[2025 Pengyang Attraction] Travel Guide for Jinjiping Terraced Fields Park (Updated Apr)

1. Liupan Mountain Peach Forest: Floral Legacy of the Ancient Silk Road Highlights: The peach blossoms of Liupan Mountain create a stunning tapestry of pink, white, and yellow against verdant peaks and azure skies, forming the "Green Pearl of the Loess Plateau." When spring breezes blow, petals dance like snow while distant temple bells echo, evoking a thousand-year journey along the Silk Road. Photography Tips: Capture the misty morning flower seas with terraced fields as backdrop and ancient pagodas dotting the scene. Drone photography reveals the magnificent rhythm between flower waves and mountain contours. Accommodation & Dining: "Liupan Mountain Residence" and other boutique inns in Guyuan City offer mountain views. Must-try: Guyuan lamb hot pot, slow-cooked with seasonal wild vegetables for a rustic flavor. 2. Pengyang Terraced Peach Garden: A Spring Poem on the Loess Plateau Highlights: Pengyang's terraces, like Earth's fingerprints, burst with pink and white peach and apricot blossoms in April, creating an Impressionist painting alongside golden mustard fields. Photography Tips: Capture the golden afternoon light on terraces using telephoto lenses for dramatic shadows of flowers and farmhouses. Models in plain dresses standing on field ridges create poetic scenes with the flower sea. Accommodation & Dining: "Peach Paradise Lodge" offers simple wooden cabins with stargazing opportunities. Try local "Pengyang Steamed Chicken" with buckwheat noodles for authentic flavors. 3. Yinchuan Zhongshan Park: Urban Classical Peach Paradise Highlights: A hidden peach paradise in old Yinchuan, featuring thousands of flowering peach trees alongside classical pavilions and bridges, with petals floating on lake waters where egrets dance. Photography Tips: Perfect for traditional costume photography! Wear Hanfu or plain cheongsam, pose by red bridges and carved windows, use water reflections. The blue hour offers magical scenes with warm lights among pink blossoms. Accommodation & Dining: Stay at "Lakeside Manor" hotel nearby. Try hot pot at "Yingbin Lou" with fresh lamb, desert onions, and goji sprouts. 4. Xumishan Grottoes Peach Terrace: Buddhist Flower Rain Zen Highlights: Thousand acres of peach forests cascade down terraces beneath ancient grottoes, where Buddha gazes upon falling petals. Peach fragrance mingles with sandalwood incense in the breeze. Photography Tips: Use wide-angle lenses to capture grottoes and flowers; macro shots for petal details against weathered rock walls. Visit early morning for misty ethereal scenes. Accommodation & Dining: Stay at rustic "Xumishan Inn" in Yuanzhou District. Try traditional hand-pulled lamb with Eight Treasures Tea. 5. Helan Mountain Su Valley Almond Valley: Wild Flower Waves of the Northern Frontier Highlights: April brings purple-pink almond blossoms throughout the valley, creating a stunning contrast with Helan Mountain's rugged cliffs. Pine winds whisper as butterflies dance through this wild landscape. Photography Tips: Capture panoramic views from hiking trails using rocks as foreground elements. Backlit shots make petals glow like stained glass, while soaring eagles add drama. Accommodation & Dining: "Pine Wave Mountain House" offers forest cabins. Try "Shahu Fish Head" soup, cooked with Helan Mountain spring water, served with artemisia noodles. Travel Tips - Bloom Period: Peak flowering occurs from late March to mid-April, with mountain areas blooming later than valley regions. - Outfit Suggestions: Choose light-colored clothing to complement flower scenes; bring shawls or sun hats for pastoral charm. Pack windproof jackets for mountain temperature variations. - Cultural Experiences: Try bamboo weaving in Pengyang and explore Western Xia history at Guyuan Museum for added depth to your journey.

If you are tired of the city, you must come to Guyuan Terraces. Autumn is the most beautiful season of the year. If you miss it, you will have to wait another year! With a history of thousands of years, it is known as the "most beautiful terraces in China". The autumn harvest season is as beautiful as a painting. Waiting for a sunrise in the terraces in the mountains is the holiday scene in many people's dreams~ ✨Attraction guide 1. Jinjiping Terrace Park: Located in the Yangwa Basin of Baiyang Town, Pengyang County, it is a typical representative of the dry terraces in Pengyang County. There are large landscape golden chicken sculptures, viewing nodes, tourist centers and other facilities in the scenic area. The tour takes about 60 minutes. 2. Mala Bay Terrace Park: Located at the junction of Baiyang Town, Gucheng Town, and Wangwa Town in Pengyang County, there are 3 viewing platforms. The internal viewing road in the scenic area is 7.7 kilometers long. The tour takes about 120 minutes. 3. Qingyun Bay Terrace Park: Located in the Dagou Bay Basin in the southwest of Pengyang County, it has viewing platforms, hollow wooden platforms and other facilities. The tour takes about 60 minutes. 🚝Transportation guide You can take a plane, train or drive to Guyuan. The traffic signs along the way are clear. You can take a taxi, drive, etc. to reach smoothly.

👍Most recommended: For the May Day holiday, self-drive to Guyuan, Ningxia, where the road is lined with blooming flowers and beautiful scenery. ✅Must experience: Jinjiping, Highway 77, Yanzhi Gorge, Sumi Mountain Grottoes 🗓Itinerary: Yinchuan-Pengyang 🏨Hotel environment: Jingyuan Set off for Pengyang County in the morning, upon arrival, head to 【Jinjiping】 ⏳Playtime: 2 hours of touring 📍Detailed address: Jinjiping Terrace Park is located in the Yangwa watershed of Pengyang County, covering an area of 28 square kilometers. The terrain and landforms within the scenic area are mainly ridges, mounds, and gullies. In 2014, it was selected as one of the ten terrace landscapes of 'China's Beautiful Countryside' by the Ministry of Agriculture. 【Highway 77】 ⏳Playtime: 2 hours of touring 📍Detailed address: Highway 77, known as the 'Rainbow Road', in Lama Bay, Pengyang County, Guyuan City, Ningxia, is surrounded by pink mountain flowers competing in beauty. Driving slowly on the 'Rainbow' road, winding through the flower gallery, the brilliant mountain flowers and the splendid 'Rainbow' road recite the beautiful scenery of spring here. After the visit, return to the guesthouse. Day two Jingyuan-Return home 【Yanzhi Gorge】 ⏳Playtime: 2.5 hours of touring 📍Detailed address: Yanzhi Gorge is located on the east side of Yangcao Village, Huanghua Township, 8 kilometers northeast of Jingyuan County Town. It is bordered by Kongtong Mountain to the east, Liupan Mountain to the west, and faces Laolongtan to the south. The canyon is 45 kilometers long and was formed during the Ordovician period 800 million years ago. The name 'Yanzhi' evolved from the minority 'Yanzhi Clan' and the 'Yanzhi' tribe that thrived here during the Spring and Autumn period. 【Sumi Mountain Grottoes】 ⏳Playtime: 2 hours of touring 📍Detailed address: Located 55 kilometers northwest of Guyuan City in Ningxia, on Sumi Mountain, one of the ten famous grottoes in China, and the largest group of grottoes in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Its unique Danxia natural landscape, rich historical and cultural landscapes, and its romantic and magical colors have created more than a dozen unique historical and natural landscapes such as 'Big Buddha Tower', 'Sumi's Light', and 'Sumi's Pine Waves', which make people linger and marvel at the beauty of the statues. It is like stepping into a palace of religion and art, known as the 'Dunhuang of Ningxia'.