Henan Luoyang | Luan Chuan Chongdu Gou | Unbelievably Beautiful

[Chongdugou Natural Scenic Area] Zhongdugou Scenic Area is located in Luanchuan County, Luoyang City, Henan Province. It was named by Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty after he crossed the Yishui River twice and escaped from the pursuit of Wang Mang to achieve his imperial career. It consists of scenic spots such as Jinji River, Haicui River, and Shuilian Xian Palace, with more than 200 attractions and a tourism area of 30 square kilometers. The entire scenic area is divided into two areas: Nangou and Xigou. Nangou features waterfalls and springs, highlighting "water"; Xigou features lush bamboo forests, highlighting "seclusion". The main attractions include a bamboo sea, Water Curtain Fairy Palace, Bodhi Tree, waterfalls and springs, high gorges and flat lakes, Mushroom Cliff, and Listening to the Waves Ridge, with over 100 scenic spots. [Bamboo Forest Dream] Inside the scenic area, there are thousands of acres of bamboo forest. The bamboo sea, which covers the sky and the earth, forms the main picture of the Dicui River scenic area. The scenery of the goddess planting bamboo, the green shadows of the lake, the hidden bamboo of the church, the long corridor of the bamboo forest, the blue sword piercing the sky, the secluded bamboo seeking the stream, the farmhouse hiding the bamboo, the cicadas in the bamboo sea, and the thunderous waterfall have added the finishing touch to this picture. Tourists can sightsee and relax here, enjoying the beautiful scenery of the bamboo forest and staying in spacious and bright bamboo lodges. They can sleep on bamboo beds, sit on bamboo stools, lie on bamboo chairs, dance with bamboo poles, eat bamboo tube rice, taste bamboo shoots stewed dishes, drink fragrant tea made from crystal bamboo leaves, listen to the melodious bamboo flute, and take some exquisitely made bamboo utensils and bamboo weaving crafts as souvenirs before leaving. [Poetic and picturesque] Zhongdugou Nature Scenic Area, with its natural advantages of "clear water, abundant bamboo, and large drop", and the organic integration of "tea culture, bamboo culture, water culture, and farming culture", allows tourists to enjoy the romance and charm of rural drifting, and appreciate the unique scenery of ecological tourism and rural tourism in Zhongdugou. The scenic area is lush with vegetation, pheasants fly and deer cry, springs gush all year round, and waterfalls are abundant. The green bamboo and blue water are interwoven, and fat ducks and strong geese play around, making the water town unique and worthy of being called "a masterpiece of the north". It was praised by the famous writer Zhang Yigong as "a hidden path in a deep gorge with high cliffs and flying waterfalls, ancient feelings in the beautiful green water and bamboo; looking up to see the mountains and looking across to see the bamboo, listening to the birds and the springs below." The "Luoyang Fu" by Dongdu Manshi: Zhongdugou is a model of ecological tourism, and Longtan Gorge is a gallery of Yellow River landscape.