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Zhongliu Dizhu Scenic Area (Sanmenxia Dam) 中流砥柱Zhōngliú Dǐzhù
4A scenic area · Sanmenxia, Henan
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Sanmenxia
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Zhongliu Dizhu Scenic Area (Sanmenxia Dam)
A riverside scenic area built around the Sanmenxia Dam, begun in 1957 and brought into use in 1960–61 as the first major dam on the Yellow River, and the Dizhu rock just downstream, the 'pillar in midstream' that has withstood the current for millennia and gave Chinese a proverb for steadfastness. Besides views of the dam and the gorge, the area has a museum, a park on the flood-control legend of Yu the Great, terraced fields, a riverside sightseeing train and a shopping street.
How to get to Zhongliu Dizhu Scenic Area (Sanmenxia Dam)
In Gaomiao township, about 20 km north-east of central Sanmenxia by road. The Zhongliu Dizhu Museum in the area is closed on Mondays.
Nearby
- Yuncheng Salt Lake 运城盐湖 40 km
Brine ponds that turn red, pink and green in summer, below the Zhongtiao Mountains - Xiezhou Guandi Temple 解州关帝庙 50 km
Gateways, halls and towers honouring the deified general Guan Yu in his home district
Also within 20 km: Yellow River Plank Road Remains, Pinglu 黄河栈道遗址 (under 10 km), Yellow River Park, Sanmenxia 黄河公园 (10 km), Guo State Museum 虢国博物馆 (10 km), Miaodigou Archaeological Site Park and Museum 庙底沟考古遗址公园 (20 km), Baolun Temple Pagoda 宝轮寺塔 (20 km), Shihao Section of the Xiaohan Ancient Road 崤函古道石壕段 (20 km).
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