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  • No.1
    󰺂6.7
    4.7/5
    3333 reviews
    From1135715
    "Qingtongxia Yellow River Grand Canyon, Yellow River Upper Canyon, there are Ningxia Water Conservancy Expo Hall in the scenic area, Qingtongxia Dam, 108 Tower, Dayan Cultural Park, Shili Changxia and other attractions, and the scenic spot is guided in an orderly manner. The 108 Tower of Qingtongxia was built in Xixia period. It is the largest lama tower group in China. It is built according to the mountain order. It is arranged in an odd number of one, three, three, five, five, seven, nine, forming a large tower group with an equilateral triangle."
    Qingtongxia
    52.5 km from Zhongning
    RiversCanyonsRafting
    Highlights: Qingtongxia Yellow River Grand Canyon Tourist Area is located in Qingtongxia Town, Qingtongxia City, Wuzhong, Ningxia, 20 kilometers away from Wuzhong City. It is a Yellow River canyon scenic area composed of limestone and sandstone, and is a national AAAA-level Attraction. "The Yellow River makes Ningxia rich, and Qingtongxia is the pearl of the Great Wall." Qingtongxia Yellow River Grand Canyon Tourist Area is located in Qingtongxia City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, with a Attraction area of ​​126 square kilometers. It is a national 5A-level tourist Attraction, a core area of ​​the World Irrigation Engineering Heritage, a national key cultural relic protection unit, and a national science education base. It is located at the foot of the Helan Mountains and on the bank of the Yellow River. It is the core area of ​​the Ningxia Yellow River Golden Bank Tourist Belt. The tourist area is rich in resources, has a long history and culture, and the natural landscape is even more beautiful and unique. "Ten Miles Long Gorge · The "Soul of the Yellow River", Qingtongxia Yellow River Grand Canyon is the last canyon in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. The steep Helan Mountains and the Niu Shou Peaks form a picture of the mountains, and the high gorges and lakes and the deep valleys and turbulent waters merge into a symphony of water. The magnificent river-blocking dam, the ancient and mysterious 108 towers, the Han-style Dayu Cultural Park, the beautiful Ten-Li Changxia and many other attractions are distributed on both sides of the river, making this place a beautiful landscape of the Yellow River cultural boutique.In order to build a pilot area for ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin, the tourist area has launched special experience projects such as the Ten-Li Changxia Sightseeing Tour, Rafting Experience Tour, Fitness Hiking and Health Tour, Yellow River Irrigation Study Tour, Millennium Ancient Pagoda Exploration Tour, Dayu Spirit Tour, and Dam Hydraulic Tour, which fully demonstrate the profoundness of the Yellow River civilization. It has a high reputation and reputation at home and abroad, attracting friends from all corners of the world to linger and linger. Qingtongxia Yellow River Grand Canyon is a natural wonder, a place interwoven with natural majesty and cultural heritage. Let us take a panoramic view of the mountains, rivers, and humanities nourished by the Yellow River culture, and quietly feel the legendary water charm of Qingtongxia in the canyon where the Yellow River flows.
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  • No.2
    󰺂8.2
    4.7/5
    19368 reviews
    From160715
    taCommentScoreUrl153 review
    "The trip to Shapotou is perfect, the weather is very good, the scenery is very beautiful, the scenery of the scenic spot is getting better and better, as tourists who have been here a few times to see the development of the scenic spot, I really feel great, the staff are very good and patient to explain the route for tourists, Will come again next time! ! ! !"
    Zhongwei.Shapotou tourist attraction
    60.3 km from Zhongning
    National ParksDeserts
    Highlights: The scenic spot is located 16 kilometers west of Zhongwei City, Ningxia, on the southeastern edge of the Tengger Desert. The scenic spot has successively won honors such as "the first batch of national 5A-level tourist attractions", "the top 500 global environmental protection units", and "the first batch of national tourism standardization demonstration units".The three major cultural elements of the scenic area include the "Yellow River Culture" based on the intangible cultural heritage sheepskin rafts, the "Desert Culture" based on straw grids and Desert Legend Park, and the "Starry Sky Culture" based on the Desert Star Hotel. The tourism resources of these three elements have created a unique and magnificent landscape of "sunset over the long river and starry sky in the desert". The "six major ways to play" are highly praised and loved by tourists. Among them, the Yellow River projects include sheepskin rafting, Huangtengda, Yellow River speedboat, drift boat, passionate sandboarding and high-altitude bungee jumping, etc. The desert projects include Desert Camel, Desert Flying (Stepping into the Blue Clouds), and Sand Sea. Surfing, etc., starry sky projects include stargazing lectures, meteor feasts, sand therapy experiences, star cakes and other special products. In addition, there are also privately customized products for hiking, desert expansion, and educational and entertaining study experiences.The scenic area not only has diverse cultural elements and fun project experiences, but also multi-level accommodation experiences waiting for you: the butler-style Diamond Hotel, the quiet Desert Star Hotel for stargazing, the quiet Yellow River Courtyard in the bustling city, and finally the economical and affordable business-style Tourist Service Center Hotel and other differentiated tourist accommodations for you to choose from.
