Tiger Leaping Gorge
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Tiger Leaping Gorge
Tiger Leaping Gorge
Lijiang Tiger Leaping Gorge, one of the world's deep and narrow canyons, is located on the Jinsha River between Lijiang Naxi Autonomous County and Zhongdian County in northwest Yunnan. The Jinsha River flows to the vicinity of Shigu, making a sharp turn, and its flow direction changes from north to south to east by north. It is the first bay of the famous Yangtze River. The valley gradually narrows and forms a canyon. The snow mountains on both sides of the canyon face each other, with Haba Snow Mountain on the left bank and Yulong Snow Mountain on the right bank. The cliffs are steep and the height difference from the bottom of the valley to the top of the mountain is more than 3000 meters, more than 1500 meters deeper than the Colorado Grand Canyon in the United States, sports fitness .
geographical environment
Tiger Leaping Gorge, also known as "Golden Sand Splitting Stream", is located between Lijiang Yulong Snow Mountain and Haba Snow Mountain, with a total length of 15 kilometers and a height difference of more than 3000 meters from Jiangxi to the top of the mountain. It is the deepest Grand Canyon in the world. It is divided into three parts: the upper tiger jump, the middle tiger jump and the lower tiger jump. Both sides are as steep as knives and axes. The valley bottom is narrow, and the narrowest part is only more than 30 meters. It is said that a tiger can leap over, so it is named. The turbulent river, like thousands of horses galloping, snatched its way out, with a flow rate of 6-8 meters per second. The sound of the waves in the gorge is like thunder, and the waves are splashing. It is breathtaking, precipitous and wonderful. It is a good place for adventure tourism.
The Tiger Leaping Gorge is 60 kilometers away from the county seat of Lijiang Naxi Autonomous County. The gorge is located in the upper reaches of the Jinsha River, with a total length of 18 kilometers. It is divided into three sections, namely, the upper, middle and lower Tiger Leaping. The detour road is 25 kilometers. The east is Yulong Snow Mountain, and the west is Diqing Haba Snow Mountain. The vertical elevation difference of the gorge is 3790 meters, which is one of the deepest canyons in the world. The narrowest part of the river is only about 30 meters. According to legend, the tiger can jump over the mountain with a little foot on the rocks in the river, so it is called Tiger Leaping Gorge. There are many reefs in the gorge, including 21 dangerous shoals, 7 falls up to 10 meters high and 10 waterfalls.
Main attractions
Shanghutiao is the narrowest section of the gorge, 9 kilometers away from the town of Hutiao Gorge beside the highway. It is a huge rock lying in the middle of the river. It is like a waterfall and high ridge standing in front of you. It divides the torrent into two parts, and it is shocking. It is said that a tiger leaped to Haba Snow Mountain by taking advantage of the huge stone in the middle of the river. So the stone is named Tiger Leaping Stone. The middle tiger jump is 5 kilometers away from the upper tiger jump, with a great drop in the river surface. The "full sky star" reef area is the most dangerous place here. In the 100-meter canyon, there are many rocks, the water is fast, and the waves are crashing. Jump from the middle tiger to the next tiger.
There is a huge ravine with a depth of 1 km. It is close to the exit of the Tiger Leaping Gorge and is the best place to enjoy the Tiger Leaping Gorge. Tiger Leaping Gorge has always been famous for its "danger". First of all, there are mountain risks. On both sides of the canyon, high mountains stand high. In the east, there is Yulong Mountain, which is covered with clouds and snow all year round, and the silver peak is inserted into the sky. The main peak is as high as 5596 meters above sea level. The hillside is full of strange stones and cymbals, the ancient vines are knotted, the foot of the mountain is standing on the wall, and it is directly inserted into the bottom of the river, the tigers howl and the apes sing, and the wolves and leopards appear; In the west, there is Haba Snow.
Tiger Leaping Gorge Mountain
Lijiang Tiger Leaping Gorge Mountain is towering and abrupt, with a terrace at the waist and steep cliffs at the foot. The peak on the west bank is more than 3000 meters above the river. The Three Gorges in China is known as spectacular in the world. The height difference between its river surface and its peak is only 1500 meters; The hell canyon in the United States is famous in the world, with the largest elevation difference of only 2400 meters. Its depth can be imagined! Tiger Leaping Gorge is not only deep, but also narrow. In many places, the two peaks want to close, such as the door is half open; In the valley, look at the sky and the river; The cliffs on top of the head and the torrents on the feet are frightening. The second is the water hazard. Due to the fault collapse of the rocks, numerous stone beams and ridges have fallen. In addition, the slopes on both banks are steep, the rocks are standing, the rocks are weathered, and the boulders often collapse to the bottom of the valley, forming a forest of rocks in the river, crisscross, densely covered with dangerous beaches, and waterfalls. From the Upper Tiger Leaping Gorge to the Lower Gorge, the drop is 210 meters, with an average of 14 meters per kilometer. The river flow is extremely urgent, and many sections reach six to eight meters per second. Therefore, the situation of the river is changing rapidly, or it may gallop and howl wildly, the rocks are disordered and the water is excited, the snow waves are flying, or the eddies are rolling, the waterfalls are roaring, and the fog is foggy. Constitute a rare landscape spectacle in the world.
