Top 10 tourist attractions in Yinchuan

　　Yinchuan, referred to as "Yin", is the capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and a national historical and cultural city. It is a city with a long history and beautiful scenery. Yinchuan's beautiful scenery and ancient Yellow River culture complement each other, and it is known as "Jiangnan on the Frontier" and "Land of Fish and Rice". Next, Travel Diary will sort out the top ten tourist attractions in Yinchuan for everyone, let's take a look.

　　1. Zhenbeibao Western Film City

　　Ningxia Zhenbeibao Western Film and Television City in Yinchuan, referred to as Zhenbeibao Western Film City, is located in Zhenbeibao Town, Xixia District, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, and is a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction. Among the many film and television cities in China, Zhenbeibao Western Film City is characterized by simplicity, desolation, primitiveness, ruggedness, and folk-orientedness. More than 100 films such as "Red Sorghum", "Ashes of Time", and "A Chinese Odyssey" were filmed here, and it enjoys the reputation of "Chinese films go to the world from here".

　　2. Shuidonggou

　　Shuidonggou Tourist Area in Yinchuan, referred to as Shuidonggou Tourist Area, is a tourist attraction located in Linhe Town, Lingwu City, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, and a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction. Shuidonggou is the earliest excavated Paleolithic cultural site in China, known as "the birthplace of Chinese prehistoric archaeology" and "a historical witness of cultural exchanges between China and the West". It is listed as one of the 100 major sites under national cultural relic protection and one of the "100 most significant archaeological discoveries in Chinese civilization".

　　3. Western Xia Imperial Tombs

　　The Western Xia Tombs, also known as the Western Xia Imperial Tombs and the Western Xia Royal Tombs, are the tombs of the emperors of the Western Xia dynasties and the royal mausoleum. Located in the west of Yinchuan City, Ningxia, the Tombs are one of the largest imperial mausoleums in China with the most complete ground ruins, and also the largest existing Western Xia cultural site. The Western Xia Tombs were influenced by Buddhist architecture, organically combining Han culture, Buddhist culture, and Dangxiang culture, forming a unique form of Chinese mausoleum architecture.

　　4. Xixia Cultural Park

　　Xixia Cultural Park is located at the foot of Helan Mountain. It is simple and quiet. Walking into the scenic area, you can feel the historical atmosphere of the Xixia Dynasty. Xixia Cultural Park Tourist Scenic Area takes Xixia culture as its theme and live performance as its main form of expression. It is a high-standard and multifunctional green tourism demonstration base integrating leisure sightseeing experience, popular science education demonstration, red wine culture tasting, catering and entertainment services.

　　5. Helan Mountain National Forest Park

　　Ningxia Helan Mountain National Forest Park is located in the middle of the Helan Mountain National Nature Reserve, in the core area of the "Father Mountain", and is a national 4A-level tourist attraction. The scenic area adheres to the concept of "Green water and green mountains are gold and silver mountains", and has good ecological protection. It is very suitable for forest sightseeing tours, mountain climbing and fitness tours, leisure experience tours, poetry exploration tours, outdoor adventure tours, and study tours for primary, secondary and university students.

　　6. Yinchuan Drum Tower

　　Yinchuan Drum Tower is located at the intersection of Jiefang East Street and Drum Tower Pedestrian Street in Xingqing District, Yinchuan City. It is also known as the "Cross Drum Tower", "Four Drum Towers", "Four Archways", and commonly known as the "Drum Tower". Yinchuan Drum Tower was built in the first year of the Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty (1821) and was built under the supervision of Zhao Yixuan, the prefect of Ningxia. It is a building with a glorious revolutionary tradition and is now a key protected unit in Yinchuan City, Ningxia.

　　7. Rock Art Helan Mountain

　　Rock Art Helan Mountain, located at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain in Helan County, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, is a national 4A-level tourist attraction. The Rock Art Helan Mountain Scenic Area has beautiful scenery, with peaks and gurgling springs flowing from the gully. There are about 6,000 mysterious and distant ancient rock paintings distributed on both sides of the valley, recording the production and life scenes of ancient humans such as grazing, hunting, sacrifice, war, entertainment, dance, and intercourse 3,000 to 10,000 years ago, and has become a cultural treasure house for studying the cultural history of ancient humans and the history of primitive art.

　　8. Huangsha Ancient Ferry

　　Ningxia Huangsha Ancient Ferry National Wetland Park is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction located in Yueyahu Township, Xingqing District, Yinchuan City. It is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction, China's best ecological leisure tourist destination, and one of the eight scenic spots in Ningxia during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Ningxia Huangsha Ancient Ferry National Wetland Park is an ecological treasure house on the upper reaches of the Yellow River and the edge of the Maowusu Desert. It has rich wildlife resources and profound historical and cultural heritage. It is a tourist destination that integrates natural scenery and cultural landscapes.

　　9. Mingcui Lake National Wetland Park

　　Yinchuan Mingcui Lake National Wetland Park is located in Zhangzheng Town, Xingqing District, Yinchuan City, Ningxia. It is the first national wetland park in the Yellow River Basin and western China, and is known as "one of the six most beautiful wetland parks in China". Mingcui Lake is part of the "Seventy-two Linked Lakes" in Yinchuan in history. "Two orioles sing in the green willows, and a line of egrets fly in the blue sky" is a true portrayal of this place.

　　10. Ningxia Museum

　　Ningxia Museum is located at No. 6, East People's Square Street, Jinfeng District, Yinchuan City, Ningxia. It is a provincial comprehensive museum and a national first-class museum. Ningxia Museum has a total of 52,271 cultural relics, 2,770 precious cultural relics, including 156 first-class cultural relics, which present the connotation of Ningxia's history and culture and the contributions made by people of all ethnic groups to the development of Ningxia from multiple levels and angles.