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  • No.3
    󰺂6.2
    4.2/5
    558 reviews
    From107143
    taCommentScoreUrl10 review
    "It belongs to Inner Mongolia, with grassland and sandy land, and a bonfire party at night. The scenic spot needs to take a shuttle bus. There are sheep and camels in the grassland, not far from Zhongwei. After going to Shapotou, you can go around, about an hour."
    Alxa Left Banner
    67 km from Zhongning
    Grasslands
    Highlights: The Tonghu Grassland lies in the hinterlands of the Tengri Desert. The grasslands, deserts, and lakes together form an area of natural beauty. Fresh air, clusters of cattle and sheep and white yurts come together to create a fascinating view. The blue sky, white clouds, grassland, cattle, and sheep, and the enthusiastic grassland herders, create a feeling of peaceful isolation. During the day, you can ride a horse through the vast grassland, wander around on a camel, or find a good place to sit down, drink tea, and admire the natural beauty. In the evening, you can meet visitors from all around at a bonfire party, where you can eat meat, drink wine and mellow milk tea, and listen to the melodious horse-head fiddle. A stimulating, satisfying, and happy experience!
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  • No.4
    󰺂6.3
    4.8/5
    167 reviews
    Free
    "The heart of the earth ❤️ Wulan Lake, such a beautiful scenery is very worthwhile even if you cross the desert for two hours. Go to the water and the sky, the sparkling place, feel the magnificence and sacredness of Alxa, and the driver Luo Master and Zhang Secretary's car skills are superb, and you can take the smooth and stimulating route according to your needs. They can even walk freely through the familiar desert without signaling, meeting in Wulan Lake, the herd of sheep, and feeling the vast starry sky"
    Alxa Left Banner
    >100 km from Zhongning
    HikingDeserts
    Highlights: Tengger Desert is the fourth largest desert in China. Tengger Mongolian means sky, which means the vast quicksand is like a boundless sky. There are hundreds of lakes that have survived for tens of millions of years in the desert, the more famous ones are Swan Lake and Moon Lake. Under the blue sky, the desert is vast, desolate and majestic, the rolling sand dunes for thousands of miles are scattered like frozen waves, and the soft lines show its extraordinary charm. Moon Lake resembles a map of China, half is a freshwater lake and half is a saltwater lake. Swan Lake is about 35 kilometers away from the north and south of Moon Lake. It is surrounded by a vast desert, with rolling sand dunes and rolling sand waves. The scene is magnificent and refreshing. Swan Lake and Moon Lake are big and small. They set off each other and have their own charms, attracting a large number of tourists.
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  • No.5
    󰺂7.4
    4.5/5
    5060 reviews
    From303572
    taCommentScoreUrl125 review
    "Xixia Mausoleum National Archaeological Site Park, located at the foot of Helan Mountain, the royal tomb of the Xixia Dynasty, is also the largest existing Xixia cultural site. The Xixia Dynasty was established by the Party Xiangren. The cultural customs and customs are somewhat different from the Central Plains Dynasty. I temporarily put together an explanation in the exhibition hall. If I don’t want to explain it and I don’t know about this history, it will be boring."
