Dongchuan Red Land - God's Palette

 

If there is one word that best captures Dongchuan Red Land, it must be "palette". It is such an amazing spectacle that you can never imagine if you have never been there. God knocked over his palette, dropping the heaven paint, which makes Dongchuan such a stunning masterpiece. Red, green, white and yellow are matched into rolling rainbow ribbons stretching to sky.

Dongchuan, a rural area in the northeast of Kunming, is believed that it has the world's most imposing red earth, even more magnificent than that in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Because of the warm and humid climate in Yunnan, the Iron oxide in the soil deposited slowly through years and gradually developed an extraodinary reddish brown soil. It is seldom visited by general tourists for its remoteness and inadequete lodging facilities, however, the land with picturesque scenery is paradise for photograghy fans.

 

Dongchuan Red Land represents Yunnan mountain valley most attractive colors. It is decorated with multi-color crops. Fiery red soil, emerald green barly, golden yellow buckwheat and snow white oil flowers against the floating coulds, ever-changing light and the dramatically blue sky make a marvelous painting, bringing not only the strong visual impact but also the banquet of soul.

 

Covering an area of over 200,000 square kilometres, the Red Land scenery is centralized around Huashitou of Xintian Township, about 50km away from Dongchuan County seat. The highlights include Jinxiu Garden, Qicai Slope, Yuepu Hollow, Yueliang Field, Damakan and Lexiagua.

Lexiagua is the most dazzling color in this painting. Lexiagua, also called Luoxiagou in Chinese, means a gully of fallen rosy clouds and it's situated between two mountains on both sides. Thanks to Creater's superb craftsmanship, it is a wonder that the breathtaking landscape should hide in such a gully. It is outlined by the crops' curve, ornamented with terrace in variety shapes, vibrant out of the multi-color wave. There are no words that can completely describe the gorgeousness of Lexiagua. Besides, it is really difficult to capture the best of Lexiagua as well. For the photography fans, Lexiagua is a dream and also a test.

 

Tips:

How to get there: Driving to Dongchuan from Kunming takes about 3 hours.

Best Time to Visit: September - December. The crops in this season get ripe and present gorgeous colors. It is highly recommended for the photographers to take their cameras and photo some fantastic landscapes. Dongchuan Red Land is basically an all-year-round destination. In Spring it is the ocean of flower; in Summer it is the wave of cornfield; in Autumn it is the fairyland on earth.

Accommodation: There are no modern advanced hotels in Dongchuan Red Land Scenic Area, so the travelers generally stay in the hostels or local families there.

 

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