Hawthorn Tree Date, Love in Bailihuang
Bailihuang in Yichang is a tourist destination that combines natural scenery, leisure and entertainment, and cultural heritage. Here is a detailed introduction:
Basic Information
• Location: Located in Fenxiang Town, Yiling District, Yichang City, at the junction of Yuan'an County and Dangyang City, with the Three Gorges Dam to the west and Yichang city center to the south.
• Name Origin: Named in ancient times for its vastness and desolation.
• Area and Altitude: Covers an area of about 42 square kilometers, with an average altitude of 1,100 meters and the highest peak at 1,297 meters.
• Climate: The average temperature in midsummer is 20°C, and the highest temperature in summer does not exceed 28°C, making it an ideal summer resort.
Natural Scenery
• Grassland Scenery: With more than 70,000 acres of flat grassland, it is a hilly and breast-shaped grassland, with hundreds of hills of different sizes scattered along the ridges, and the round breast-shaped hills and valleys are covered with green clover and cogon grass.
• Dwarf Stone Forest: More than 100 "dwarf stone forests" are unique to Bailihuang, with gray-white stones shaped like skinny bones and roots, resembling various animals, the tallest being less than 4 meters, most of them only about 1 meter.
• Unique Vegetation: There are 5,000 acres of "fire wolfberry", a 10-kilometer red leaf gallery, and 10,000 acres of Huashan pine and Masson pine forest.
History and Culture
• Three Kingdoms Relics: It is said that during the Three Kingdoms period, Guan Yu stationed heavy troops here, and there are still relics of Huanghun Pool, Biao Pool, Nian Trough, and Horse Racing Field, where Guan Yu watered horses, trained soldiers, played chess, and baked pancakes.
• Literary Origin: Ouyang Xiu, a literary master of the Song Dynasty, left a famous line here, "A few families gather in the desolate smoke, and a thin field is like a knife", and Bailihuang is also one of the nine natural landscapes of Yiling determined by Ouyang Xiu.
• Film and Television Culture: In 2010, the hawthorn tree and some scenes in the movie and TV series "Under the Hawthorn Tree" were filmed here, making Bailihuang a holy place for tourists to explore pure love.
Entertainment
• Thrilling Experience: Cloud car, paragliding, grass skiing, and other projects allow visitors to experience the thrill of speed and flying in the air.
• Leisure and Entertainment: Glass bridge, glass water slide, colorful slide, etc., suitable for visitors of different ages, can enjoy the mountain scenery while playing.
• Cultural Experience: You can watch the live equestrian performance of "The Legend of Zhao Zilong" and feel the charm of the Three Kingdoms culture.
• Parent-child Interaction: The sika deer in the deer park are cute and friendly, and there are also archery, go-karting, and other projects, suitable for parent-child play.