capital of the Hui Autonomous Region of Ningxia, remotely
stationed in the northwest of China. Yinchuan, is little visited and
little known about, making trips here an interesting and hard experience.
Ningxia is poor and would have been almost uninhabitable, with its
harsh climate and remote location, but for the grimy Yellow River
(Huang he) and the irrigation channels built in the Han Dynasty (206
BC-220 AD), that support the population.
Around 4 million people presently reside in Ningxia, a third are
composed of the Muslim Hui Minority, and 930,000 of the total live
in the city of Yinchuan. Yinchuan is a pleasant area, with many
green areas and a vibrant atmosphere. Yinchuan is well protected
by the Helan Mountain Range (Helan shan) to the north and is well
supplied by the Yellow River to the southeast.
Travellers, however, are not really here for the man-made sights,
but for the remote beauty of a province that is little populated
and certainly off the beaten track. Hiking in mountainous areas,
camping in deep woods, riding over sand dunes and rafting the turbulent
Yellow River are the ideal reasons for visiting this autonomous
region.
Yinchuan's industries include machinery, chemical, textile, construction
material, food processing. Yinchuan Tire Plant is a major tire plant
of China. The chief farm products of Yinchuan are rice, wheat, corn,
beet, watermelons, grapes, apples, and Chinese wolfberry fruit.
Further out from Yinchuan lies Sand Lake, where you can swim, ride
camels, and stroll amongst the sand dunes, and at Qingtonxia, with
Tibetan dagobas right next to the Yellow River. It's an open
air desert location where many of the enigmatic desert scenes in
a lot of Chinese films were shot. Also, at Zhongwei, you can explore
the area of Shapotou, a desert research area, again camel rides,
expeditions and trekking are all available here as are boat and
raft trips along the Yellow River. |
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