Shuidonggou Site in Ningxia

I visited the Sand Lake before, and the car guide told me not to bother with the small attractions, but to wait for Shuidonggou, as the ticket includes everything. Indeed, the 240 RMB combo ticket for Shuidonggou is very valuable. Shuidonggou has human sites from 30,000 years ago, from the Old Stone Age to the New Stone Age transition, filling a gap in the study of human history in China at that time. The researchers at the time, standing at the village's small store 'Zhang San's Shop', looked out and saw the flickering phosphorescence, guessed that there should be ancient bones, and decided to dig a little, thus discovering the Shuidonggou site located at the foot of the Ming Great Wall. The border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia is demarcated by the Ming Great Wall. The day before yesterday, I went through the Five Lakes, crossing the Great Wall to Alxa. Today, crossing the Ming Great Wall, I arrived in Ordos. From 30,000 years ago to 600 years ago, to the present homes of the nomads, the Gobi terrain. The scenic area is very large, spanning two provinces with one step, connecting the inside and outside of the Great Wall and a section of the canyon reservoir. A two-kilometer-long Ming dynasty garrison's hidden soldier cave was also discovered. Therefore, several leisure areas such as nomad homes, experience halls, farm stays, border trade markets, and horse racing tracks were built on the Gobi. The leisure areas are connected to attractions, museums, and performance venues by various means of transportation such as camels, horse-drawn carriages, camel carts, tractor cars, trucks, boats, bamboo rafts, etc. All of these are included in the ticket, with a well-designed movement line and a fully satisfying experience. Other chargeable items in the scenic area are also not expensive, with mineral water at three yuan, horse riding for 30 yuan per round, and zip-lining for 20 yuan. Although it's clear that this is a strategy to extend playtime and make money, it's not off-putting because there's plenty to do. The Ming dynasty hidden soldier cave is very interesting, with its twists and turns and various traps designed inside. There are iron thorn wheels that grind meat if one falls into them, wooden spear forests that pierce if one drops into them, poisonous spikes that take advantage of people's instinct to touch the walls when scared, and a nine-shot repeating crossbow from Ningxia Shuidonggou Tourist Area. It was quite thrilling. The horse battle performance is also worth watching, with actors from Mongolia performing full-speed assaults, various acrobatics on horseback, horseback archery, stacking Arhats on horseback, and horse collisions that result in falls, which are very thrilling. Just watching the performance feels worth the price of admission. I myself could be a repeat visitor, checking in multiple times, and I feel it's a 5A scenic area worthy of being listed on the market.