The Biandukou Scenic Area is a very beautiful tourist resort, it is located in the middle of the Qilian Mountains in China. It attracts many tourists with its spectacular natural scenery, rich historical and cultural heritage and unique folk customs. The tourist area is divided into 5 communities and 12 main scenic spots, including Biandukou Canyon Tourist Area, Taipo Donggou Entertainment and Sightseeing Area, Sports and Leisure Resort and Management Service Area. The Biandu Gorge, Batu Caves, Stone Buddha Temple, Zhuge Monument, and the idyllic scenery of Biyuntian and Huanghuadi are the most famous landscapes in the tourist area.
1. Biandu Canyon:
The tall and steep Qilian Mountains are split by the east and west of the canyon, forming the famous Biandu Gorge. This gorge not only has cliffs and turbulence, but also pastures, fragrant wild flowers, fat cattle and sheep, melodious pastoral songs, and wild birds and beasts such as hares, snow pheasants, deer, camphor, wolves, leopards, and coal, chromium, manganese, copper and other mineral resources. Historically, this gorge is the dangerous pass of Hehuang in the south and Ganliang in the north, and has always been the place where soldiers must fight, so it has staged a scene of earth-shattering, singing and crying historical pictures in Biandu Gorge.
2. Batu Caves:
Legend has it that when Huo Qubing led the army to the middle of the gorge, the black wind protruded, filled the canyon, and he couldn't move forward, Huo Qubing climbed to the top of the mountain and saw the black wind rolling out of a hole. So he called on his soldiers to cut down trees and plug holes. After a day and night of hard work, thousands of pines and cypresses finally blocked the Batu Cave. The black wind stopped, they were finally able to go out of the gorge smoothly, breaking the Huns, and now the "Black Wind Cave" is not far from the resort on the steep wall, close to the National Highway 227, extremely difficult to climb, surrounded by weeds and shrubs, and the depth is not enough to see.
3, Niangniang's grave:
During the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, in order to show the prestige of China, decided to summon envoys from 27 countries in Zhangye to convene a universal exposition after greatly breaking the Tuguhun and leading tens of thousands of people to come out of Biandu Gorge. Traveling to the middle of the gorge, suddenly encountered the snow in June, most of the soldiers froze to death, accompanied by Emperor Yang of Sui to the west of the concubine who lived in the deep palace for a long time in the past, and now suddenly encountered the cold, then the body was infected with diseases, the treatment was ineffective, and before the gorge was released, it was buried here. The "Niangniang Tomb" seen today is the tomb of Emperor Yang's love for Shiji. "Niangniang Tomb" is close to 227 National Highway, tomb pile;The head of the "Niangniang Grave" is covered with wilted grass, "telling a sad story to the world."
4. West Route Army Trail:In this gorge, through the layers of cockroaches, we can faintly see a path winding around the rugged mountainside. On that path, there were also stains of blood stained with the soldiers of the Red West Route Army who had been escorted to Xining by horse bandits for execution. Now those blood stains have long been turned into the gorge of splendid mountain flowers, green grass, clear streams, into fat cattle and sheep, melodious pastoral songs.
5. Foguang Tourist Resort:
In the depths of the canyon, the "Bianweikou Foguang Tourist Resort" has been opened, tents have been set up, and the colorful flags are gently flipped in the mountain breeze, as if they are shaking their arms and warmly greeting the guests who come from the south to the north to stop and relax. The Yugur girls wore bright national costumes and sang pastoral songs to offer Hada, toasted wine, and danced, so that the guests from afar could fully appreciate the grassland atmosphere and forget the fatigue of the journey.
Overall, the Biandukou Scenic Area is a very tourist attraction worth visiting. If you want to feel the magnificence of nature, learn about the history and culture of the Silk Road and experience unique folk customs, this is a great place not to be missed. However, due to the high altitude and cold climate, it is advisable to prepare well and keep warm before traveling.