What? Mars hit the Earth?
The Wave Valley Scenic Area is located in Longzhou Town, Jingbian County, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, with a total area of 44 square kilometers. It was formed in the Cretaceous period 96 million years ago and is famous for its rare wavy red sandstone, which is called Danxia landform in geology. The Danxia landform landscapes here are diverse and rare in the country. The red sandstone here is as red as fireworks, shaped like surging water, and as majestic as a stone wall that reaches the sky. The magnificence can only be described as "new, strange, dangerous and steep." The Wave Valley Scenic Area is designed and built according to the standards of a national 5A-level tourist attraction. It is a tourist destination that integrates photography, sketching, adventure, study, and tourism.
When we arrived at the Wave Valley, we saw red stones flowing like a mudslide, surging into the ravine in circles, lumps, and bends. This stone is similar to a type of sandstone and is severely weathered and peeled. If you walk on it, you will easily slip on the fine red sand attached to the surface if you are not careful. Keep walking down along the red stones at the edge of the ditch, and you will see a large and flat stone wall in a wide area. It is red from top to bottom, and the color is basically the same. In the narrow places, the red stones appear to flow like water, gathering together like red mud and flowing to the bottom of the ditch.
Introduction to Longzhou Danxia landform scenic spots:
South line: A scenic area: Dragon Heart Rock, Dragons Playing in Water, Ancient City, Yanzhaizi, Shibao Town, One Line of Sky, Grand Canyon, Egret Valley, Tongtianzhu
South line: B scenic area: Red Sand Hill, Wave Valley, Red Sand Conglomerate, Longzui, Fox Cave, Zero Boundary between Loess Plateau and Red Sandstone, Huanglongpan (symbol of dragon)
North line: C scenic area: Big Bayside Natural Water Danxia, Huoshigai Hill, Fairy Peak, Caogou Bay
North line: D scenic area: Tuqiao Reservoir Natural Danxia, (animal symbol turtle), Xiaoshazui Hill, Caogou Bay (animal symbol lion head) Artemisia scoparia.
Everyone who comes here will be shocked by the spectacular scenery: the mountains in the distance are "too shy to be seen" amidst the mist, while the long and narrow Danxia landform group overwhelms you with its vast expanses of red rocks, so beautiful that it is breathtaking, making people willingly become an embellishment in this exquisite oil painting. The patterns on each piece of sandstone are ever-changing. Some look like waves, some like animal heads, some like flowing water, some like clouds, and some like spinning tops. They are all different in shape, lifelike and fascinating.