Tiger leaping canyon is dangerous. Although this brings inconvenience to navigation, this "danger" contains a kind of beauty, a breathtaking beauty, which attracts tourists from home and abroad to explore. If you enter the gorge from Lijiang Daju, get off the platform, go around the path to the foot of the mountain, and reach the next Tiger Jump. There are cliffs on both sides of the river. In the 30-meter-wide river, there are also four or five-meter-high Tiger Leaping Stones. The river pours down from both sides, like a tiger descending the mountain. The wind is swift and lightning, the spray is shooting, the valley roars, and it is magnificent.
Walnut Garden
Cross the river and climb up the mountain along the winding path on the middle side. On the steep hillside, there is a small village named "Walnut Garden". Most of the residents build houses with stone slabs. Pedestrians to Tiger Leaping Gorge often sleep in this unique mountain village. When lying down at the edge of the burning fire pool in the dead of the night, the surging of the river, the strong wind and the sound of the pine waves mingle, which makes people feel the faint tremor of the rushing waves hitting the gorge, as if sleeping on a ship sailing in the waves, which has an unusual fresh feeling.
Haba Snow Peak
Not far from Hetaoyuan Village, a huge deep ditch suddenly appeared on the rugged mountain road: the towering Haba Snow Peak seemed to be cut by a giant, It left a deep valley like a knife cut. Pedestrians had to climb vines from one side of the valley, carefully descend to the bottom of the cliff, and then use both hands and feet from the bottom of the rock to climb the top of the mountain, sweating profusely, before crossing the straight line only a few tens of feet away. Further on, on the cliff opposite the river, a silhouette of Naxi women formed by wind and rain erosion could be vaguely seen, which seemed to gallop in the mountains. The local people called this silhouette " Achang local rice ". It is said that she is riding a white horse and patrolling in the mountains. When a fierce beast comes out to hurt people and animals, she will call out loudly. The magical imagination and magnificent scenery add charming colors to the mountains and rivers.
Tina's
Go ahead, Jump in the middle ". Here we drink the cliff to empty, or directly pierce the sky, or obliquely plunge into the river mouth. The broad and vast river seems to become furious when it is squeezed and blocked by the cliff. It gathers its strength and constantly attacks the cliff. The waves are surging, the waterfalls soar into the sky, the empty valley roars, and the sound shakes the valley. The waves at the bottom of the river break the bank, and the springs at the top of the cliff gush. When you climb carefully along the path between the walls on the mountainside of Haba Snow Mountain, you will often encounter the waterfalls, from your top It is like entering the water curtain hole.
Jump on a tiger
Walking along the mountain road, the foot-wide path rises and falls suddenly. At the foot is the unfathomable cliff. At the bottom of the valley is the roar of the waves. On the head is the roaring strong river wind. It forces people to approach the rock root. Be careful to move forward. Occasionally, a stone falls, like a flying nine. It is a long time to see it fall into the waves aroused by the river! Walking through the steep wall with inclined ridge, a silver stream flashed into the bottom of my eyes, This is "jumping on the tiger" ". I saw two mountains facing each other, like two iron gates, and there stood a blue-black tiger leaping stone in the middle, like a ferocious gatekeeper. The Jinsha River crossed the cliff from both sides of him, flew down in the air, rushed to the bottom of the cliff with the force of thunder, and bounced up, forming thousands of snow-white and crystal waves, which immediately turned into silver rain and milk fog, wetting the surrounding rocks and vegetation. Under the cliff, thousands of waves, billowing, whirling and rolling, like thousands of mosquito dragons The lake is noisy in the sea, like ten thousand silver horses galloping, and then riding away. In the face of this magnificent picture, the momentum of this pound is overwhelming. Sun Zhuangweng, a Yunnan poet at the time of Emperor Yongqian in the Qing Dynasty, wrote in the poem "Jinsha River": "The axe of the good city is split without trace, and the plow cattle run towards the beautiful.". The middle of the line is cut by nature, and the two mountains are separated by bucket stones. The magnificent scenery of Tiger Leaping Gorge has attracted a large number of backpackers from home and abroad to come here for hiking.