    Yinchuan
    >100 km from Zhongning
    Cemeteries
    Highlights: The Western Xia Mausoleum, located at the foot of the Helan Mountains in the western suburbs of Yinchuan City, is the royal mausoleum of the Western Xia Dynasty, where many emperors of the Western Xia Dynasty are buried. There are now 9 imperial mausoleums and more than 140 tombs for burial in the entire mausoleum area, making it one of the largest royal mausoleums in Chinese history. The shape of the mausoleum is different from other Chinese mausoleums, in the shape of an inverted steamed bun. In addition, the Attraction also has the Western Xia Museum, the Western Xia History Art Museum, the Western Xia Beilin and other facilities and venues to help tourists understand the history and culture behind the mausoleum.The Attraction currently opens tombs No. 1, 2, and 3 for tourists to visit. Among them, Tomb No. 3 (the "Tai Mausoleum" of Li Yuanhao, the founding emperor of Western Xia) is relatively close to the Western Xia History and Art Museum and the Western Xia Beilin.The Western Xia Dynasty was founded by the Dangxiang people, whose writing and customs were different from those of the Han people in the Central Plains. After the dynasty fell, the cities and history of the Western Xia mysteriously disappeared in the Gobi Desert, becoming an eternal mystery that was not discovered until modern times. The Western Xia Museum houses a wealth of cultural relics from the Western Xia Dynasty, many of which are treasures, including stone carvings in Western Xia script and murals in Western Xia style. The Complimentary Guide inside the museum are also very exciting, which can help everyone understand the customs, culture, rise and fall of the mysterious Western Xia Dynasty, and also allow you to visit the royal tombs with more experience.You can visit the Haowang Mausoleum in the Attraction. The huge inverted semicircular mausoleum stands on the wasteland. The vicissitudes of history are right in front of you, and the gullies and ravines at the foot of the Helan Mountains in the distance make people feel sad and magnificent.The Xixia Museum (new building) in the Attraction has made a brand new appearance. The exhibition in the museum is divided into six parts: Xixia history, Xixia culture, Xixia religious art, Xixia social economy, Xixia mausoleum, protection and inheritance. Nearly 5,000 collections such as thangka, documents, clay sculptures, copper and ironware, fabrics, porcelain, etc. are exhibited, including a large number of fine cultural relics unearthed in the archaeological research of Xixia mausoleum in recent years.
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  • No.6
    󰺂6.4
    4.6/5
    519 reviews
    Free
    taCommentScoreUrl38 review
    "lots of interesting things to see, it's really big and super clean, a big variety of art, historical relics, statues and more."
    Yinchuan.Jinfeng Wanda Plaza
    >100 km from Zhongning
    Museums
    Highlights: The Ningxia Museum is situated in Jinfeng District of Yinchuan City. The whole building is in a "back" format, and it is joined with the "back" Chinese expression of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The picture of the building segments, for example, Jialingpinjia and Lishizhiwen bearing utilized as a part of outside divider beautification and the embellishing designs utilized as a part of the doors are illustrative of the chronicled and social relics in Ningxia and have particular local highlights. The gallery highlights fortunes, for example, the Tang Dynasty porcelain Tangyue oven celadon porcelain dish, the yuan tradition Yuanlongquan furnace coated three-legged porcelain stove, the Ming Dynasty Minglongquan furnace coated twofold texture porcelain finish, and other acclaimed old porcelain things.
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  • No.7
    󰺂6.0
    4.8/5
    381 reviews
    Free
    "Guide Liu is very good! Finely spoken, kind, patient with customers, know all the attractions, arrange the places properly, it is worthy of Beijing's conscience, excellent tour guide, absolute excellent staff, excellent tour guide! ! ! ! ! !"
    Yinchuan.Jinfeng Wanda Plaza
    >100 km from Zhongning
    Museums
    Highlights: The Ningxia Geological Museum is located to the east of People's Square East Street and to the south of Helan Mountain Road in Jinfeng District, Yinchuan City. It is a provincial-level thematic museum that integrates modernization, high technology and local characteristics of Ningxia, focuses on serving the public, and takes into account the needs of scientific researchers. Outside the museum is the Geological Culture Square. Inside the museum are the introductory hall, Earth Science Hall, Life Evolution Hall, Geological Environment Hall, Mineral Resources Hall, Geological Work Hall, Gemstone and Ornamental Stone Exhibition Area,4DCinema. Collection of various rock, mineral and paleontological fossil specimens16000It has the functions of displaying rare mineral specimens, popular science education, scientific research, leisure and entertainment, and is an ideal place for the public to visit, appreciate, relax and entertain, and for geological professionals to conduct related research.
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  • No.8
    󰺂7.8
    4.6/5
    15305 reviews
    From271429
    taCommentScoreUrl86 review
    "Several years ago, I saw the TV drama "Ling and Meat", the hero Lingjun's bumpy life path and self-redeprecation, and finally created the prototype of Zhenbeibao Film City, with a Chinese film to the world and rise!"
