Chapter 82: Arriving in Guizhou
Guizhou, abbreviated as "Guizhou" or "Gui", is a provincial-level administrative region of the People's Republic of China, with the provincial capital of Guiyang City. It is bordered by Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality to the north, Hunan Province to the east, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to the south, and Yunnan to the west. The terrain in the west is high and low in the east, inclined from the middle to the north, east and south, known as "eight mountains, one water and one field", it belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate.
As soon as he got on the plane, He Chaoqun, a university scholar, was talking about popularizing geographical knowledge to everyone!
"I told you, this Guizhou is amazing, don't look at his development is not as good as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, but the momentum in recent years can be fierce! Guizhou Province is located in the hinterland of the southwest inland region, which is the transportation hub of the southwest region and an important part of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. It is the first national big data comprehensive pilot zone in China, a world-renowned mountain tourism destination and a major mountain tourism province, a national ecological civilization pilot zone, and an inland open economic pilot zone. In addition, it is also the birthplace of ancient Chinese humans and one of the birthplaces of ancient Chinese culture, and human beings have inhabited and multiplied on this land five or six hundred thousand years ago. ”
He Chaoqun said this endlessly, but Bai Ye was particularly enthusiastic and listened to it with relish. Everyone else is going to fall asleep.
Xiuzhu suddenly proposed: "Chaoqun, isn't our first stop going to Huangguoshu Waterfall, you tell us about this Huangguoshu Waterfall!" ”
As soon as he said this, He Chaoqun was energetic: "This Huangguoshu Waterfall, it is really a natural wonder!" Huangguoshu Waterfall, that is, Huangguoshu Waterfall. In ancient times, it was called Baishuihe Waterfall, also known as "Huanggeshu" Waterfall or "Huanggeshu" Waterfall, Guizhou folk have spread the mythical story of Huangguoshu Waterfall since ancient times, and the name of Huangguoshu Waterfall comes from the tree that bears "Huangguo" in this mythical story. Located in Ningbuyi and Miao Autonomous County, Anshun City, Guizhou Province, China, it belongs to the Baishui River section of the lower reaches of the Kebu River, a tributary of the Nanpan River, a tributary of the Beipan River, a tributary of the Dabang River, of the Pearl River system. It is known for its vast water potential. The height of the waterfall is 77.8 meters, of which the main waterfall is 67 meters high, and the width of the waterfall is 101 meters, of which the top of the main waterfall is 83.3 meters wide. Huangguoshu Waterfall is an erosion fracture waterfall in karst landform.
The origin of the Huangguoshu Waterfall can be traced back to the Middle Triassic period more than 200 million years ago, when a set of huge carbonate rocks were deposited in the Huangguoshu area. Huangguoshu Waterfall is developed in a set of "medium and thick layers interbedded with a small amount of thin-bedded dolomite limestone in the second member of Guanling in the Middle Triassic", which is located on the east flank of the small anticline of Wengzhai. The Baishui River in the formation period of Huangguoshu Waterfall is an above-ground river that developed between 100,000 and 500,000 years ago, and evolved from the "wide valley period" to the "canyon period" in the middle and late Pleistocene of the Quaternary period. The fissures, karst caves, and dark rivers at this rift point are very well developed. Later, with the intermittent uplift of the earth's crust and the gradual increase of hydrodynamic forces in the late Pleistocene, the roof of the sinkhole gradually collapsed, and the Huangguoshu Waterfall finally appeared, which has a history of 50,000 years.
Huangguoshu Waterfall is on the Baishui section of the Dabang River Basin, the river water is from north to south, when it reaches Huangguoshu, a large longitudinal slope crack appears in the riverbed to form Huangguoshu Waterfall, the water flows through the waterfall and goes around an approximately semicircular arc to the west, the chord length is 500 meters, and it protrudes 300 meters to the west, and reaches the screw beachhead below the water scraper, and resumes the flow direction from north to south. The waterfall is 101 meters wide and 77.8 meters high. The waterfall rushes into the rhinoceros pond, and the water flows through Sandao Beach, Horseshoe Beach, Pig Dragon Pond, Oil Fish Well, Pot Bottom Tai, Bay Pond, and Rising Pond in turn. [5]
Xu Xiake described the Huangguoshu Waterfall: "Through the Longxi South Gu, then the left side of the road a stream hangs, Wan Lian flies into the air, the stone on the stream is like a lotus leaf overlay, the middle is cut out of the three gates, the water is overflowing from the top of the leaf, such as the shark silk ten thousand, the horizontal cover outside the door, the straight down can not be counted, pounding the beads and breaking the jade, the droplets are surging, such as smoke in the air, the momentum is very strong; The so-called 'bead curtain hook is not rolled, flying practice hangs on the remote peak', which is not enough to imitate its strength. Among the waterfalls he saw, "there are those who are several times as high, but there is never one that is so wide and large." Since then, Huangguoshu Waterfall has gradually been considered the first waterfall in the country.
The flow of the waterfall river is only a few times in the hour, and it reaches more than 1,000 at the maximum. When the water is heavy, the waterfall splashes down to the Huangguoshu Street, which is more than 100 meters high, and thunderous sounds can be heard two or three miles away. When the water is small, the river is still divided into 4 branches, spread over the entire rock wall, without losing its "wide and large" momentum.
Behind the waterfall, there is a 134-meter-long water curtain hole that crosses the waterfall, consisting of 6 cave windows, 5 cave halls, 3 cave springs and 6 passages. The view of the waterfall from inside the water curtain cave is thrilling. Such a spectacular waterfall under the water curtain cave is also rare among waterfalls around the world. In front of the waterfall is a deep box-shaped karst canyon, with cliffs on the left, ancient wood forests; On the right is travertine slope, stalagmite mountain, fragrant grass and flowers, paved with clouds; In the middle is the rhinoceros pond, the horseshoe pond ......, the pond beach is connected, and the passing is connected. The rhinoceros pond is 17 meters deep, often covered with splash beads, and the fog beads are in the air; In the morning and afternoon, the sun is refracted and the rainbow rises, and the predecessors have the reputation of "snow reflecting the river and xia". On the opposite side of the waterfall, there is a "waterfall pavilion", which is very ancient, and there is a famous calligrapher Yan Yinliang in the Qing Dynasty: "White water is like cotton, and the flowers are scattered without bows; The red glow is like a brocade, why weave the sky. "The pavilion is densely wooded, and there is a winding road that leads to the river. The river surface curved bridge leads to the "water curtain hole". Not far from the downstream of the waterfall, there is a Huangguoshu Waterfall Hotel in the green trees on the bank, and the hotel building adopts the Buyi stone architectural style. There is a marble statue of Xu Xiake on the side of the waterfall. ”
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Xiu Zhu was kind, and he planned to ask He Chaoqun to tell him something interesting to give everyone a good time, but he didn't expect this kid to open his mouth to be a big academic article, and now even a king like Bai Ye didn't bother to listen, so he let He Chaoqun say it himself.
After an in-flight meal and a short rest, the plane finally landed.
Walking out of Longdongbao Airport, Bai Ye proposed that he wanted to eat a delicious meal!
"Yes, yes! Let's go! The airline meal is so unpalatable, the orange juice is sour, and this girl is going to faint from hunger! Song Zisu threw the luggage in his hand to He Chaoqun, ran to the front, and took a taxi with Bai Ye.
What they didn't know, as soon as they got off the plane and before they got out of the airport, they were already targeted by Miao Long's people!