History
Legend I
It is said that at that time, the ruler of Lijiang - Master Mu was very rich, and there were many talented people around him. One of them is a fortune-teller. One day, I calculated for Master Mu. It is said that Master Mu was rich and powerful in his life, but there was no coffin available after his death. Master Mu was shocked and put it every ten miles wherever he was going
Lijiang Tiger Leaping Gorge
Put a coffin to fight against fate. One day, the weather was excellent, and Master Mu was in a good mood. He was riding his horse, a tiger, along the Jinsha River. The river is surging and the riverside scenery is picturesque. When the human tiger arrived at a narrow section, the tiger jumped up to a big rock in the middle of the river. The tiger landed, but man never landed with the tiger at the same time. Instead, he fell into the rolling river. Time has gone by. Master Mu and his tiger have already gone nowhere, but they have left behind imaginative names such as Tiger Leaping Gorge and Tiger Leaping Stone.
Legend II
Jinsha River, Nu River, Lancang River, Yulong Mountain and Haba Mountain were originally five brothers and sisters. When the three sisters grew up, they went out to choose a son-in-law. Their parents were anxious and angry and wanted Yulong and Haba to catch up. Yulong, with thirteen swords and Haba, with twelve bows, took the path to Lijiang, sat face to face and waited in turn, and agreed that whoever let go of the three sisters would be beheaded. When it was Haba's turn to watch, just as Yulong fell asleep, Miss Jinsha came. The way was blocked by two brothers. What should I do? The smart Jinsha girl remembered that Haba had a habit of falling asleep, so she sang while walking and sang eighteen songs in a row. The euphemistic and moving song really made Haba fall asleep. Miss Jinsha took this opportunity and finally rushed over from the feet of her two brothers, laughing loudly and running away. Jade Dragon woke up to see this scene, angry and sad. It was angry that Miss Jinsha had gone far, and sad that the Haba brothers were going to be beheaded. He could not break the law. He pulled out his sword and cut off Haba's head. Then he turned his back to cry bitterly. Two tears turned into white water and black water. Haba's twelve bows turned into twenty-four curves on the west bank of Tiger Leaping Gorge. Haba's head fell into the river and turned into a tiger jumping stone
Explore Tiger Leaping Gorge
After the Jinsha River suddenly turned northward from Shigu for about 40 kilometers, it broke into the Yulong Snow Mountain and Haba Snow Mountain in Qiaotou Town, Zhongdian County, cut through the mountains and rocks, and carved out the deepest, narrowest and most dangerous Grand Canyon in the world - Tiger Leaping Gorge. The Tiger Leaping Gorge has a total length of 17 kilometers and a drop of 200 meters. The snow peaks on both sides are more than 3000 meters higher than the river surface. It is breathtaking and breathtaking. At the entrance of the Jinsha River at the upstream of the Tiger Leaping Gorge, there is a huge stone lying in the middle of the river. The torrent flows through both sides of the huge stone which is only 30 meters wide? The sound of the waves is loud and the white waves are rolling. It is said that the tiger often leaps to the opposite bank by the boulder in the middle of the river, so it is named Tiger Leaping Gorge.
The whole gorge of the Tiger Leaping Gorge is divided into three sections: the upper Tiger Leaping, the middle Tiger Leaping and the lower Tiger Leaping. The most important landscapes of the upper Tiger Leaping are "the gorge mouth" and "the Tiger Leaping stone", the middle Tiger Leaping is "the full sky star" and "the line of sky", and the lower Tiger Leaping is "the high gorge out of the flat lake" and "the great feature".
Lijiang Tiger Leaping Gorge
The entrance of Tiger Leaping Gorge is 1800 meters above sea level; The Yulong Snow Mountain on the south bank is 5596 meters above sea level. The mountain on the side near the gorge is steep, almost cliff, and there is no way to find it; The Haba Snow Mountain on the north bank is 5386 meters above sea level. The hillside on the side near the gorge is slightly gentle. There is a simple gravel road on this side that runs through the whole gorge, and there is a walking path above the road.
There are two options to travel through the gorge: one is to see the key points with the help of car travel, which is labor-saving and fast; The other is to cross on foot. You can walk the Haba Snow Mountain path or the gravel road to taste the beauty of Tiger Leaping Gorge.
In addition, the scenery of Tiger Leaping Gorge can be divided into gorge scenery and mountain scenery. The above mentioned scenery of Tiger Leaping up, down and down are gorge scenery, which is mainly viewed on the gravel road line on the left side of the gorge; Mountain scenery refers to the scenery seen on foot in Haba Snow Mountain, which is mainly viewed on the way to walk the path and climb over Haba Snow Mountain to Zhongdian Baishuitai.
Many famous explorers have tried to conquer this dangerous valley. It is said that American geographer Locke visited here in the 1930s. The pioneer of the Jinsha River rafting was Yao Maoshu of China. In 1985, he first drifted the source of the Yangtze River and the Tuotuo River alone. Unfortunately, he drifted to the downstream of Zhimen and was killed. In 1986, China's Luoyang Yangtze River rafting team successfully rafted the Tiger Leaping Gorge without power for the first time, but two members also died. Up to now, no more than 150 explorers have successfully drifted this canyon in the world.