    Yinchuan.Zhenbeipu Western Movie City Resort
    >100 km from Zhongning
    Film Studios
    Highlights: Zhenbeibao Western Cinema is located in Xixia District, Yinchuan City. In this studio, which is characterized by simplicity, roughness and desolation, classic films such as "Wrangler", "Red Sorghum", "Journey to the West", "Thorn Mausoleum", "Jin Yiwei" and hundreds of influential film and television films were filmed. In the remaining part, a large number of celebrities from the Chinese film industry have left their footprints here, such as Gong Li, Jiang Wen, Zhang Yimou, Ge You, Zhou Xingchi, Donnie Yen and so on. The cinema consists of three parts: Mingcheng, Qingcheng and Old Yinchuan Street. Tourists can visit the cinema along the "figure 8" route of Old Yinchuan Street. Here, you can see the appearance of Yinchuan in the first half of the 20th century, and eat local traditional snacks such as mutton soup. The Ming and Qing cities in the film city were rebuilt from the military castles left over from the Ming and Qing dynasties. In the Ming and Qing cities, you can see many familiar movie scenes, such as: the gate tower where Sun Wukong and Fairy Zixia are standing in "Journey to the West", the throne of the Bull Demon King, the torture platform of the Tang monk; and the movie "Journey to the West" The Moon Gate in "Red Sorghum", the winemaking workshop where "My Grandpa" urinated after being drunk, the sedan chair that Jiu'er took when he got married, the big vat for wine, and the bowls. There are costumes and props for rent in many places in the studio. Here, you can wear a set of costumes in the play, use the props in the movie, and walk around the scenes of the movie to live the addiction of being a star. Before going to Zhenbeibao Western Studios, you can revisit a few classic movies first, and then go to visit, you will have a different feeling.
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  • No.9
    󰺂6.6
    4.9/5
    1325 reviews
    From314286
    "I went to the film and television city after 2 o'clock. I went back to the hotel and noticed that it was dark. I just came out of the show. I really looked at it. Li Shimin recovered a few leaders (I called it this way). The people watching were hot and blood boiling. The ancestors played down for a reason. The fare is absolutely worth it. There is a large jumping di behind. It is too exciting. With a few photos, hesitant to read the comments of the brainless! ! ! ! !"
    Yinchuan.Zhenbeipu Western Movie City Resort
    >100 km from Zhongning
    Towns
    Highlights: Manpu See Helan is an immersive performing arts town located at the foot of the Helan Mountains in Ningxia, China.The project starts from Helan culture, presents the beauty of Helan with super high appearance, awakens Helan culture with immersive performances, and tells the story of Ningxia with fireworks blocks, aiming to let the world truly see Helan and let the world see Ningxia again, giving tourists a wild journey to see themselves.The project focuses on performing arts experience and creates a 240-minute ultra-immersive night show, allowing tourists to have a new cultural and tourism experience that integrates immersive performances, eating Northwest cuisine, visiting intangible cultural heritage blocks, visiting art shops, soaking in local hot springs, staying in special theme homestays, etc., completely intoxicated by the starry sky under the Helan Mountains, and experiencing the magic of Ningxia in one stop.
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  • No.10
    󰺂6.7
    4.2/5
    671 reviews
    taCommentScoreUrl22 review
    "The Yellow River Stone Forest, this scenic spot is very, very worth a visit. If you want to see the beautiful scenery, it is recommended to walk the plank road. In addition, the sightseeing road next to the ticket office can see the S-shaped bend of the Yellow River in this place."
    Jingtai
    >100 km from Zhongning
    Geological Sites
    Highlights: Jingtai Yellow River Stone Park is near the Yellow River, southeast Jingtai County, Baiyin City, Gansu Province. It is dominated by a large canyon about 9 kilometers (5.6 miles) long along the Yellow River. There are towering stone forests on both sides of the canyon presenting a very unique landform. The main attraction of the Stone Park is the observation deck at the end of the main grand canyon. In addition to the stone landscape, there is an opportunity to sample many of the local folk customs. The donkey carts in the canyon exemplify these folk customs. Local elderly women lead the donkey carts, often singing northwestern folk songs.
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FAQ

What are some Best Things to Do near Zhongning?
Some Best Things to Do near Zhongning include:Qingtongxia Yellow River Grand Canyon, Shapotou Scenic Area, Tonghu Grassland Tourist Areas, Tengger Desert, The Western Xia Mausoleum
What are some highly-rated Best Things to Do near Zhongning?
Some highly-rated Best Things to Do near Zhongning include:Qingtongxia Yellow River Grand Canyon:4.7, Shapotou Scenic Area:4.7, Tonghu Grassland Tourist Areas:4.2, Tengger Desert:4.8, The Western Xia Mausoleum:4.5
Where are Best Things to Do near Zhongning located?
The Best Things to Do near Zhongning are mainly located in:Qingtongxia Yellow River Grand Canyon:Qingtongxia, Shapotou Scenic Area:Zhongwei, Tonghu Grassland Tourist Areas:Alxa Left Banner, Tengger Desert:Alxa Left Banner, The Western Xia Mausoleum:Yinchuan
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